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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
MAC Cosmetics Apologizes for Ghostly 'Border' Hues
By Istra Pacheco
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — A New York-based cosmetics company have apologized for a joint collection inspired by U.S. and Mexican border towns that features some pallid, ghostly hues.
The Tuesday statement from New York-based MAC and the Rodarte design firm of Los Angeles says MAC will donate $100,000 to help the women of Ciudad Juarez.
The collection of lipstick, blushes and other cosmetics raised hackles on Mexican social networking sites because it used names like "Juarez," ''Bordertown," ''Ghost Town" and "Factory."
More than 100 women were abused and murdered before their bodies were dumped in and around Juarez between 1993 and 2003. Many of the victims were factory workers.
Juarez also has been the city hit hardest by drug violence in Mexico in recent years. More than 4,000 people have been killed there in drug-related violence since the beginning of 2009.
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