Native Appropriations


2012 VS Fashion Show
Native Navajo headdress 


While researching for my Fashion Theory assignment I cam across a great video depicting cultural appropriation and how people seem to create a description of others based on stereotypes.

The power in this video posted on nativeappropriations.com really defines what life is like in a native american's shoes, from how they live their lives, just like the average Canadian, to how they celebrate their culture. 

I strongly recommend looking at this link here to see how this demographic is typically grouped as one and not by the tribes they are from. Don't follow the trend -don't support the mascot. 

Sometimes companies try to promote this phenomenon, like Aveda, who empowers the idea of global culture and created a campaign where different elements from are different places are being showcased. It's a mix of life and beauty where there is no wrong because nothing they have taken is sacred but apart of certain cultures as a whole. Look at their new SS/14 Culture Clash line on Youtube here!

-Aleksia