The Italian fashion house dressed models in straightjackets.
A model walks the runway at the Gucci spring/summer 2020 show during Milan Fashion Week on September 22, 2019 in Milan, Italy.Worldwide, 1 in 4 people suffer from mental health issues, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are 3 times more likely to experience a mental health condition. LGBTQIA+ youth are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide, experience suicidal thoughts, and engage in self harm, as compared to youths that are straight. 38-65% of transgender individuals experience suicidal thoughts.
"As an artist and model who has experienced my won struggles with mental health, as well as family members and loved ones who have been affected by depression, anxiety, bipolar and schizophrenia, it is hurtful and insensitive for a major fashion house such as Gucci to use this imagery as a concept for a fleeting fashion moment.
Many people with mental health issues are still stigmatized in the workplace and in daily life, while many people still do not consider mental health issues are 'real illnesses' as they may not be visible. [Straitjackets] are a symbol of a cruel time in medicine when mental illness was not understood, and people's rights and liberties were taken away from them, while they were abused and tortured in the institution.
"Many of the other Gucci models who were in the show felt just as strongly as I did about this depiction of [straitjackets], and without their support I would not have had the courage to walk out and peacefully protest," Tan-Jones, who is non-binary, continued in a follow-up post on Monday morning. Some of the models, they continued, plan to donate a portion of their payment from Gucci to charities dedicated to mental health.
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