This made me sick to my stomach and I basically lost it at my desk at work.
This really grieves my spirit so much that I want to cry.
Read this article and tell me your thoughts
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/business/worldbusiness/01vogue.html?no_interstitial
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“You have to remember with fashion, you can’t take it that seriously,” Ms. Tanna said. “We weren’t trying to make a political statement or save the world,” she said.
You know Pria Tanna is an idiot. There I said it, a selfish idiot no less. This is why I am hating the high-fashion industry more and more everyday. It is a mockery of humanity. It tells women to starve themselves to be beautiful and then in this case, uses those who are truly starving and exploits them, probably not even thinking to assist them in their poverty state but rather using them for their own selfish advertising.
From the article: "Not taking a close enough look at the “real people” is drawing criticism for Vogue, too. “The magazine does not even bother to identify the subjects” of the photos, said Ms. Gahlaut, the columnist. Instead, Vogue names the brands of the accessories in the captions, and says they are worn by a lady or a man."
Well considering that Vogue is more concerned with certain appearances of only high fashion models, hollywood celebrities and those of great wealth, it is no wonder they name no names of their "models" in the photos. To do so would probably (God forbid) cause a Vogue reader to remember an impoverished Indian man or woman over a stupid Burberry umbrella.
I think if you are willing to pay $200 for an umbrella that is going to get just as wet as my $10 Walgreens one then you need your head and your heart examined.
Gosh I am angry, can't you tell??
Very true Carrie
As ugly an image as this fashion editorial may be - and however distasteful it may be to our palates - it serves as a reminder to us.
My former small group leader, one of the many faces I had hoped to see while visiting all of you this past weekend, struggled for months with the decision she and her husband had made to return to the Nashville/Franklin area. Having been called to seek reconciliation for blacks and whites, the haves and have-nots, she wrestled with the thought that they were leaving the dirt and grime of the inner-city streets of Philly to live the comfortable, suburban life of their youth.
I had to remind her that as apparent as the "brokenness" is in the poor, there is still healing and redemption that needs to be shared with those living in affluence. Like the rich man who offered to follow Christ until he realized the cost of his decision, it's often the rich who run far from the grip of God's grace. For the poor, it (faith)is life itself, but for the rich it is merely an inconvenient choice to be made. A nagging bug of truth that buzzes in their ears.
Maybe as we look at these photos we should say a prayer for India's poor and destitute and for the "cultured" people behind the scenes? Are they (we) not the most poor and destitute in the end afterall?
You bring up some great points and I agree that the rich need to be reached out to because there is as much emptiness in their souls, but the problem here is the exploitation. The human element is being replaced by possesions to fill our closets.
1. I agree that the heart issue must be dealt with in the rich to even see the injustices and make a change
2. This does not make an an excuse for people being inhumane.
3. Yes, we should pray for both, the poor- that they may be rich in Christ and the wealthy- that they may see that their possessions are but filthy rags before God.
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