Victoria’s Secret Does It Again…Again.
By Fashion and Entertainment Editor Joseph Lamour
Victoria’s Secret will never stop fetishising race will they?
Michael K of DListed joked,
“Love, kisses and woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woos – VS”
That is the exact statement Victoria’s Secret is going to release after everybody freaks out about the mess of an outfit they put Karlie Kloss in.
You have to joke to keep from crying sometimes, right?
Karlie Kloss, I love you, and I feel for you: dating Leonardo DiCaprio well after his Titanic looks went the way of The Departed. That must have been hard, but WTF is on your body right now? Most Native American imagery, like the headdress, has been established by recent controversies as off-limits. Therefore, Ms. Kloss, shaking your moneymaker near Justin Bieber is not okay (that’s not okay for any adult to do, frankly).
Back to this outfit–which is ridiculous, regardless of the racist imagery, the fringe and the turquoise (if I were speaking this would be the point where I say “Turquoise!” an octave higher than the first one.) Which, by the way, only confirms to me that they were looking at a World Book circa 1954 for inspiration. This mishegas is all to showcase a leopard-skin panty set, an animal that doesn’t live on the same continent that Native Americans do. Maybe they only had the “N” World Book and not the “L.” Except, those come together, if memory serves–I lost half of mine, too, as a child. The result of what Kloss is wearing is some weird amalgam of a cavewoman and “Sexy Pocahontas”–because you know that’s exactly the words they used in whatever creative meetings they had. This is what happens when you don’t know anyone who knows anyone who isn’t from Columbus, OH, where they’re based. And shame on them if they do. Putting those two themes together also serves as a highly trigger-worthy comparison of Native Americans to primitive beings.
And look, it’s not just minorities who find this offensive. Terry Schwartz of Zap2It wrote yesterday in her article:
No Doubt released a new video for their single “Looking Hot” over this past weekend, and the music video sparked almost instantaneous outrage from the Native American community.
Please tell me, by the way that she’s blowing a kiss in the Zap2It photo and not “woo-woo-woo-ing”. Schwartz makes a good point (And Michael K made it as well). Does no one in the entire Victoria’s Secret headquarters read the paper, watch the news (I mean, even E! covered it),or speak to other people? Put some claws on her and make a some leopard-skin wings real quick. You have a building full of people making those parade floats–they could do it. And if they couldn’t do it, Chris March could have! His team his awesome–and quick–and you would get free marketing and a bundle of good press out of your sensitivity. Yes, I’m available to consult with your marketing team, if you would like.
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