Friday, October 2, 2015

Indian Fashion Controversies/Celebrities

           i first started researching Indian fashion controversies, and it was interesting to see Urban Outfitters and Victoria Secret doing something wrong. Urban outfitters sold many Indian clothing and they labeled all of them as Navajo, and the Indians did not like it. it was offensive towards their race and very stereotypical, but that wasn't the only popular store that was in trouble. during one of the Victoria Secret fashion shows, Karlie Kloss walked out in a bra and underwear wearing a headdress, the Indian heritage was very upset. As it says on National Turk the outfit was "heavily criticized as a display of ignorance toward tribal culture and history. It was an abuse of Indian culture, from a nation that lacks history culture and values." figuring out the Karlie Kloss was busted for wearing an inappropriate outfit in the Indian tribe, it lead me to think about what other celebrities have gotten in trouble for what they had wore and the i found a lot. 
            As it says on Fashion & Style, celebrities wearing Indian outfits is very offensive. many celebrities have the option to do interesting music videos, and in those videos many dress up to show a story, but what they have figured out is that sometimes the way they dress is very offensive. On Native Appropriations it is explained that wearing a headdress is a symbol of honor and respect and only men are supposed to wear them. Many celebs such as Pharrell, ke$ha, Lana Del Ray,  Karlie Kloss, Vanessa Hudgens, and more have worn these headdresses in concerts, magazines, the runway, and music videos.

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