Marc Jacobs Finds Himself In Yet Another Cultural Appropriation Scandal At This Years NYFW

I swear I am so tired of Marc and his shenanigans! Marc Jacobs closed out New York Fashion Week with his highly anticipate runway show last week and everybody is talking about it.

From the reports the show was awesome but what really got people talking was the hair. Marc decided to do his usual cultural appropriation thing where his models wore color dread locs but instead of using black women with real locs he used white women with yarn or some sort of material.

Would some people call it edgy? Yes, but in a sort of “let’s mimic black people and their styles” and then tell the press that you got inspired by “many different” inspirations including, Boy George, and Marilyn Manson.

“But as with any hairstyle for a fashion show, we look at tons of references,” he told Allure, “so the look ends up being a result of many different inspirations and cultural references,” a list that included musician Boy George and Marilyn Manson, ’80s club kids, Japanese Harajuku girls, and ravers. “It’s never about just looking at one thing or one reference point—it’s a melting pot of ideas.”

Sure Marc!

To add insult to injury Marc was called out about his cultural appropriation antics and you will not believe the level of ignorance he came back with to justify his position:

So not only are we ‘narrow minded’ but we should be criticized for using a flat iron*? Unlike locs, bantu knots and other styles that Marc Jacobs does on his models without any mention of the actual culture it comes from, straight hair does not belong to white folk.

I think it is actually very silly to always write about this year after year. Why is it so hard people…