Vogue Italy Under Fire for Promoting "Slave Earrings" on Website

Vogue Italy under fire for ad promoting "slave earrings" on website. It's just plain tacky.

The article, published on Vogue.it on Aug. 5, hyped the trend of glamorously oversized circular earrings and featured a photo of a runway model sporting a pair of hubcap-sized hoops. "Jewelry has always flirted with circular shapes, especially for use in making earrings. The most classic models are the slave and creole styles in gold hoops," the typo-riddled blurb said.

"If the name brings to the mind the decorative traditions of the women of color who were brought to the southern Unites States during the slave trade, the latest interpretation is pure freedom." The controversial piece ran under the title "Slave earrings," and called them "a classic always in evolution." Source: NY Daily News