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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
The thing is, poor people everywhere else in the world DO NOT DRESS LIKE THIS. You don't see beggars in Cambodia dressed like Elvis. You don't see poor schoolchildren in Italy wearing shirts with Nazi Party insignia. For people to say that a website like this is classist is extremely patronizing. No one's dressing like this because they don't have anything else to wear.
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If you go back and look at the site, I think you do see something that indicate probable poverty and misfortune rather than just bad taste. Not all of it, but some of it.
It is a class based commentary, predominately, I think, because I think the nature of fashion is to value stuff that looks rich basically. What are we really saying when we describe something as "tasteful" or "elegant"?
The most extremely humorous examples on the site where people are clearly making an effort to achieve a particular look, not so much, sure.
I think you can find pictures of poor people globally wearing crazy stuff. Most of it is random American stuff they've probably gotten from aid groups, and they probably are wearing it because they don't have too many other options.
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