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Op-Ed | Fashion Does Not Need Cultural Appropriation

Calling out cultural appropriation does not kill creative license, it simply forces those who control the narrative and means of distribution to cite their sources, argues Darío Calmese.
Gucci Cruise 2018 (left, InDigital.tv) and Olympic gold and silver medalist Diane Dixon, in Dapper Dan, 1988 (right, DapperDanOfHarlem.com)
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  • Darío Calmese

NEW YORK, United States

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