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Here’s What You Get Wrong When You Culturally Appropriate Asian Fashion
Fashion in countries across Asia is many things: Beautiful and intricately designed. Innovative and constantly evolving. Oftentimes, religiously inspired. Diverse as hell.
One thing that Asian fashion is not is yours to borrow for an “exotic” party or music festival look.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines cultural appropriation as “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture.”
Thankfully, we’re talking more and more about acts of cultural lifting in both academia and the mainstream. (Think: The internet uproar over Kim Kardashian’s cornrows and the controversy over the myriad Native American headdresses at Coachella.)
Unfortunately, people still tend to pilfer from Asian styles and fashion without much thought.
Part of the blame lies with the fashion industry and its longtime obsession with the undifferentiated “East.” There are unique fashions from every Asian country, and from different groups within those countries ― Asians are not a monolith. But you might think otherwise based on Western designers’ flagrant use of the “Eastern” or “Oriental” aesthetic.
“In fashion, cultural appropriation can play out in not only sexualized stereotypes ― dragon-lady dominatrices and eager-to-please geishas ― but also the elision of style elements from completely different cultures and the treatment of Asian models as interchangeable props,” said Susan Scafidi, the founder and academic director of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham Law School and the author of “Who Owns Culture?: Appropriation and Authenticity in American Law.”
There’s nothing wrong with paying homage to a culture you admire, but true appreciation entails some level of understanding and respect, Scafidi told HuffPost.
“When reaching into another culture’s closet, followers of fashion might keep in mind a really simple rule: Don’t turn a friend’s culture into a costume,” she said.
When is it OK to draw inspiration from another culture and when does the simple act of, say, wearing a kimono or qipao become offensive and borderline identity theft?
Click through to see some of the most recent cases of appropriation from Asian cultures to see what we can learn from them.
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Congratulations Mr. Ratburn! 🎉
The affable elementary school educator came out as gay and tied the knot with a man in the Season 22 premiere of PBS Kids show “Arthur” earlier this week!
The same-sex nuptials followed an investigation by titular aardvark character Arthur and his pals into Ratburn’s home life, during which they initially believed the rat was getting hitched to a bossy woman (voiced by “Glee” star Jane Lynch, who is gay) who turned out to be his sister.
The episode ― titled “Mr. Ratburn & the Special Someone” ― did not actually explicitly acknowledge that the ceremony involved two male characters.
But the storyline for the cartoon, which in 2005 pulled an episode involving lesbian mothers following a backlash, was widely welcomed on Twitter.
The social media platform was flooded with loving messages for the newlyweds. Read more here.
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People across the country are devastated after the Alabama state Senate passed the country’s strictest abortion bill.
The state Senate on Tuesday night passed the Human Life Protection Act, an extreme anti-abortion measure that bans the procedure in all cases, including rape and incest. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ® signed the bill on Wednesday, making it a felony in the state for a doctor to perform an abortion in nearly all cases.
The new law is set to become effective within six months of her signature, but it’s expected to face a host of legal challenges.
Politicians, actors, athletes, writers and producers raised their voices to express outrage over the bill.
📸: Getty Images
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A cozy place to hang out during a winter storm in Incline Village (Lake Tahoe) via http://bit.ly/2Wb6TRu
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Extraordinary and somewhat sophisticated bathroom units shapes, recently considered unsuitable at all for a bathroom renovation, all that became almost a routine in design of bath and toilet equipment. However if in the other objects the design dominates, bathroom design demands pay more attention to the shape of the bathroom units. Right choice of shape and bath units performance (these two concepts are equitable), a gage of not only esthetic perfection but a comfort for the bathroom user. Thereon depends how comfortable and nice it will be to enjoy the newly installed bathroom. A good shape assures a correct placement of body that is especially important if hydro massage system is available.
To tell the truth there is many things to choose among. Though the bathroom units remain stable, the progress of their comfort and design does by leaps and bounds. The shapes of modern bathtubs, toilets and sinks let insert them almost in every place of a bathroom. That’s why it is easy to plan a new bathroom units placement and freely manage of the bathroom installation planning. New bathtub can be installed as you wish: it can be freely placed in the middle of the remodeling bathroom, it can be adjoined to the wall (two or three), it can be built in the walls, podiums and constructions of complex configurations, it can sank into the floor. Even in the most difficult situations it is possible to choose a bathroom suite that would be perfect for any bathroom space. Different bathtub options such as corner bathtubs, rounded, in shape of triangle, they leave more place for maneuver, they free some bathroom space.
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A bathroom floor Plan remodel project can be a daunting task –not generally a task for the do-it-yourselfer. There are some amenities that you see in the bathrooms for multi-million dollar homes that can be incorporated into your master bath for between $400 and $8,000. One of the easiest jobs to tackle is the lighting. The recessed bathroom lighting is so popular with contractors will cause shadows over your bathroom vanity unless you have some additional light source.
Remodel a bathroom floor plan by having a floor heating system installed under your bathroom floor. Imagine stepping out of the shower onto a warm custom heated floor. The floor heating will help to warm up the bath with floor to ceiling warmth. Another inexpensive element that can be included when you remodel your bathroom is an chromo-therapy system. Streams of color can be shown through either standing or running water. This helps to relax you. You can buy bath, shower, and sink systems with chromo-therapy options. Multiple shower heads with differing sprays and jets to massage and relax you can bre installed in your bathroom. The cost of this shower systems can run between $3,200 and $5,500 depending on the kinds and number of heads you choose.
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The five newly elected women of the Nevada legislature, all Democrats, who helped their party regain control of the Senate. From left: Jessie Danielson holding daughter Isabelle Beth Kabza, Kerry Donovan, Brittany Pettersen, Tammy Story and Faith Winter.
A First: Women Take The Majority In Nevada Legislature And Colorado House
Photo by Hart Van Denburg/Colorado Public Radio
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Room in Portugal [1242 × 1520]
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This metal basket from Sundance, was cleverly turned upside down to use as an industrial table. Rounding out the entry is a cowhide rug made using remnants from a prior upholstery project.
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My cozy bedroom! via http://bit.ly/2FS61ez
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Habitually Chic® » Chic Connecticut Cottage of Michael DePerno and Andrew Fry
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