{"id":25298,"date":"2018-11-10T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=25298"},"modified":"2018-11-10T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:00:05","slug":"is-it-ok-to-judge-people-for-controversial-clothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/is-it-ok-to-judge-people-for-controversial-clothing\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it ok to judge people for controversial clothing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Homophobic jackets, Hiroshima t-shirts and \u201cDon\u2019t care\u201d coats. They\u2019ve all caused the uproar of the public, however, is it acceptable to judge people for the clothes they wear?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The successful K-pop band BTS has recently been facing backlash after a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0picture of one of its members wearing a Hiroshima shirt was shared online. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">The fans of the famous band have gone wild due to the reference the shirt makes to the end of Japan&#8217;s colonisation over the Korean\u00a0Peninsula in 1945. The shirt includes an image of an atomic bomb alongside the repetition of the words &#8220;Patriotism our history liberation Korea&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kei87c1\/status\/1060897385147187200<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the members of the K-pop band are not the only ones who have been axed for their clothing. America&#8217;s First Lady was photographed wearing a Zara jacket with the words &#8220;I really don&#8217;t care, do you?&#8221; after visiting a detention centre for migrant children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkT3i3Qh0-n\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkhttp:\/\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BkT3i3Qh0-n\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkhttp:\/\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The influential brand <em>Diesel\u00a0<\/em>has also been facing heavy criticism due to the release of a jacket covered with the word &#8220;faggot&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/r2danny2\/status\/1060228756370014209<\/p>\n<p>Due to this recent debate related to clothing, we decided to ask fashion students about their views on judging controversial clothes and whether it is acceptable or not. Can a form of expression go too far?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is it ok to judge controversial clothing? by mohammed\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F527218542&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Featured image: Courtesy of Kinney Turtle via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kinney\/17134918918\/in\/photolist-9ya3mE-2afDQY9-brDD6v-rrbuM2-2cDseKa-s79Wqw-nWxvZe-btb8m2-29nzdpv-EAKpkm-N7eUz-NZC1FA-Yfo4r6-8C8ZCh-dHC4oj-bc93NM-7YK5hn-8pQByz-efYVxg-iD6cgn-7R7kps-8DEuM-6bNEZ1-7rhGo1-Z5YJU9-UMqtyB-2acmLdm-nACp9T-nsLktW-pwBjjH-26iUsy1-nBM1dd-8yxPED-djVkWW-6VEQ2e-77Z7cZ-23WYUiM-a9GzcG-7PPcSW-29xrqPX-EHdS3Q-2XBDET-4Nmbe-QCMJxZ-dHwCvT-84ehRX-84hmjE-28FpaJQ\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Raquel Pacheco | Subbing: Nia Tyrell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homophobic jackets, Hiroshima t-shirts and \u201cDon\u2019t care\u201d coats. They\u2019ve all caused the uproar of the public, however, is it acceptable to judge people for the clothes they wear? 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