Artists have been responding to the H&M hoodie debacle with their own alternative designs
It comes as The Weeknd distanced himself from the brand after its hoodie blunder.
Artists have been producing alternative hoodie designs in protest at H&M’s picture of a young black model in a hoodie saying “Coolest monkey in the jungle”.
The controversial picture appeared on the Swedish chain’s website, and led Canadian singer The Weeknd to announce he would no longer work with the brand.
But now a number of black artists have created alternative designs in response to the picture, featuring the likeness of the little boy who appeared wearing the offending garment.
Visual artist Kyle Yearwood created an animated piece featuring the young model.
Artist Theoplis Smith III drew a little boy, who bares a striking resemblance to the original model, wearing a hoodie saying “king of the jungle”.
Another artist added a little girl to his digital illustration.
Another piece of art widely shared on social media was by painter Kervin Andre.
The original picture has now been removed from H&M’s website, and in a statement on Twitter the company said it would be removing the garment from its “product offering”.
An image of a white child modelling a similar hoodie saying “Mangrove jungle official survival expert” remains on the site.
