Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer, a racist?

So I get a stupid email from a friend saying Don’t Buy Tommy Hilfiger because he made a comment that if he knew that Asians and Africans and Jews and Hispanics were buying his clothes, he wouldn’t have made them so nice as his clothes are designed for upper class whites…so Oprah invited him to her show, asked him if he made that comment, he said yes, and she asked him to leave her show.

:rolleyes:

Anyway, the truth is that Oprah did invite him to her show, but much after all these rumors had been spread about her kicking him out and all, and clarified on this show that all the above are just bad rumors!

He never made the first statement and had never been on the Oprah show until this particular time.

What’s with people sending emails out like that without checking the facts? Also, can you imagine Mr. Hifiger making a statement like that? He’d have no business if all the mentioned ethnicities didn’t buy his stuff. So, GS folk, do you like his stuff? :faizy:

Re: Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer, a racist?

i'm not sure about his comments /rumors but i'm not a"big fan" of tommy anyway :( because his products are too classy but not much fun to wear.. too young to wear his stuff :D

Re: Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer, a racist?

I heard the same thing about designer Mckenzie.

Re: Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer, a racist?

I heard that rumour as well, don't know if it's true..

Re: Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer, a racist?

I actually first heard this rumor like way back in 2002/2003 (Hilfiger was really popular in HS) but....idk. i never thought it was true, im surprised its still going around now after all these years