āA new trend has emerged in the [Western] fashion world. Or so they say. Fashion bloggers, stylists, and prominent members of the fashion industry are all talking about the ādress over pantsā trend, which Pakistanis have been sporting for as long as we can remember.ā
I saw this Kendall Jenner tweet awhile ago on the internet and I remember thinking, āHey thatās what us Pakistani and other South Asian women wear all the time; weāve been wearing these for years. Whatās so special about this?ā and then I remembered that if youāre white, everything suddenly becomes sooooo chic and stylish!!! And when the rest of us wear it, weāre insulted or stereotyped, get nasty looks, racist remarks etc etc. I mean, Iāve seen a lot of other celebs in the West wearing clothes like this too and of course they all get praised by the media and fashion bloggers for starting some new and creative trends, but the rest of us get crap for wearing our original cultural clothes.
This dress is pretty common in Pakistan, and other South Asian countries. Pakistani women rock this look pretty well:
Why do they take our fashions and create some bland and boring version of them?
Hereās another article with historical and modern examples of South Asian (Pakistani and Indian) fashion of which these gorees stole, i meanā¦.were āinspiredā by lmao
Best part is, a brown person wears shalwar khameez in public theyre derided, insulted, seen as untrustworthy, and put at higher risk of violence.. but a white woman does it and suddenly its chic (meanwhile brown ppl are still treated poorly for wearing it)
The fact that this is a global thing. My African American women get judged by their different types of hair, but as soon as some Kardashian wears it, it's fashionable!! Smh
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