the Fabled White Buffalo co. >>>Bailey H. Robinson

thecountryfucker:

Read this. 

This is a great article about the appropriation of native american culture for fashion. It is good because of its thoughtfulness, thoroughness and objectivity. I came away from the article with my own opinions that were different than before.  

From the article:

Does that make the hip, couture Portland Collection the same sort of exploitation of Native American culture as the Urban Outfitter “Navajo” line? Here’s where it gets tricky: Pendleton blankets, while marketed to and adopted by tribes across the United States, were not originally designed or manufactured by Native Americans. So to understand the debate about the place of what we assume is Native American iconography in contemporary fashion, you have to look at the history of the Indian trade blanket.

(via raggedglory)