7/14/2023 0 Comments Dodo bar or designer![]() ![]() The effect of this for Amani Hassan, programme director at The Arab British Centre, is “it loses its original meaning” and, with that, “it normalises the occupation”. It’s a pattern that has lent itself to the prairie-style dresses that have made the last few seasons’ catwalks feel like the frontier.Īt Cecilie Copenhagen, keffiyeh-inspired garments range from €90 (£84) to €240 at Dodo Bar Or dresses can go for more than £1,000.Īccording to Nasser-Khoury, “it’s almost become commonplace” to see the design co-opted. The Israeli brand Dodo Bar Or’s first collection, which took the print and put it on playsuits and blouses, has been a favourite on Instagram since it was released in 2016. While some designs riffing on the keffiyeh have encountered enough mainstream protest to be withdrawn, such as a Topshop “festival-ready scarf” playsuit in 2017 and an Urban Outfitters “anti-war woven scarf” in 2007, many others have found their way on to lists of the best dresses in recent summers, as well as being worn by Instagram influencers such as Lucy Williams and Camille Charrière. Yet Boohoo’s £10 keffiyeh-reminiscent “tribal print smock” doesn’t seem to have met such open criticism. Practices such as wearing Native American-style headdresses at festivals have been re-examined, and Kim Kardashian’s line of shapewear recently had its name, Kimono, retracted after widespread criticism and an online campaign. The apparent proliferation of keffiyeh-inspired designs comes at a time of increased debate about cultural appropriation. ![]()
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