Are you offended by D&G ?

[Doin2Much Williams]

cant wait to see some asian's rocking this.....

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[Tom Foolery]

Yes it's offensive. Don't let them fool you.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

I'm only offended because I cant afford any of that

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Commodification been happeneing for centuries.


Religious groups, tribes, national/ethnic stereotypes - all been made to market somehow/way.


This time you have a HIGH-END fashion label doing it. Does it make it right? Doesn't matter - it's fashion. They're gonna do what the hell they please.


One thing is for sure is that i highly doubt their gesture was meant to be demeaning. The way it was interpretted is another story.


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[mtu wa chuma]

fukk the D&G models and the c00ns that support this...

I don't support it. Just don't care.

 

[Real]

I don't see the big deal about ppl having problems with themed outfits. Just saw something about this on the news:

Victoria's Secret's troubles are usually limited to Photoshop fails, of which they've committed many. But the lingerie retailer has hit a snag of a different kind, offending customers with a misguided new product: the "Sexy Little Geisha" outfit.

Part of Victoria's Secret "Go East" collection, the "Sexy Little Geisha" outfit consists of a mesh teddy with "Eastern-inspired" floral print fabric on the bra cups and crotch, plus a coordinating (and removable!) obi belt. The matching fan and chopsticks, which South African model Candice Swanepoel sports in the product shot, are included. The entire get-up, the website writes, is "your ticket to an exotic adventure."

The negative reactions began several weeks ago. On Racialicious, Nina Jacinto took Victoria's Secret to task for essentializing Asian identity and reducing "Eastern" culture to a stereotype of exotic sexuality. "It’s a narrative that says the culture can be completely stripped of its realness in order to fulfill our fantasies of a safe and non-threatening, mysterious East," she argues. Done at the corporate level, "it’s a troubling attempt to sidestep authentic representation and humanization of a culture and opt instead for racialized fetishizing against Asian women."

The Frisky concurred: "Considering the complicated history of geishas, repurposing the [geisha] 'look' for a major corporation to sell as role-playing lingerie seems a bit tasteless."

Victoria's Secret has responded to the protests, if only tacitly: type in the URL for the Sexy Little Geisha product page and it redirects you to VictoriasSecret.com. In fact all the product pages for the "Go East" collection, including the Printed Chiffon Robe we highlighted last month, now simply redirect to the Victoria's Secret homepage.

Removing the products will probably appease critics... as long as Victoria's Secret avoids similar missteps. Otherwise they could be the next Urban Outfitters with a reputation for offending various religious, racial and ethnic groups at every turn.

Candice Swanepoel

 

[luckyse7enz]

I don't see the big deal about ppl having problems with themed outfits. Just saw something about this on the news:

Candice Swanepoel

Spoiler

The things I'd do to that sexy African woman...

 

[BlackDiBiase]

This is a quote from D&G :

Coincidentally, D&G published a detailed explanation about the earrings and prints, which were inspired by Caltagirone ceramic vases, on their website Swide.com and multiple examples on Facebook:

"The head is inspired by Moorish features. Moorish is a term used to define many peoples throughout history. Medieval and early modern Europeans applied the name to the Berbers, Arabs, Muslim Iberians and West Africans, although it has to be said that the term 'Moorish' has no real ethnological value. In Sicily’s case it defines the conquerors of Sicily. The first Muslim conquest of southern Italy lasted 75 years, from 827 to 902 AD."

 

[intruder]

I see black women rocking blond hair and all kinds of european hair weaves all the time. So what's the problem here?

 

[BlackDiBiase]

I see black women rocking blond hair and all kinds of european hair weaves all the time. So what's the problem here?

Not so much a problem but its causing a stir because the images depicted of the black womans face seem condescending. Me personally because of the whole tribal print and afrocentric colors i give it a pass even though it could have been done more classier.

The explanation about The Moors and etc, is decent though.

 

[Danie84]

For that ugly shyt.

 

[intruder]

Not so much a problem but its causing a stir because the images depicted of the black womans face seem condescending. Me personally because of the whole tribal print and afrocentric colors i give it a pass even though it could have been done more classier.

The explanation about The Moors and etc, is decent though.

I dont see it.

We have arts from black people of various countries that reflect these same images and we view them as beautiful images and sell them all across the globe. A white person wears it and it's a problem