![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Zara, on the other hand, was called out for cultural appropriation in connection with a skirt that some people say resembles a lungi, a garment typically worn in South and Southeast Asian cultures. That same month, H&M was forced to pull even more products from its shelves for their offensive nature, including socks that bore a graphic that resembles the Arabic word for Allah. In just the past month, couture designer Ulyana Sergeenko sent cards to her white friends with the caption “N*ggas in Paris,” and oligarch editor-turned-tech CEO Miroslava Duma thought it would be cool to share the image of the “N*ggas in Paris” card on her Instagram account. Shortly thereafter, footage surfaced of Duma discussing the “weirdness” of trans men and women. All of these instances are made worse by the overwhelming lack of diversity of models on the runway, in editorials, and in ad campaigns. Still yet, Interview Magazine was slammed this past year for its own culturally insensitive editorial. ![]() Shea Moisture and Nivea have both fallen from grace as a result of whitewashed ad campaigns, while Benefit Cosmetics courted its fair share of critics after one if its ads told women to “skip class, not concealer.”Īdd to this: Victoria’s Secret, which very controversially dressed Karlie Kloss as a Native American for its fashion show in 2012 (while also failing to cast any actual Native American models, of course). Thereafter, Chanel put Native American-inspired looks on its Métiers d’Art autumn/winter 2013 runway and Vogue put Kloss in a geisha-themed editorial for its March 2017 print issue. H&M very recently set the internet ablaze with fury thanks to the racist “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” sweatshirt it was advertising. Miu Miu showed similar shirts as part of its Fall/Winter 2017 collection. Zara thought it appropriate to sell blue and white striped pajamas featuring a yellow star on the breast, which looked uncannily like the striped garments adorned with yellow stars that prisoners were forced to wear in concentration camps during the Holocaust paired with a still-pending $40 million lawsuit filed by its former General Counsel of Zara USA, citing Anti-semitic harassment and discrimination, the garments were particularly heinous. In the past several, alone, Urban Outfitters has consistently put forth products that offended everyone from “blacks, Jews, Native Americans, liberals, conservatives, and eating-disorder awareness groups,” as aptly noted by The Week, and also managed to put off anyone that would find “Shampoo for Suicidal Hair,” prescription drug-themed mugs, or red splattered Kent State sweatshirts (for the uninitiated, 28 guardsmen fired approximately 67 gunshots rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students at the school in 1970 during a mass protest against the Vietnam War) offensive. Fashion is not the small industry it once was, and with the ever-rising accessibility of all things fashion to the world at large, whether it be by way of live stream fashion shows or brands’ social media accounts, comes an increased level of responsibility and the need for greater awareness when deciding on a logo or a brand name, the graphics or text that will adorn a garment, the content of an ad campaign, or a look that will be sent down the runway.īrands, however, consistently run afoul of the tenets of decency. ![]()
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