From what weâve gleaned, Anna attended a party at Ibizaâs DC10 club, which boasts on its Facebook page that itâs âone of the best known clubbing destinations on the planet, principally due to the hedonistic and no holds barred afterhour sessions of Monday daytime party Circo Loco.â Whatâs worse is that the editor refers to the piece as her Ibiza hat, which one can only conclude means that she thinks the piece is just a cute accessory to wear to listen to music outdoors.
For those whose minds still cannot grasp why Native American people might find this offensive, I challenge you to get a clue. This sort of thing is exactly why people get so outraged every single time this happens. In Annaâs eyes, and in the eyes of so many thoughtless individuals, this piece, which has a sacred meaning for many Native American tribes, is just a cool accessory. It has been downgraded from a source of pride and reverence to something to sit atop some clueless personâs head as they pose, dance and get wasted outdoors.
Things have meaning, whether we care to acknowledge it or not. Anna wouldnât traipse around in a swastika T-shirt because she thinks itâs a cool shape. You simply canât divorce the symbol from its historical and cultural meaning. So, why is the headdress any different?
Oh, and weâre going to pass on chalking this up to cultural differences. Anna is a cosmopolitan woman working in fashion. Surely she has been privy to previous outrages (hi, Pharrell Williams) over this sort of thing. She knows better, and itâs time for her to do better.
[h/t Fashion Times]