Unholy Fashion
Religious fashion has been in the mainstream for a long time. The most common way of displaying one’s religion is by wearing their sign or representation of their belief as a necklace. Of course along the way even the styles of wearing religious necklaces have evolved. With the influence of hip-hop culture the cross necklace has seem to be “blinged-up” (diamonds/rhinestones) and enlarged quiet a bit with crosses and other representations being 6 inches tall or even bigger.
Just quiet recently the trend in fashion was that it is “cool” to be religious. Many of you have probably seen on campus the t-shirt “Jesus is my Homeboy” or “Got Jesus”. Other religious t-shirts that have reached mainstream is “Everyone Loves a Jewish Girl”, “OM (AUM)”, and pictures of Buddha, and other Hindu gods as well.
Fashion is a great way to express your religious or spiritual beliefs as long as it is respectful of others and does not insult others’ beliefs. Especially when it comes to religion it is a very sensitive issue and even subtle behaviors can offend others. However, there are many people and companies that do offend other religions, and it is important to be aware, so in the future these mistakes do not occur again.
The following is a list of products that represent “Unholy Fashion”:
American Eagle came out with a pair of flip-flops with the picture of the Hindu god Ganesh on the sole. The American Hindu’s against defamation did protest against the company and got the product off the shelf, however shortly after that (even after protests) they put the same Hindu god Ganesh on a t-shirt saying “New Delhi Circus, Get Nuts” with a inverted OM sign on it.
Abercrombie and Fitch came out with the shirt “Get Your Buddha on the Floor”. People did protest against the shirt to get it out of the store. However, sadly in the USA that shirt was in high demand by customers.
Saks Fifth Avenue supplied shoes from a famous Italian designer that put a picture of Buddha on the insole of a pair of heels and pair of women’s flats.
Minelli, a French company but the Hindu god Krishna on a pair of women’s shoes. (Left)
Roberto Cavalli designed a bikini/underwear range with the main theme of Hindu gods on it, which are being sold at big stores such as Harrods. However, when people protested against the clothing the “management of the store Harrods was unresponsive and insensitive”.
“Jesus Saves. Buddha does Incremental Backups.” Found on syswear.com
“Jesus Hates Pussies” Found on http://www.simplythebike.com/
I found an image of Jesus on a pair of flip-flops.
I was appalled and some of the stuff I found. I think it is important to be respectful of all religions and cultures. What do you guys think about some of the stuff I found? Did you come across any of these “Unholy” fashion designs? Did you do anything? I personally have not bought anything from American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch, or Saks Fifth Avenue since I heard about what they did.
Just quiet recently the trend in fashion was that it is “cool” to be religious. Many of you have probably seen on campus the t-shirt “Jesus is my Homeboy” or “Got Jesus”. Other religious t-shirts that have reached mainstream is “Everyone Loves a Jewish Girl”, “OM (AUM)”, and pictures of Buddha, and other Hindu gods as well.
Fashion is a great way to express your religious or spiritual beliefs as long as it is respectful of others and does not insult others’ beliefs. Especially when it comes to religion it is a very sensitive issue and even subtle behaviors can offend others. However, there are many people and companies that do offend other religions, and it is important to be aware, so in the future these mistakes do not occur again.
The following is a list of products that represent “Unholy Fashion”:
American Eagle came out with a pair of flip-flops with the picture of the Hindu god Ganesh on the sole. The American Hindu’s against defamation did protest against the company and got the product off the shelf, however shortly after that (even after protests) they put the same Hindu god Ganesh on a t-shirt saying “New Delhi Circus, Get Nuts” with a inverted OM sign on it.
Abercrombie and Fitch came out with the shirt “Get Your Buddha on the Floor”. People did protest against the shirt to get it out of the store. However, sadly in the USA that shirt was in high demand by customers.
Saks Fifth Avenue supplied shoes from a famous Italian designer that put a picture of Buddha on the insole of a pair of heels and pair of women’s flats.
Minelli, a French company but the Hindu god Krishna on a pair of women’s shoes. (Left)Roberto Cavalli designed a bikini/underwear range with the main theme of Hindu gods on it, which are being sold at big stores such as Harrods. However, when people protested against the clothing the “management of the store Harrods was unresponsive and insensitive”.
“Jesus Saves. Buddha does Incremental Backups.” Found on syswear.com
“Jesus Hates Pussies” Found on http://www.simplythebike.com/
I found an image of Jesus on a pair of flip-flops.
I was appalled and some of the stuff I found. I think it is important to be respectful of all religions and cultures. What do you guys think about some of the stuff I found? Did you come across any of these “Unholy” fashion designs? Did you do anything? I personally have not bought anything from American Eagle, Abercrombie & Fitch, or Saks Fifth Avenue since I heard about what they did.
*Refrences for pictures and Info:
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posted by Aneera at 1:04 PM
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Well, I agree that some of the clothing can be rude and or ignorant to the religions but I don't think that the designers are intending to be rude. For instance I personally like the t-shirt that saids "Jesus is my Homeboy" and I personally wouldn't think that the shoes were meaning to be insulting either...maybe because I do not know about the religion that the shoe is referencing to.
I will continue to shop at the department stores and the other boutiques that offered the "offensive clothing" I just will not purchase the clothing if I find it to be offensive.
But to answer your question about if I have seen anything offensive in a piece of clothing relating to religion....I have and it was a shirt that said "The Devil is an ***Hole..." Now I think that is worse than the clothing that you were talking about... I would NEVER wear anything like that...but this is all opinion...
I really don't know what to say for this. However, in my belief, i don't want to see anything religion that is being made fun under the fashion. I think the designers should take a look carefully about that issue before it is applied in clothes or anything related.
I was not raised religiously, mostly because my mom is Catholic, and my dad is Jewish. Because of this, many religious symbols do not hold the same meaning to me as they do to a devout Catholic or Jew.
This does not mean I dont respect the symbols though, and I can definitely agree that some uses of religious symbols, people or phrases are inappropriate and sometimes vulgar.
I think as long as people do not offend others with their use of religious icons in their fashion, it should not be a problem, but sometimes Im sure that hard to define. What may offend some may be totally harmless to others.
Do what makes you happy. If offending people makes you happy, then go somewhere else, so I dont have to look at you.
I agree that companies should be respectful of religions. They should nt make these tee shirts that blantanly disrespect other religions, even if they dont believe in another religion you still should respect people. This because you want that same respect. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I am a Christian and I wouldnt want someone to disrespect my beliefs because it is something I hold deep to my heart. Even I dont believe in other religions, I will not say something bad about them or disrespect them. I believe this is an interesting topic and a good blog, this issue concerning clothing and religion brings about many other issues. Designers may not intend to be ignorant but it still may be offensive to others. They just need to be careful what they say because this issue could potentially become bigger.
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