Vintage Boho Dresses Anyone? UK Clothing Brand Trolled For Selling Kurtas As Vintage, Boho Dresses
Anybody knows what ¡®Vintage, boho dresses¡¯ are? The traditional kurtas you wear is what this British clothing brand calls vintage, boho dresses! The brand has been facing criticism online for selling these dresses.
The dresses look very similar to the traditional kurtas with their side-slits and traditional motifs, minus the bottoms. A Twitter user named Diya spotted this, and shared the screenshots of the ¡®dresses¡¯.
She took to Twitter and wrote, ¡®Vintage boho dress????? girl u got on a kameez with no salwar.¡¯
vintage boho dress????? girl u got on a damn kameez with no salwar...... pic.twitter.com/9qJBWfPCMd
¡ª diya (@dxya_d) September 7, 2019
In no time, her tweet went viral on social media and collected over 14.6k likes and 7k retweets. The screenshots showed the models wearing dresses/kurtas priced between 30 to 36 pounds - approximately Rs 1,775 to Rs 3,190. Are you kidding me?
After the images were shared on Twitter, some people were pissed, while others simply could not stop laughing.
1.
I'm so tired they never stop stealing
¡ª rich brian stan account (@mahhheen) September 10, 2019
2.
There's a well established term for this, it's called cultural appropriation.
¡ª ConsciousSara-h (@conscioussarah) September 10, 2019
3.
wait this is genius I¡¯m gonna start selling my used kameezes as $200 vintage boho dresses
¡ª Abby Govindan (@abbygov) September 10, 2019
4.
The red one is cut from the sides. It's a damn kurta! Where your damn pants!
¡ª MeghaSharma (@crazyabtsrk) September 10, 2019
5.
omg then i already own tons of these boho dresses
¡ª mansi ? (@springtaytaee) September 10, 2019
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6.
omg i¡¯ve been wearing vintage boho dresses all this while
¡ª ?????||s/h? (@Taaeestyy) September 10, 2019
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¡ª Aaminah (@Aaminahissss) September 9, 2019
The images were from a vintage and retro clothing website based out in Purfleet, a town in England. According to Metro, the website - Thrifted.com - pulled down the garments after the backlash.
A spokesperson told Metro, ¡°Thrifted.com purchased a bulk mix of vintage/second-hand dresses from a supplier who had labelled them as ¡®boho¡¯. They were then listed on the website under this name."
