{"id":340414,"date":"2021-09-13T23:06:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T20:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/balenciagas-1190-sagging-sweatpants-slammed-as-racist\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T23:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T20:06:38","slug":"balenciagas-1190-sagging-sweatpants-slammed-as-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/balenciagas-1190-sagging-sweatpants-slammed-as-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"#Balenciaga&#8217;s $1,190 sagging sweatpants slammed as racist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Balenciaga&#8217;s $1,190 sagging sweatpants slammed as racist<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A pair of $1,190 sweatpants from tony fashion house Balenciaga are being slammed on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> as racist and a prime example of cultural <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriation. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balenciaga.com\/en-us\/trompe-l-oeil-sweatpants-red-662627TKM366100.html\">Trompe-L\u2019Oeil<\/a>\u201d sweatpants come with built-in boxer shorts that are designed to peak out above the waistband \u2014 mimicking the style popularized in hip hop culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis feels racist. This feels very racist, guys\u201d TikTok user @mr200m__, real name\u00a0Josiah Hyacinth, said, as another off-screen voice replies: \u201cIt is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hyacinth is seen probing the trousers, which were displayed at UK-based high-end department store Selfridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have woven these boxers inside the trousers,\u201d Hyacinth continued. The video, which has been viewed over 1.6 million times, is captioned: \u201cYou know when something feels racist @Balenciaga I have questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve gentrified sagging,\u201d user @6aptiste responded in one of over 3,300 comments on the video.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/balenciaga-pants.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Balenciaga's new Trompe-L'Oeil pants that have been accused of cultural appropriation.\" class=\"wp-image-19440783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/balenciaga-pants.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/balenciaga-pants.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/balenciaga-pants.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Balenciaga\u2019s new Trompe-L\u2019Oeil pants that have been accused of cultural appropriation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marquita Gammage, an associate professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Northridge, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/style\/article\/balenciaga-boxer-sweatpants-racism-tiktok-cultural-appropriation\/index.html\">told CNN<\/a> she was disturbed by the pants and views it as \u201cBlack culture with the hopes of securing major profits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gammage, who is the author of \u201cCultural Appropriation as \u2018Agency Reduction\u201d\u2019 added that the style has \u201cbeen used to criminalize Blacks, especially Black males as thugs and a threat to American society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBalenciaga men\u2019s Trompe-L\u2019Oeil sweatpants in red triggers immediate concern given the grotesque similarity to the iconic African American hip hop aesthetic worn by Black Americans for decades that has resulted in the imprisonment and death of Black men,\u201d Gammage said in an email to CNN. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\u201cThe trousers have commercial cultural appropriation written all over them; branded with the name Balenciaga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gammage\u2019s remarks are an apparent reference to a handful of laws in several states across the US south that target Black people for wearing sagging pants below the belt, such as the anti-sagging pants law passed in Louisiana in 2007 and only abolished in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Of all arrests made under that law, 96 percent were of Black men, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shreveporttimes.com\/story\/news\/2019\/06\/02\/black-men-make-up-96-percent-sagging-arrests-shreveport\/1285063001\/\">the Shreveport Times<\/a>, citing data from the local police department.<\/p>\n<p>Ludivine Pont, chief marketing officer for Balenciaga, said in a statement to CNN, \u201cIn many of our collections, we combine different wardrobe pieces into a single garment, such as denim jeans layered over tracksuit pants, cargo shorts merged with jeans and button-up shirts layered over t-shirts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese Trompe L\u2019Oeil trousers were an extension of that vision,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for Balenciaga and parent company Kering did not return The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Black men being discriminated against and devalued for sagging pants and Balenciaga is profiting off the style. Crazy how it\u2019s ghetto until they put a price on it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ujjFkHfYnt\">pic.twitter.com\/ujjFkHfYnt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HighestPriestess\ud83e\uddd6\ud83c\udffe\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83d\udcab\ud83c\udf3b (@loveKase24) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loveKase24\/status\/1435058863535951873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>And the pants are not the only item catching the ire of social media watchdogs. <\/p>\n<p>Many called out Balenciaga\u2019s $2,090 \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balenciaga.com\/en-nz\/-barbes-medium-east-west-shopper-bag--blue-6714092100Q4269.html\">Barbes East-West Shopper Bag<\/a>\u201d\u00a0for resembling a bag design that originated in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Africans you can\u2019t convince us that this is Balenciaga, we know what it is lol,\u201d user @SithaleKgaogelo <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SithaleKgaogelo\/status\/1435154723649241090\">tweeted<\/a>.\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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