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Deciem, the Toronto-based beauty company has been making headlines for the past year — and not just for their super affordable skincare line. The company’s eccentric founder, Brandon Truaxe, garnered attention for his volatile behaviour, including taking over the company’s social media and posting content that ranged from entertaining too straight up bizarre. FASHION has […]

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Dolce & Gabbana have a hefty history of finding themselves embroiled in controversy. Co-founder Stefano Gabbana in particular has racked up a reputation for having no filter, making rude comments on social media about celebrities and claiming designers don’t have to care about politics. Most recently, the brand alienated Chinese consumers after racist comments from Gabbana made […]

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Designer Jeremy Scott is facing major criticism after sharing Moschino’s newest ad campaign, “Alien Nation” on social media, which was reportedly inspired by the U.S’s harsh immigration policies. Supermodels Gigi Hadid and Kaia Gerber star as “illegal aliens” in the campaign, with each of them posting BTS photos from the set to their personal Instagram […]

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Happy Friday! It’s finally the weekend, which means you’ll likely be sitting on a patio arguing about politics and pop culture with your friends. (Or maybe you’ll crawl under the covers and troll the Internet with savage comments. We support you either way!) If you plan on getting into a verbal brawl, you better to be informed! (Not that […]

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TGIF! Since it’s the weekend (finally), there’s a chance you will be talking to some people in some social situations. Or maybe you won’t, and that’s totally okay too. Either way, it’s good to stay informed. The Internet is always buzzing with scandal and controversy, and it’s important to keep up to date if you […]

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Happy August long weekend my fellow Canadians! As always, there were lots of hot topics creating buzz on the web this week. So if you feel like “getting into it” with a friend, family member, or total stranger over the next three day, here is everything you need to know. Isn’t controversy fun? Megan Fox lets her […]

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It seems like whenever the Mulleavy sisters seek inspiration from other countries, a little bit of controversy is sure to follow. Two years ago there was backlash against the name of a nail polish from Rodarte’s Mexico-inspired collaboration with M.A.C Cosmetics, and this week the brand is under fire for using sacred Aboriginal prints.

Donna Karan’s Spring 2012 collection was heavily inspired by Haiti. Karan’s been spending a lot of time in the Caribbean country doing charity work since last year’s earthquake, and uses her celebrity to raise money for her own charity and several others. All of the print ads for the collection were shot in Haiti, and they’re rich in the country’s culture but—surprise, surprise!—sources are claiming one of the pictures is insensitive and even racist.

The controversial picture has Adriana Lima in front, glowing in an olive-coloured jumpsuit and statement necklace, with two Haitian men lurking in the shadows in the background. The complaints again these ads range from the choice of using a white model in Haitian-based photos and the placement of Haitian men in the shadows of an otherwise glamorous photo, to the picture drawing attention to the huge divide between a luxe fashion brand and the Haitian population. None of the pictures make direct reference to Haiti’s extreme poverty, but the juxtaposition is very clear.

M.A.C has announced that they won’t be shipping the makeup collection created by Rodarte‘s Kate and Laura Mulleavy. The collection, which, like the pair’s Fall 2010 collection, was inspired by Mexico–specifically the troubled town of Ciudad Juárez. Controversy ignited around the line after some bloggers protested that the names of the products–a polish called “Juarez,” a lipstick named “Ghost Town”–glamourized poverty and violence against women in the factory town. M.A.C responded by offering to donate profits from the collection to charitable initiatives in Ciudad Juárez, but yesterday posted the following on their Facebook page: