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A Brand Built Off of Piracy

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Ben Soto

Over the past decade, the New York-based skateboarding and streetwear brand Supreme has grown at an astounding rate and to an incredible size. Nowadays, practically anyone can recognize the classical white on red box logo that portrays the company’s image. In its early stages, Supreme was viewed as a very

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The Infamous Meat Dress

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Carmesan

The infamous meat dress that was worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Awards is an outfit that will be talked about for centuries to come. It was a statement piece no one was expecting yet it left an impression either positive or negative on every person. It was

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Fast-Fashion Needs to Slow Down

November 8, 2020April 2, 2021 Alexa Joy Fernandez

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: Genius or Fraud?

November 8, 2020April 2, 2021 Anikin Domingo

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

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K-Pop, a Melting Pot of Cultures?

November 7, 2020March 12, 2021 Faith Goh

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

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Urban Outfitters: Disrespecting Communities One Shirt at a Time

September 23, 2020February 14, 2021 Amanda Chavez

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

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Ted Bundy – Vintage T-shirts

September 22, 2019February 14, 2021 Sophie Concordel

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

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My Culture for Your Fashion

September 22, 2019February 14, 2021 Thiri Thu

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

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Crimesploitation of Poverty

September 19, 2019February 14, 2021 Alexandra Garcia

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

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“Burn Bundy Burn”

May 12, 2019February 14, 2021 Imani Patterson

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

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