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FILE – In this archive photo from February 8, 2019, Katy Perry arrives at the MusiCares' year in honor of Dolly Parton in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Katy Perry's fashion line fired two types of shoes after some people compared them to blackface.
The Ora Face Block Heel and Street Face The Slip-On loafers came out last summer in nine different colors. They included eyes, a nose and prominent red lips.
In a statement released Tuesday by the singer and the company, they said that the shoes were "envisioned as a nod to modern art and surrealism". The singer said she was saddened to learn that she had been compared to Blackface and that she had been "immediately removed" from the company's website.
Perry's is the last company to have removed products after comparing them to Blackface. In December, Gucci removed a sweater from the market and Prada withdrew a series of accessories resembling red-lipped black monkeys in December.
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