Fashion and social commentary

[skywardprodigal]

Israeli fashion house 'Irit' has this picture up at their main page.







Sometimes, what I see is so offensive, I wonder why I bother even trying to look at fashion or aesthetics. I'm appalled.

Oh, the white model is Bar Rafaeli.

ETA: This is up here because I'm hoping that those who do see this, and may have a problem with what it depicts and codes, will hie themselves to the contact section of Irit's main site and share their opinion of this in reasonable, polite terms.

x-posted to sex_and_race.

ETA: debunkingwhite, feminist, & blackfolk discussions.

Comments

[littleeva.livejournal.com]

I think the pictures are offensive because of their content and that white model is too damn fug; those black girls should be covering her FACE. DiCaprio has zero taste in women, he should have stuck with Giselle.

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

(OH gosh, you're 'too damn fug' comment just about killed me. Hee. Um. I think she's ordinary-cute. I don't see the fug.)

What gets me is that this crap is so blatant. I hate the orientalist trope this reproduces.

Bar Rafaeli "Slave" Ads

[mustbecrazy.livejournal.com]

That's messed up.

Re: Bar Rafaeli "Slave" Ads

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

Yah.

Re: Bar Rafaeli "Slave" Ads

[mustbecrazy.livejournal.com]

How did that come to your attention, you just came across it?

What the hell were they thinking-- beside the obvious?

Re: Bar Rafaeli "Slave" Ads

[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

No. I was scrolling through thefashionspot's Favorite top african and black models (http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f96/favourite-top-african-black-models-29972.html) thread.

I don't know. Irit never deigned to answer my email.