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Calvin Klein has a new campaign celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community. This past Tuesday the brand launched its dubbed ‘Let It Out,’ the campaign, shot by Karim Sadli, starring actors Amandla Stenberg and Brandon Flynn. The campaign celebrates individuality and authenticity.
The campaign highlights the “This Is Love” collection which includes underwear styles featuring rainbow color palettes and bold color-blocking. The campaign also features new mesh fabrications from its Modern Cotton Underwear line, as well as apparel including versatile pieces designed to be mixed and matched, with bold graphics displaying ‘This Is Love.’
Calvin Klein has long been a supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community. To date, the iconic brand has committed over $220,000 to NGOs including PFLAG National, ILGA World, Transgender Law Center, and more.
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Ryan and Ken
Martha Stewart made a lot of heads turn by recently gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimwear edition. Well, Ryan Gosling is also making heads turn as he graces the cover of GQ’s 2023 summer edition.
Ryan Gosling’s GQ cover is the perfect lead-in for the new “Barbie” movie which hits movie theaters July 21. Interviewed by GQ staff writer Zach Baron, Gosling talks his controversial casting as Ken in “Barbie.” I would say, you know, if people don’t want to play with my Ken, there are many other Kens to play with,” he tells GQ. “It is funny … this kind of clutching-your-pearls idea of, like, #notmyken. Like you ever thought about Ken before this? … But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t. You never did. You never cared. Barbie never f***ed with Ken. That’s the point. If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So, your hypocrisy is exposed. This is why his story must be told,” stated Gosling, as reported in dailyfrontrow.com.
In this very rugged, cowbo-inspired GQ cover and editorial, Gosling is styled by George Cortina and photographed by Gregory Harris.
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A pride-less Target
Customer backlash is causing Target to remove some its LGBTQ Pride merchandise. Target exhibited its Pride Collection in the beginning of May. Target’s Pride Collection included more than 2,000 products which included books, clothing, music, and home products.
Target has been celebrating Pride Month for over a decade. Up until the monthof May there had been very few complaints about the LGBTQ merchandise in stores. “The criticism has been widespread,” Target spokesperson Kayla Castaneda told Reuters, calling the withdrawal of some products “adjustments.”
“Folks are reaching out with feedback … and while some are sharing it with constructive criticism, they disagree with product decisions that we made,” she said, as reported in fashionnetwork.com. “Given these volatile circumstances, we are removing merchandise that is the target of (customer) ire,” Castaneda said regarding the scrutiny for its association with British designer Eric Carnell.
This year there have been several confrontations in Target stores over the Pride Collection with some customers complaining, even pulling merchandise off the shelves, and throwing Pride Collection merchandise on the floor. The products that seemed to cause the most uproar is merchandise that had a transgender overtone.
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