The beautiful & uber Senegalese Stylebomb Amy Sall was recently featured on Vogue and gave a gem of a quote on appropriation How to Appropriate Style Respectfully and Fashionably In one photograph from my trip, I’m wearing a traditional Maasai beaded necklace. How it’s worn commonly is with four around your neck of all different sizes so that their arrangement indicates different things, whether wealth or social status—and also so that they’re simply layered and cascading in a really beautiful way. I believe in terms of being respectful, it takes more than just liking something that’s African and trying to wear it. This is their everyday dress and some things signify rituals and traditions, like the birth of a child, a funeral or a marriage. So many elements are codified within these fabrics, dresses, and necklaces. When things are appropriated, they are extracted from that context. It’s important to know what these things mean and who these people are and not just label it as fashion. It’s beautiful, but it’s not fashion, it’s culture, and a representation of individuals and history. People have to be mindful of that and take the time to learn about it. For more of Amy Sall, check out her beautifully curated Instagram instagram/amy_sall
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:03:00 +0000
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