Fashion and social commentary

Apr 28, 2007 09:24

Israeli fashion house 'Irit' has this picture up at their main page.


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international, beauty, media, africa, wtf?, racism

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epilady April 28 2007, 15:47:53 UTC
Gaaaaaaaah!

That's even worse than those bullshit Anthropologie catalogs where the gorgeous, delicately dressed anorexic models (99.5% of whom are white) pose langorously next to a heavyset stolid-faced elderly peasant or child of color to add an air of exotic authenticity to the photo's locale --- and to show that the model is "sexy" by contrast of age, size, color, and wealth. REPULSIVE.

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 15:53:05 UTC
That's even worse than those bullshit Anthropologie catalogs where the gorgeous, delicately dressed anorexic models (99.5% of whom are white)

Wow. I don't get their catalog. (I'm really mad at the low-production values for their merchandise). And now I see that I'm missing headaches. !!! That is so nasty.

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epilady April 28 2007, 15:55:44 UTC
They're not all that blatant, but there were a few in the last year that have made me never, ever, ever want to give them a penny of my money. Not that I necessarily would, because yeah, I don't know where they get off charging those prices for that flimsy stuff.

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coniraya April 28 2007, 16:34:22 UTC
W.T.F. I can't even articulate a response to this much fuckery and willful ignorance. Like they couldn't tell how that was gonna look? I call bullshit.
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Oh wait...they just didn't give a shit, did they? Now I get it!

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 17:16:23 UTC
I dunno. Write them. Ask.

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 17:16:08 UTC
No, I don't mind. Go ahead.

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skywardprodigal April 28 2007, 17:21:04 UTC
Bitte schön.

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<i><b>Call 1-800-Buy-Cula</i></b> soothai April 28 2007, 20:32:18 UTC
feeling a bit too run of the mill white? now *you* too can have your own people of color collectible.

harajuku girl dance brigade? absolutely. angelina jolie crayola adoption? no problem! great for party accessories! show how down w/ brown you are! act now and receive the "i didn't mean to be offensive" and "i married a P.O.C" alibi for free! equal pay and dignity sold separately. operators standing by.

end snark

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Re: <i><b>Call 1-800-Buy-Cula</i></b> likeawoman April 28 2007, 23:40:52 UTC
I'll see that "FTW" and raise you a "QFT!"

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Re: <i><b>Call 1-800-Buy-Cula</i></b> skywardprodigal April 29 2007, 17:28:23 UTC
Heee!

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borderlandsbear April 29 2007, 04:36:28 UTC
You have got to be shitting me.

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skywardprodigal April 29 2007, 17:29:35 UTC
Oh, how I wish this was a parody.

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