Discussion: Racist clothing collection by French clothing company debuts

liberalmusiclover

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These are the looks Touitou dubbed “Last N****s in Paris.”

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He also invoked “the ghetto.”

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During one point in the presentation, Touitou held up a sign with the name, and said, “I call this one look ‘Last N****as in Paris.’ Why? Because it’s the sweet spot when the hood — the ‘hood — meets Bertolucci’s movie Last Tango in Paris.”

“I made looks which are a crossover of those two references: The Timberland shoes and the sweat pants are iconic of hip-hop, and the camel hair color coat, worn with nothing under it, is iconic of that precise movie,” he said.

“I am friends with Kanye. … As a matter of fact, when I came up with this idea, I wrote to him, with the picture of the look and the name I was giving to it, and he wrote back immediately saying something like, ‘I love this vibe.’”

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Thoughts???

Badger

Look like pajamas

Selxo

freedom of speech1!!!111!

dannyboy

Why is it racist when a black person even has a song called the same thing???

conatus

it's not even a good collection. i'm struggling to see the concept.

beautiful player

Where's the racism?

aphextwink

this is wrong on so many levels.

StephenNYMonster

These looks kind of slay though.

Legacy

Well if Kanye liked it....

Mess though, he could've chosen another word. He knows what this one means and it's controversial.

Haburo

atrl screaming RACISME RACISME RACISME again

liberalmusiclover

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Originally posted by dannyboy

Why is it racist when a black person even has a song called the same thing???

Black fashion being labeled as "ghetto" and "******ish" and marketed as such by a company headed by a white man is nothing but racist.

ATRL

B'Day

Well, if it's Kanye it can't be wrong.

Drowned_World

Saw this on tumblr earlier and the speech the designer gave doesn't even make sense, even less so in context with the rather elegant clothing line. Don't give him the time of the day.

classiccity98

Stupid as **** the clothes look like **** and the model looks doped up

dannyboy

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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

Black fashion being labeled as "ghetto" and "******ish" and marketed as such by a company headed by a white man is nothing but racist.

ATRL

yes but Kaney has a song with the same name, why is it a problem??? why can he say "*****" because he is black???
(just so you know, i never use the word, but i think NO ONE should use it !!!)

AnneBoleyn

Pure Adrenaline

this is everything BUT ghetto

IVY

These are basic as ****, no wonder Kanye loved them, he has a bad taste in fashion.

rbautz

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Originally posted by IVY

These are basic as ****, no wonder Kanye loved them, he has a bad taste in fashion.

Quite right and why doesn't they have learned to lace their shoes?

Delilah.

RACISME RACISME RACISME