Charles and Keith

2023 - 3 - 6

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Singapore teen mocked on TikTok bags role as Charles & Keith model (South China Morning Post)

After facing social media backlash for describing a Charles & Keith handbag as 'luxury', 17-year-old Zoe Gabriel has been chosen to model a bag for the ...

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Bashed Filipina teen named Charles & Keith's brand ambassador (Philstar.com)

The Singapore-based Filipina teenager who received backlash for saying that the Charles & Keith bag is a luxury item is now the brand's ambassador.

News of her being bashed reached the brand, and immediately after, company founders Charles and Keith Wong invited Zoe and her dad, a mechanical engineer working in Singapore, to have lunch and tour its headquarters in the popular Southeast Asian city-state. Last January, Zoe received messages of support after being bashed for calling Charles & Keith a luxury brand. Zoe Gabriel posted on her Instagram account a photo of her being part of Charles & Keith's International Women's Day campaign.

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LOOK: Pinay teen who went viral for calling Charles & Keith a luxury ... (Rappler)

Zoe Gabriel, the Singapore-based Filipina content creator, models a bag that was launched in support of UN Women's 'Storytelling for Gender Equality' ...

The post was also accompanied with a note from Gabriel, who reminded women that they are “beautiful in [their] own ways” and to be “diverse and bold in [their] differences.” The brand said that the bag that Gabriel is modeling was launched in support of UN Women’s Storytelling for Gender Equality program. In an Instagram post on Saturday, March 4, Charles & Keith introduced Gabriel, who was posing with their Alia bag in purple, as one of their latest brand community ambassadors.

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Teen Who Was Mocked For Calling Charles & Keith A Luxury Brand ... (SAYS)

In the clip, she was seen happily modelling an SGD79.90 (RM265.86) Double Handle Tote Bag gifted to her by her father. After posting the TikTok video, the teen ...

The caption read, "Zoe Gabriel, content creator and Charles & Keith's Brand Community Ambassador, with the purple Alia bag. Let us celebrate equality through equity, the way flowers do." "Our hearts really went out to Zoe, but we were so impressed with (how gracefully) she handled the situation, displaying wisdom far beyond her years, and values that resonated with us greatly. "To you, an SGD80 bag may not be a luxury, [but] for me and my family it is a lot. This International Women's Day, let us celebrate with compassion. After her emotional video went viral, Zoe and her father were given a surprise lunch treat and a tour of the company's headquarters by the founders of Charles & Keith

Charles & Keith features bullied teenager as face of IWD ad campaign (Marketing Interactive)

The 17-year-old, Gabriel, had initially posted a video on the social media platform thanking her father for gifting her first luxury bag from Charles ...

WOM Exposure scores were based on the following question: “Which of the following brands have you talked about with friends and family in the past two weeks (whether in person, online or through social media)?” Buzz scores were based on the following question: “Over the past two weeks, which of the following brands have you heard something positive/negative about (whether in the news, through advertising, or talking to friends and family)?" This prompted the fashion brand to release a statement praising Gabriel for her graceful response and invited the teen and her father to visit their headquarters to have lunch with one of their founders. In terms of media and communication metrics, net buzz scores, which measure whether consumers have heard more positive or negative things about a brand in the past two weeks, soared by 19.7 points. The teen posted a photo of her posing with a purple Alia bag ($75.90) and wrote: “Women are like flowers: Our time and needs to grow may not always align, but that is okay. Joining Gabriel on the campaign are members of the company’s in-house staff members.

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Girl Mocked for Calling Charles & Keith a Luxury Brand Ends Up as ... (Mashable SE Asia)

Going by @zohtaco on TikTok, the girl named Zoe Gabriel gained tons of traction for her post calling out commenters who made fun of her after she received and ...

[@zoeaaleah on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CpWh8GWyker/). [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/MashableSEA), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MashableSEA), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mashablesea/), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvUxYWyPwIyds05YDSu_B1Q). Going by @zohtaco on TikTok, the girl named Zoe Gabriel gained tons of traction for her post calling out commenters who made fun of her after she received and unboxed her first "luxury" handbag — a Charles & Keith gifted to her by her father.

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Singapore teen slays cover of Charles & Keith campaign after ... (Coconuts Singapore)

Is Charles & Keith a luxury brand? Ask Zoe Gabriel. Earlier this year, Singapore TikTok blew up after Zoe became the target of trolls who made fun of her ...

We are like fields of poppy and lakes of lotus – diverse and bold in our differences, beautiful in our own ways. [in January](https://coconuts.co/singapore/news/no-place-for-bullying-charles-keith-on-tiktok-user-who-got-mocked-for-branding-bag-as-luxury/) that “A community that shows kindness and compassion is exactly what the world needs today and what the brand stands for.” “Women are like flowers: our time and needs to grow may not always align, but that is okay.

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Teen who was mocked for calling Charles & Keith a "luxury" brand is ... (The Independent)

She was defended and supported by many and was even invited along with her father to have lunch with the brand's founders at the company headquarters.

Twenty per cent of the proceeds from the purple Alia bag ($75.90) featured with Ms Gabriel in the campaign will go toward the Storytelling For Gender Equality programme of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. However, she was defended and supported by many and was even invited along with her father to have lunch with the brand’s founders at the company headquarters. The 17-year-old, born in the Philippines and moved to Singapore at the age of four, was revealed on Saturday (March 4) as part of a lineup of women for its International Women’s Day campaign, which is celebrated on March 8.

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Pinay teen joins Charles and Keith as brand ambassador (ABS-CBN News)

After going viral for her TikTok video with the 'luxury' bag, Singapore-based Filipina teenager Zoe Gabriel has joined the campaign of Charles and Keith for ...

After going viral, Gabriel had the chance to visit the headquarters of Charles and Keith, where she met one of the founders and had lunch. “Women are like flowers: our time and needs to grow may not always align, but that is okay. We are like fields of poppy and lakes of lotus -- diverse and bold in our differences, beautiful in our own ways," Gabriel said in the caption.

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Filipina teen who got bashed for calling Charles & Keith 'luxury ... (ptvnews.ph)

By Gabriela Baron. Filipina teen who went viral on social media after receiving bashing from netizens for calling Charles & Keith a “luxury brand” now a ...

The launch of this special iteration of the Alia bag is in support of UN Women's ‘Storytelling for Gender Equality’ programme. “The launch of this special iteration of the Alia bag is in support of UN Women’s ‘Storytelling for Gender Equality’ programme,” Charles & Keith wrote on Twitter. Singapore-based teen Zoe Gabriel was mocked by netizens on TikTok last January after posting a video calling her Charles & Keith bag gifted by her father a “luxury bag.”

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Charles & Keith features bullied teenager as face of IWD ad campaign (Marketing Interactive)

Charles & Keith is featuring teenager Zoe Gabriel on its IWD ad campaign. Gabriel made headlines after being bullied online in January this year for calling ...

WOM Exposure scores were based on the following question: “Which of the following brands have you talked about with friends and family in the past two weeks (whether in person, online or through social media)?” Buzz scores were based on the following question: “Over the past two weeks, which of the following brands have you heard something positive/negative about (whether in the news, through advertising, or talking to friends and family)?" This prompted the fashion brand to release a statement praising Gabriel for her graceful response and invited the teen and her father to visit their headquarters to have lunch with one of their founders. In terms of media and communication metrics, net buzz scores, which measure whether consumers have heard more positive or negative things about a brand in the past two weeks, soared by 19.7 points. The teen posted a photo of her posing with a purple Alia bag ($75.90) and wrote: “Women are like flowers: Our time and needs to grow may not always align, but that is okay. Joining Gabriel on the campaign are members of the company’s in-house staff members.

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Filipina teen who got bashed for calling Charles & Keith 'luxury ... (ptvnews.ph)

Filipina teen who went viral on social media after receiving bashing from netizens for calling Charles & Keith a “luxury brand” now a brand ambassador.

The launch of this special iteration of the Alia bag is in support of UN Women's ‘Storytelling for Gender Equality’ programme. “The launch of this special iteration of the Alia bag is in support of UN Women’s ‘Storytelling for Gender Equality’ programme,” Charles & Keith wrote on Twitter. Singapore-based teen Zoe Gabriel was mocked by netizens on TikTok last January after posting a video calling her Charles & Keith bag gifted by her father a “luxury bag.”

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