Turban
Paul Poiret, 1911
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
War Bonnet
Kiowa, 1890
The National Museum of the American Indian
I knew I wanted to do Native American fashion on Thanksgiving, but I was nervous about making it seem like it’s acceptable to wear this stuff out to a party. So, it needs to be said: this is a war bonnet worn by an honored man of the Kiowa tribe. Each feather was earned through a brave deed in battle, and the bonnet could only be worn with the consent of the leaders of the tribe. This is not something you just wear. It is an object of tremendous cultural importance, and it needs to be respected as such.
I know there are a lot of my fellow White people out there who think wearing a war bonnet is somehow justifiable because they’re 1/32nd Cherokee (it’s usually Cherokee because once it became sufficiently clear that White people had taken over, the Cherokee Nation tried its best to integrate. It didn’t go so well). First of all, your Cherokee ancestors probably looked more like this instead of this. Secondly, there’s nothing wrong with celebrating your Native American ancestry, you just need to do it in a way that doesn’t stereotype and degrade all Native Americans. War bonnets like this one are only worn among the nations of the Great Plains. Nations from other parts of the Americas wear other things. Do some research, or even get involved in modern cultural events of whatever nation you happen to be descended from. You and Native Americans everywhere will be better off for it.
That’s too cute! (man and kitten :p)
Young herdswoman from a Dhofar mountain tribe in Oman
National Geographic | September 1981
No one in the world has swagger like us.
In response to Lady Gaga’s heinous and miserable attempt to appropriate the burqa. It’s disrespectful to muslim women who actually do wear the burqa and no, she’s not doing anything for us by wearing it in a very sexualized manner in the name of fashion. There is nothing that will justify what she did and how she did it. This is REAL burqa swag.
Tunisian costume
Place of origin: Tunisia
late 19th century
Materials and Techniques:
[Turban cloth] Woven silk and cotton embroidered with chain stitch.
[Sash] Twill woven silk
Uhhhh. Hi.oh my
Pair of anklets
Place of origin: Algeria
Date: ca. 1838
Materials and Techniques: Silver gilt with cloisonné, enamel and pastes
gallery notes:These anklets, or khalkhal (khul khal), were made as decorative accessories for an urban Algerian woman. They are made of silver-gilt with applied panels of silver-gilt filigree partly enamelled and are hinged near the centre. The anklets can be opened by means of a chained pin at the front which can be removed.
The anklets bear a French silver standard mark suggesting they were made after the French occupation of Algeria, which began in 1830. The design of such anklets varied from city to city. The donor of this pair reported that these were made in El Golea, a town in central Algeria, but were acquired further north, in Ghardaïa
I’M GOING TO FEKKIN PAWNCH YOU DIOR
/thesearesobeautifulsobbs
