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Victoria's Secret apologizes for use of headdress
Associated Press ^ | November 13, 2012

Posted on 11/13/2012 7:08:53 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

Victoria's Secret has apologized for putting a Native American-style headdress on a model for its annual fashion show, after the outfit was criticized as a display of ignorance toward tribal culture and history.

The company responded to the complaints over the weekend by saying it was sorry to have upset anyone and that it wouldn't include the outfit in the show's television broadcast next month, or in any marketing materials.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: fashion; headdress; menwearvsnotwomen
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To: TexasRepublic

Apparently pigmentation and skin thickness are inversely proportional.


81 posted on 11/13/2012 12:39:48 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Wurlitzer
The article was representative of the dying breed that is the newspapers industry.
82 posted on 11/13/2012 7:53:17 PM PST by ConservativeStatement (Smile on Dems: Ignorance is bliss.)
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