Why the ‘Native’ Fashion Trend Is Pissing Off Real Native Americans ›

digatisdi:

This part especially:

“For Adrienne K., the stratospheric prices of the haute-couture Pendleton items just adds injury to insult. “There’s the whole economic stratification issue of it,” she writes. “These designs are expensive. The new Portland Collection ranges from $48 for a tie to over $700 for a coat. The Opening Ceremony collection was equally, if not more, costly. It almost feels like rubbing salt in the wound, when poverty is rampant in many Native communities, to say ‘Oh, we designed this collection based on your culture, but you can’t even afford it!’”

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