OPINION (DW) – After a series of social justice mis-steps, luxury retail brand Gucci is apparently trying to find its way back into the good graces of the progressive left. The Associated Press reports that Gucci’s Cruise 2020 collection, which debuted to a “VIP audience” this week in Rome, was themed around the subject of abortion and included abortion rights-themed clothing, including a jacket and a dress emblazoned with pro-abortion slogans. “The collection…featured a purple jacket with the slogan “My Body, My Choice” on
the back, and a sweater emblazoned with the date “May 22, 1978,” marking the day that abortion became legal in Italy,” AP says. The brand’s creative director, Alessandro Michele, says the theme is no coincidence. He was “inspired,” he says, by the sudden pro-life resurgence in the United States and news that at least four states — Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, and Louisiana — are heavily restricting the brutal practice. READ MORE
