{"id":635,"date":"2018-05-05T21:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T21:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/?p=635"},"modified":"2018-05-05T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T22:22:13","slug":"elle-canada-called-the-dashiki-the-newest-it-item-and-faced-the-wrath-of-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adiree.com\/magazine\/elle-canada-called-the-dashiki-the-newest-it-item-and-faced-the-wrath-of-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elle Canada called the Dashiki ‘The Newest It-Item’ and faced the wrath of Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dashikis: you’ve probably see them everywhere and in many shapes and forms: dresses. skirts. shorts. tops. You’ve seen them\u00a0\u00a0worn by celebrities<\/a> , on the runway at a New York activation of Africa Fashion Week<\/a> and so often hanging on display at fair-trade-markets.\u00a0 Yet,\u00a0Elle\u00a0<\/em>Canada didn’t receive the memo. The magazine faced backlash over a story which claims that “dashikis are the new kaftans.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The magazine posted the story (which has since been removed) on Twitter referring to this well-known (apparently, only in this part of the world) West African attire as “in style”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Omi Woods Dashiki New York Fashion Week Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Twitter wasn’t with it. Furious tweeters called out the magazine for being ignorant to dressing that has been “an integral part of black culture for years. Here’s what a few tweeters had to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hi<\/span>\u00a0@ElleCanada<\/a>\u00a0Ensure your social media team is well traveled & educated. The dashiki<\/span> has BEEN “IN”. How<\/span>\u00a0#ignorant<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Hey<\/span>\u00a0@ElleCanada<\/a>\u00a0is this a joke? We’ll borrow the hashtag<\/span>–\u00a0#mycultureisnotcouture<\/a>”<\/p>\n

“Since when we’re [sic] dashiki’s new? My culture is not a trend”<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is so irritating. NOTHING about a dashiki is new. It’s been the “it-item” in African countries since forever.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Elle Canada showed dashikis from Forever 21 in that post. Forever 21 doesn’t even call them dashikis. No cultural context. Very offensive.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Who knew a dashiki could cause such uproar?<\/span><\/p>\n

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