American fashion brand Coach, French label Givenchy and Italian luxury brand Versace have been boycotted by some Chinese social media stars for suggesting that places like Hong Kong and Macau are separate from China.
The Versace label and its artistic director Donatella Versace apologized on Sunday after images of a t-shirt pairing cities with their countries stated "Macau, Macau" and "Hong Kong, Hong Kong," were criticized on social media. Yang Mi, a popular actress in China, ended her contract with Versace, owned by"Versace reiterates that we love China deeply, and resolutely respect China's territory and national sovereignty," the company said in a statement.
Donatella Versace also stated on her Instagram account: "Never have I wanted to disrespect China's National Sovereignty and this is why I wanted to personally apologize for such inaccuracy and for any distress that it might have caused." Chinese supermodel Liu Wen, a brand ambassador for Coach, said on Weibo she had severed her endorsement deal with the American brand over a similar t-shirt, which listed Taiwan as a country.
"I apologise to everyone for the damage that I have caused as a result of my less-careful choice of brand!" she said in a Weibo post that was 'liked' hundreds of thousands of times.", posted an apology on its Twitter account on Monday, saying it removed the t-shirts from sale after it found a "serious inaccuracy" in May 2018.
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