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Friday, 16 September 2016

Marc Jacobs accused of cultural appropriation after featuring white models in faux dreadlocks for his NYFW show

Marc Jacobs showcased his spring/summer 2017 collection during the ninth and final day of New York Fashion Week and there's controversy trailing the choice of hair on his runway models. Marc featured predominantly white models, like Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima, and they all walked down the catwalk with multicolored wool dreadlocks.



Black Americans were not pleased with the 'cultural appropriation' and came for him via Social Media, stating that dreadlocks are prominent in black culture, 'a symbol of black pride in a society that stigmatizes textured hair while privileging straight hair.' Why then did he chose to use few African American models in his show? The Designer has since responded to criticism via Instagram. See that and more photos after the cut.









 


21 comments:

  1. The dread didn't even look good on the models.


    . ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

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  2. **********************gini ka fa na ako ???????

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  3. I don't see them complaining when blacks wear weaves or fake hair that look like white people straight hair! Their sense of entitlement!😏😏

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    1. Thank you my dear Onyx ooo. Why do 90 percent of black women wear wavy weaves like the caucasians(whites) and straighten their hair like the Asians. Nobody complains. Blacks are taking this racism thing too much. Before they complain, black women should stop wearing weaves. That's hw they wer complaning about kylie's head wrap. Someone cannot wear cloth again. They shud let this slavery history die abeg it's getting too much

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  4. funny
    -D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

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  5. Balk people should be real for once and stop this nonsense,they have being wearing white peoples fake wig and fake hair and anytime a white person wear aux then they know they have culture.

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  6. Balk people should be real for once and stop this nonsense,they have being wearing white peoples fake wig and fake hair and anytime a white person wear aux then they know they have culture.

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  7. Balk people should be real for once and stop this nonsense,they have being wearing white peoples fake wig and fake hair and anytime a white person wear aux then they know they have culture.

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  9. These stupid individuals all wear weaves and they are complaining.

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  10. Love the response, people criticise too much

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  11. Junk news. busy body everywhere. What do you call all of una wey they hustle weave-ons, wigs and Brazilian hair...

    #alllivesmatter

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  12. Must black people always play the victim role all the time..If I were Marc Jacob I wont give an answer to them..This Guy is just appreciating the dreadlock style must be his muse..This their slavery mentality wont take them anywhere..enough of this sentiments

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  13. ....and so what...... 98% of all black women wear fake foreign hair... trying to look white. So whats the big deal???

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  14. ....and so what...... 98% of all black women wear fake foreign hair... trying to look white. So whats the big deal???

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