Gucci Attempts to Right Its Copycat Wrongs

[View on the web]( [Visit our site!]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( In the News Dapper Dan Designs for Gucci [Dapper Dan in new Gucci ads.] In May, Gucci elicited a wave of criticism over a fur coat with puffy, logo-laden sleeves that [unmistakably mimicked]( a jacket that the Harlem-based designer Daniel “Dapper Dan” Day had created for the Olympic runner Diane Dixon in 1989. Though much of Day’s work in those days hinged on copying logo prints from luxury houses, Gucci’s version added yet more fuel to an ongoing debate over the place of appropriation in fashion, and particularly the appropriation of black culture by white designers. At the time, Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele defended the jacket as an “homage,” and Day didn’t say much. Today, Gucci dropped a new set of [menswear ads](, and they feature a familiar face: Day, photographed on the streets of Harlem. In fact, the New York Times [reports]( that Gucci and Day are now working together in a capacity more concrete than an ad campaign. Day, whose store closed in 1992, is planning to reopen a studio for custom orders, and Gucci will be providing “the raw materials” for the clothing. Day is also collaborating on a Gucci capsule collection that will drop in the spring. Gucci failed to note Day’s influence when it debuted that fur jacket in May, one reason why it kicked up so much criticism. Clearly, the brand is trying to make up for that now. —[Eliza Brooke](, senior reporter [Insert alt text here] [Deal of the Day](#) Shopping a big multibrand site like [Need Supply Co.]( makes sense when you’re trying to check off a fall shopping list, especially since a lot of [what’s on sale]( will work for the upcoming season. Need some everyday shoes? You can get a good pair of [ankle boots from Intentionally Blank]( for half-off, leaving enough left over for [all-white Stan Smiths](. 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