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The journal of Dennison Bertram. An American fashion photographer in the Czech Republic. Happy, sad, and everything in between.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Ethnic Stereotypes




This might be a little weird of a thing to say, but something that bothers me sometime in fashion is what I percieve to be a tendency to conform to societies sterotypes regarding minorities (or should I say majorities, considering absolute percentages from the world) with regards to fashion. On the runway there were a few non-white models who seemed more often than not to be dressed according to what I feel is a prevalent sterotype about how those of that ethnic background are suppose to look. I don't really have a wealth of evidence to back this claim up with, so take it lightly and come to your own conclusions, but here are two photos from the Heatherette and doo.ri (I think) show that i don't take offence to, but I do feel a little 'uneasy' about. The asian girl was really an ASIAN girl. She walked in this tripsy, loppy head way that for me seemed to be exactly what I picture a sterotype of a small asian girl to be (yeah I know, I guess thats my perception). From the heatherette show we have for comparision, three black girls dressed kinda 'tribally' and the Hilton sisters- as american as apple pie.

Like I said, just my perception and 'hunch'. I'd welcome opinions.