mac_cosmetics: MAC & Rodarte Official Statements

July 16 2010, 18:25:01 UTC 1 year ago

seems fair, but i still feel weird about the collection...

July 16 2010, 18:27:02 UTC 1 year ago

The whole thing is still a little uncomfortable for me, but it touches me very deeply that MAC paid attention to the commentary, responded, and is looking into making an actual impact with this collection. I primarily buy MAC cosmetics because they fit my style, but also because they are an amazingly socially conscious company I am happy to give my money to (Viva Glam first and foremost of course - the #1 non-pharmaceutical donor to AIDS charities in the world; their "all ages all races all sexes" inclusiveness, lack of animal testing, etc). I'm glad they are backing that up. I look forward to hearing more from them.

future_dystopia

July 16 2010, 18:31:36 UTC 1 year ago

Agreed completely. I am looking forward to seeing where this goes from here, but it does make me feel good to see a company giving a non-canned response to what could be a very heated issue. Now this could be because it's Christine was bringing this to their attention and not just one of of every day non-bloggers, but all the same, the point was made.

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xaceswildx

July 16 2010, 18:29:11 UTC 1 year ago

I have read some of it but still don't know enough to truly comment on the subject. Before reading all the comments in different places, I found the names to be odd to begin with. I didn't find the promo pic all that appealing either.

After reading comments on here and on other sites and seeing why people feel the way they do about the collection (again I can't form my opinion because i still feel i don't know enough about the entire thing) I am glad to see they will be donating a portion of profits to help

platinumpinup

July 16 2010, 18:34:38 UTC 1 year ago

The promo pic looks like someone with an advanced terminal disease. No thank you! :/

schatze27

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simplychristina

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djnevermore

July 16 2010, 18:30:16 UTC 1 year ago

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

djnevermore

July 16 2010, 18:30:30 UTC 1 year ago

better late than never, that is. :)

lostemilie

July 16 2010, 18:32:27 UTC 1 year ago

the only thing they could do *lol*

ninainhouston

July 16 2010, 18:34:02 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks for letting us know, Christine.

I have always been impressed w/ MAC's sense of community and social responsiblity - with their recylcing program as well as Viva Glam. I am happy that they are donating part of the profits to this cause as well.

While I can see both sides of the issue, I still find the thought process behind this collection off putting; plus, I so dislike that promo picture. :D

dimitrimylove

July 16 2010, 18:45:31 UTC 1 year ago

Here's my thoughts. Call me stubborn, but I see this as a simple, damn, we got caught, let's try to do something about it now.

Because honestly, if such a big deal was not made, would MAC be donating money? I'd like to think the answer is no. Simply because they knew exactly the inspiration behind the collection before they did the collaboration and they had to know the history of it all.

Now had they come out up front and said that from the beginning they intended to donate the proceeds of this collection to help awareness or whatever on this situation, then yes, that would be sincere. But that was never their intention. They never said this collection was to raise awareness or try to help the situation, or anything. They plain put out a collection said by the designers themselves to be inspired by the violence. Or am I the only one who read this,'We are truly saddened about injustice in Juarez and it is a very important issue to us. The M·A·C collaboration was intended as a celebration of the beauty of the landscape and people in the areas that we traveled.'

For those of you who argued that it's a collection to celebrate the colors of Mexico, you keep on believing that if you want. But the fact is, Mexico is huge and to celebrate it's colors, why not choose more festive, more well known and beautiful places like, I don't know, say Guadalajara, Acapulco, etc. But if that's what you believe, I'm not here to argue with you, so just keep on truckin' I guess.

And I swear, I've been trying to stay out of these conversations, so this will be my last statement. Really!

To anyone who was/is offended by this collection's lack of taste, good for you.

And to anyone who thinks that people taking it harshly are just getting their panties in a twist, good for you, too.

I'm not here to judge anyone for feeling or thinking a certain way. But I do find it offensive when discussion turns into, OMG you're wrong, or OMG you're so dumb, etc.

I feel a certain way and don't expect anyone else to agree. The same way I don't expect to change anyone else's mind. I don't think any more or any less about anyone who chooses to voice their opinions, be it in contradiction to mine or not. That's what makes this country so great, isn't it?

underdog_ontop

July 16 2010, 21:52:02 UTC 1 year ago

yes i agree with you on their intentions unfortunently

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not_charming

July 16 2010, 18:49:44 UTC 1 year ago

i'm going to sound both ignorant and out-of-the-loop, but what was the controversy in the first place?

fuckthediet

July 16 2010, 18:52:48 UTC 1 year ago

Don't worry I have no idea either. I saw Christine writing stuff about it on her FB page but only about the drama that followed, not the issue itself. So yeah, I'm lost.

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kittypuppy

July 16 2010, 19:05:44 UTC 1 year ago

Okay, so I think the MAC response addresses the issue in basically the exact way they needed to cover their asses, haha. But it is good they are going to give some of the money to the cause.

Rodarte's, however, is seriously puzzling and seems to be answering a totally different question. "Uhh, we went on this road trip in Texas that really inspired us, so we decided to make a collection about Mexico"?? TEXAS =/= MEXICO, dudes. Weird.

Plus it's the most hideous, unfitting promo pic ever for a MAC collection.

future_dystopia

July 16 2010, 19:13:07 UTC 1 year ago

I'm going to assume if they have promo pics, they already went into production with the collection. That means it's probably too late to scrap the collection from a business standpoint (would they if it were not made? who knows) so it was either do a CYA or nothing at all. I suppose between the two, I am happiest with their decision.

No kidding about the promo pic, though. I know a lot of MAC's promo pic's are not "wearable" makeup (things you would go out every day in) but it was just such an... unsettling picture (which appears to be straight off the runway of the Rodarte clothing show)

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cultofcherry

July 16 2010, 19:05:54 UTC 1 year ago

i'm still not completely comfortable about this whole situation.

vixxan007

July 16 2010, 19:25:47 UTC 1 year ago

I had no idea what was going on with this collection until several anonymous people left messages on my blog stating that I am a murderer and that I support violence against women (damn!!!). I thought I was supporting eyeliner, blush, mascara and foundation never murder. I am a MAC addict and the MAC collections posted on my blog are there because I Love MAC. I really hate being put in the middle of something like this. I think this is a bad idea. There are so many other collections that MAC can do and there is no need to do this. Bad Idea

xlionxlambx

July 16 2010, 20:22:40 UTC 1 year ago

I got messages like that too lol

While I sympathize, people take it WAY out of proportion. If they had things named after murdered women, different story.

But until then.

I still want a couple thing, thx.

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hurleyman

July 16 2010, 19:29:03 UTC 1 year ago

As someone who helps and advocates for people who have suffered injustices at the hand of the others, I feel that, whether intentionally or not, Mac/Rodarte have done a great service to the individuals affected by this issue.

Honestly, who believes anyone would do anything like this for a negative/offensive goal? It may have not been the most well thought out, or the most politically correct way to show their feelings towards a heated problem, but what everyone doesn't realize is how much attention they have encouraged to bring this injustice to light.

Unfortunately today, screaming at the top of your lungs that something is wrong or needs to be fixed does little to actually fix a problem. Just reading the comments on Temptalia and the comments here, you are all now informed of a wrong doing going on that you would have otherwise never known.

The group I fight for had very little support at the beginning. A political official made a negative comment towards our organization that cause outrage and hatred from some of our members. Little did they know that over the next few months, we'd see more support (emotional, mental AND financial), then we'd ever see in the entire group's existence. At the time it seemed like the biggest blow, biggest insult ever, but what most people don't know is it was the biggest blessing in disguise because it made our voices and our cause that much louder.

Sometimes you need to outrage and offend people to get them motivated to do the right thing. Now whether that was either of their motives..that's a different story.

For all those claiming they won't support or will ban the collection, I hope all the money you don't give MAC goes towards supporting those people affected, otherwise your actions are meaningless.

spengl

July 16 2010, 19:36:10 UTC 1 year ago

I agree with you in some ways, but I still wouldn't feel comfortable wearing Juarez nailpolish, yuck.

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spengl

July 16 2010, 19:38:07 UTC 1 year ago

That promo picture is the scariest thing I've seen in a long time :x.

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vocalizing

July 16 2010, 22:05:34 UTC 1 year ago

"I wanna draw eyebrows on her."

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