Indie Fashion Indie Clothing

by admin on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 | Comments Off

Indie Fashion Indie Clothing

Bad sunglass branding and t-shirt design (Boing Boing)

Chinese company Xiamen Jinzhi has released a line of "Hellen Keller"
sunglasses. According to the Wall Street Journal, company spokesman Xiamen
Jinzhi said "that they were aware Helen Keller was blind, but what they valued
was her philanthropist spirit which spread optimism around the world."

In other fun fashion news, Urban Outfitters is under fire from the Anti-
Defamation League for selling a t-shirt with a patch the ADL says is similar
to the "yellow badge" that Jews were ordered to sew on their clothing in Nazi
Germany-occupied areas during World War II. The Daily quotes an open letter
ADL regional director Barry Morrison wrote to Urban Outfitters CEO Richard
Hayne: “The League has communicated with Urban Outfitters on numerous
occasions over the years regarding a variety of projects that have, ‘tread on
the feelings and reinforced stereotypes of various groups — Christians,
blacks, and Irish, Mexican, and Jewish-Americans … the list goes on’ .” Of
course, last month the Navajo Nation sued Urban Outfitters for using their
name on panties and a flask (!). This was just before the Congressional Ad Hoc
Committee on Irish Affairs asked Urban Outfitters to stop selling items like
their ...

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