poppypicklesticks:
clairetempless:
Girl meets world addresses Cultural appropriation
Ah yes
Did you know that white people are not allowed to wear Harajuku fashion?
Did you know that when Japanese people start wearing lolita fashion (Victorian England and Rococo era France costumes with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by the English author Lewis Carroll), kogal and schoolgirl uniforms (European naval uniforms), mori and fairy kei (inspired by European fairy tales especially those by the Brothers Grimm and the general idea is taking inspiration from Snow White or Rapunzel or Red Riding Hood or Hansel and Gretel), Vivienne Westwood (British designer who is extremely popular in Japan), and punk (taken directly from 70s British punk, featuring heavy use of Scottish tartan and the Union Jack flag, to the point that one of the main punk boutiques in Harajuku is called Union Jack) it means Japanese people now own it and you are not allowed to wear it and you can appropriate your own culture if the Japanese like it too?
*that is unique to them* Is that why so many Japanese girls have left the lolita subculture simply because wearing the wrong crinoline or petticoat or type of lace will result in you getting insults from other lolitas from daring to stray from the strict rules the subculture places on its members, and why nearly all of the dresses in Baby, The Stars Shine Bright are mass produced and available from a catalogue, rather then being made individually and for one of a kind?
Lol Girl Meets World and their pathetic white guilt and their complete and utter ignorance of Japanese fashion subcultures. Of course whiny American teenagers would lap this stupidity up.
Mexican one here to save the day by providing citation to the oh so numbers of claims made. I myself dress and take interest in the fairy kei community so you can see why I’m very endorsed in such.
1)“Lolita fashion inspired from Victorian England and Rococo era France costumes with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by the English author Lewis Carroll” (x)(x)(x)(x)(x)(x)
2)”kogal and schoolgirl uniforms inspired from European naval uniforms” I haven’t found much about European naval uniforms and Kogal fashion but they are more inspired off the western vibe. I still need some more citations but here’s some I have. (x)(x)(x)(x)
3)”mori and fairy kei inspired by European fairy tales especially those by the Brothers Grimm and the general idea is taking inspiration from Snow White or Rapunzel or Red Riding Hood or Hansel and Gretel” I can tell you for one thing that fairy kei culture was HEAVILY inspired off the 80s, and popular franchises such as My Little Pony, Care Bares, and Rainbow Brite. Although that thing about European fairy tales I’m going to be needing a citation on. [fairy kei(x)(x)(x)] Mori is more heavily based on an earthy and fairy tales but not one in particular [Mori (x)(x)]
4)”Vivienne Westwood ,British designer who is extremely popular in Japan” (x)(x)(x)
5)”punk taken directly from 70s British punk, featuring heavy use of Scottish tartan and the Union Jack flag, to the point that one of the main punk boutiques in Harajuku is called Union Jack” (x)(x)(x)(x) By punk fashion I’m going to assume that you mean visual kei which fits the meaning pretty nicely.
In conclusion, your whole culture appropriation deal is bullshit because it’s basically telling people they can’t do x,y, and z because another culture apparently “owns” it. When you do this you are enforcing cultural/racial segregation which people were trying to prevent in the 1950s in the US. There’s no doubt that cultures have been influenced by other cultures and that’s okay because with that idea you can make something new and interesting. Sure that girl was kinda a dumbass on not reading up on her own god damn fashion, but of course the whole “white people amirite lololol11!!” thing going on. You wouldn’t have the things you have now if it weren’t for other cultures.
-Mexican one
Also, this episode wasn’t about cultural appropriation. The point was Riley was trying to be someone she’s not, and she needed a style that was unique to HER individual self.
