Gucci using white models to showcase turbans has created a lot of outcry.
Many felt that it was inappropriate as Sikh turban goes beyond fashion for Sikhs.
Dastaar, it is the most commonly recognized symbol of the Sikh community.
It’s an article of faith partly to cover long uncut hair and is worn mostly by Sikh boys and men, many of whom who’ve struggled with wearing it in western spaces.
So a luxury brand that imitates a religiously loaded item on a runway, without credit to its origin and history, and using white people to model fits all the components of cultural appropriation.
Many felt that it was inappropriate as Sikh turban goes beyond fashion for Sikhs.
Dastaar, it is the most commonly recognized symbol of the Sikh community.
It’s an article of faith partly to cover long uncut hair and is worn mostly by Sikh boys and men, many of whom who’ve struggled with wearing it in western spaces.
So a luxury brand that imitates a religiously loaded item on a runway, without credit to its origin and history, and using white people to model fits all the components of cultural appropriation.