For decades, popular companies and industries have cut corners and exploited workers for the sake of cheaper production and sales points to promote greater profit. This is extremely evident with stores found at malls, such as Forever 21, Urban Outfitters, and H&M, but are increasingly being found in online shops
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Virgil Abloh, artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton and CEO of luxury fashion label Off-White, has faced multiple plagiarism and appropriation allegations throughout his decade long career. In January 2019, fashion watchdog Diet Prada accused Abloh of directly stealing the designs of a young designer, Punk Zec. Punk Zec’s
Using other people’s culture as aesthetic, commodifying it and selling it, packaging it away and manipulating it in a way that wasn’t the original intent, and stripping away its original meaning — it’s the hot word that seems to be everywhere on Twitter — cultural appropriation. Cancel culture follows right
While the most famous Urban Outfitters (UO) scandal is arguably the release of a blood-stained ‘vintage’ Kent State sweater that makes light of the horrific shooting that occurred at the university in 1970, the other UO scandals have seemingly been pushed into the dark once again. With up to thirteen
In the Netflix series “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” two journalist set out to to get the definitive story of the infamous Ted Bundy. They expose the tapes that they recorded with Ted Bundy and go through his story and trouble with the law. It is made
In 2018, Zara announced a new product that was a “flowing skirt with draped detail in the front” selling at $90. Seemingly harmless clothing caused an uproar and mockery upon Zara. The skirt was too identical to longyi that is widely worn by men for comfort and cultural purposes in
America criminalizes poverty in the way that if you are unsheltered and living on the street, you can be arrested and jailed. In the meantime, people are able to pay money to be able to visit parks and camp out overnight. This is the criminalization of poverty. This picture is
Serial killer Ted Bundy was executed on January 24, 1989 after confessing to more than 30 homicides. At the time of his execution shirts with the phrase “Burn Bundy Burn” became popular in the local community. During the execution audience members held signs with this slogan and cheers erupted when
Last Sunday Kanye West performed at Coachella on Easter Sunday for Sunday gospel. While the whole performance revolved around the religious experience, Kanye also was selling merchandise at Coachella. The merchandise stand said “church clothes”. The clothing that was being sold was socks for $50, t-shirts for $70, and sweatshirts
In September of 2017, the University Kansas curated a powerful art exhibit titled “What Were You Wearing?” In this art exhibit it powerfully answered the question that many people ask victims of sexual assault after the incident. The art exhibit showcases the exact outfit an individual wore when they were