It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Tony Albert

Indigenous Fashion / Colonialism

13 February 2024

4 minutes

Kitsch items are often gathered and reclaimed by First Nations peoples, artists, designers and academics. For instance, vintage Australian tourist scarves portray First Nations people as primitive caricatures and noble savages.

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