Comments on: Cultural appropriation in fashion & what you should do instead https://sewguide.com/cultural-appropriation-in-fashion-what-you-should-do-instead/ Sewing Patterns, tips, Tutorials, Fashion designing tips, fabric guides and Clothing stories Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3 By: https://sewguide.com/cultural-appropriation-in-fashion-what-you-should-do-instead/#comment-11072567 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:03:36 +0000 https://sewguide.com/?p=11089935#comment-11072567 In reply to .

Nice recollection. Yes, we are always trying, learning from things others do better.

]]> By: https://sewguide.com/cultural-appropriation-in-fashion-what-you-should-do-instead/#comment-11072565 Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:23:32 +0000 https://sewguide.com/?p=11089935#comment-11072565 Thanks for the article about cultural sensitivity and appropriation. I found it only glosses the surface, which I believe was your intention, rather than an exhaustive study of the concept. When talking about clothes design and fabric design, it is next to impossible not to incorporate elements of different cultures. Even the ways clothes open and close are deeply rooted in history. (Think zippers, snaps, buttons, frogs etc.) I took weaving on a 12 harness loom when in art school and borrowed heavily on Danish weaving books that I couldn’t even read. I had to rely on the schematic drawings of the way warp threads are put into the heddles and tied to the lambs. The fabric was beautiful with a raised honeycomb weave, but certainly is borrowed from another culture. Yet, I had great respect for the artists I was learning from. Anyway, thanks again for the article. Barbara

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