Research

I conducted more in depth research in to different culture which are most popularly appropriated within fashion today.


Latino Culture / Chola 

"A chola is the epitome of beauty, style, and pride with a badass, take-no-shit, 'look at me but don't fuck with me' attitude. She is a strong and proud woman who holds it down for her family and hood." –Hellabreezy
- hoop earings 
- pencil thin eyebrows 
- dark thin eyebrows 
- bandanas 
- plaid shirts 
- wife beaters
- low rise trousers 

"Having lost my language, the way I dress and accessorise is a way for me to connect with that mixed heritage identity. As for many women of colour before me, hoops play a large role in my self preservation and expression" 
"hoops are worn by minorities as symbols of resistance and strength"
- Ruby Pivet 





African culture 

- Dashiki 
The roots of the garment are not lost on anyone—it is an unmistakably African item. Its symbolic significance, however, was molded thousands of miles outside of the continent's borders. It was those of African descent, whose ancestors were hauled to North America in chains, who carried this torch. The Civil Rights and Black Panther Movements of the 1960s and early 70s gave the dashiki its political potency. African Americans adopted the article as a means of rejecting Western cultural norms. This is when the dashiki moved beyond style and functionality to become an emblem of Black pride, as illustrative of the beauty of blackness as an afro or a raised fist. - Damola Durosola via okayafrica.com 

     The quote below and the images used are from a vice article titled 'we spoke to some people with culturally offensive outfits at Coachella' 


"I actually like to take pride in my clothing. Everybody thinks I'm cool. I can dance, and I feel funky in it. I put out good vibes and I feel good." - quote by the woman in the image opposite 

The Kardashain's have a huge platform on social media, and often appropriate black culture through their hairstyles with no mention to the cultural significance behind them. 
Cornrows originated in Africa and have always been a hairstyle predominantly worn by black women. The same can be said about Bantu knots, which black women have been doing to their hair for years as an elegant way to wear hair up during the daytime, to keep naturally curly hair looking fresh at night, or as a heat-free way to create next-day curls.

Rastafarianism

As mentioned in my essay Rastafarians consider the dreadlocks a sign of their African identity and a religious vow of their separation from what they call Babylon, a historically white-European imperialist structure that has oppressed blacks and other people of colour since way back when