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Did you hear about the Marc Jacobs Controversy?



Social media erupted when Marc Jacobs sent mostly white models with fake dreadlocks down the runway at New York Fashion Week on Thursday.

The women's crowns were piled high with swirls of colorful wool ropes, and many criticised the fashion designer for appropriating black culture and giving his models a black hairstyle without recognising the cultural inspiration.http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Marc-Jacobs-white-models-dreadlocks-Fashion-Week-9227313.php

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Black people are culturally appropriating English culture by speaking English
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Original post by saraxh


Social media erupted when Marc Jacobs sent mostly white models with fake dreadlocks down the runway at New York Fashion Week on Thursday.

The women's crowns were piled high with swirls of colorful wool ropes, and many criticised the fashion designer for appropriating black culture and giving his models a black hairstyle without recognising the cultural inspiration.http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Marc-Jacobs-white-models-dreadlocks-Fashion-Week-9227313.php


Absurd. We don't accuse black people of cultural appropriation every time they use their phone, the internet or fly on a plane.

It seems US liberals constantly need something to be outraged by.
Ffs who cares, we live in a world with globalaisation why tf does this matter.
Original post by SuperHuman98
Ffs who cares, we live in a world with globalaisation why tf does this matter.


Because their 'culture' must be preserved, but ours has to be destroyed
as the Sun pointed out these ladies look like they have come from a Comfort advert:

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Dreadlock were originally an religious symbol. They can in buddism, Christianity, Judaism etc they were even found as old as the ancient Greeks.
Original post by beccac94
Dreadlock were originally an religious symbol. They can in buddism, Christianity, Judaism etc they were even found as old as the ancient Greeks.


Also Ancient Egyptians aswell
Original post by SuperHuman98
Also Ancient Egyptians aswell


it is possible that Druids had dreadlocks or maybe just cornrows ?
Original post by the bear
it is possible that Druids had dreadlocks or maybe just cornrows ?


Probably, Celtics came into my mind when I was thinking Dreadlocks in History
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Original post by Mr Moon Man
Black people are culturally appropriating English culture by speaking English


Original post by catholicgirl


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Original post by Mr Moon Man
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M8, it's images with words on them. How can you ignore it's intense persuasive power?
why does everything that appears on any major fashion runaway look anything but fashionable lmao.

anyway ye why do people care.
fashion is such pretentious garbage, they look ridiculous
Yes and he deserves it.
Original post by PrinceOfOrange
fashion is such pretentious garbage, they look ridiculous


The Tommy Hilfiger collection was the best.
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Original post by Inexorably
why does everything that appears on any major fashion runaway look anything but fashionable lmao.

anyway ye why do people care.



Most of the clothes on fashion runways aren't supposed to look like people would wear them on a daily basis... it's an art form.
You look at these 'ridiculous' clothing items (as some would say) and take inspo from them. Like tassles, fur, lace etc might be in.
Moved to fashion and beauty. :smile:
Original post by TheIr0nDuke
Absurd. We don't accuse black people of cultural appropriation every time they use their phone, the internet or fly on a plane.

It seems US liberals constantly need something to be outraged by.


Lol, what a stupid comparison. Clothing is personal to a culture. A mobile phone, an airplane and the internet have nothing to do with culture. People don't get persecuted because they use a phone, people do however get looked down on by the white, dominant race which steals from cultures because suddenly they're fashionable and the cool thing to wear, e.g. wearing dreads or a bindi to a festival.

I bet people who appropriate my culture don't even understand the significance of the bindi, yet wear it for a certain look and still remain ignorant.

Wow.

PS: I suggest you read Edward Said's 'Orientalism'
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