#Like I also have seen this from steampunk types and another British costumer that made a 19th century Mughal garment and in his text about | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

bijoumikhawal · 2 years ago

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Its good that Cathy has publicly apologized for the Peacock dress affair but it's sad that she's not the only one and this type of defensive behavior from white costumers is actually really common, and you can see that in how many people are trying to stroke her ego while she's apologizing for her conduct.

#Cipher talk #Like I also have seen this from steampunk types and another British costumer that made a 19th century Mughal garment and in his text about #It was already defensive and claiming it had no colonial context (I checked the date he cited for the garment and a basic overview of #Indian history: it was made during a time when Britian had outsized control in India and Brits wearing Indian dress was Complicated #At the very least)#It's really disgusting that an Indian women got disrespect and an Indian embroiderer got death threats but people are still more concerned #About a pretty dress they wanted to see #Even costumers I still keep up with have done weird shit like this and not apologized #Rachel Maksy inviting that vintage Egyptologist woman: 'adventurecore' from Bianca with blatant inspiration from British Imperial ideas of #Adventure and exploration

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