I know I'm late on this PUG drama, but I wanted to still write this article for women such as myself who aren't in the know. I was scrolling through my Instagram, when I saw a post with the hashtag "Boycott Pinup Girl Clothing," I clicked on it, then did a little research of my own. Basically, a brand called 'Pinup Girl Clothing' launched a collection called Chinese New Year and people found it offensive, stating that it was appropriating Asian culture. The colors and print they used in the line actually symbolize death and bad luck.
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Due to pin-ups in the past being predominantly white, I think now more than ever we need models of every race to encourage women of all races to start dressing in pinup fashion. Representation matters - I’m not saying that people of other races can’t wear something that’s in Asian culture, I’m just saying they could have used more Asian models.
I mean, there are tons of Asian pin-ups in the community, why not get more of them to model for you? Although, I don't think we should boycott them and I don't think they tried to offend anyone. I mean, what good would that do for their brand if they knew it would cause so much backlash? I highly doubt they would have launched the line, I think It's just a case of a lack of research on their part.
I mean, there are tons of Asian pin-ups in the community, why not get more of them to model for you? Although, I don't think we should boycott them and I don't think they tried to offend anyone. I mean, what good would that do for their brand if they knew it would cause so much backlash? I highly doubt they would have launched the line, I think It's just a case of a lack of research on their part.
"Today, Laura started tagging pictures of her POC friends with w/ #Boycottpinupgirlclothing, to gaslight and derail Using POC as props Tsk Tsk. -shelovesdresses"
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