Yellowtail and KTZ
The work of Native American Designer Bethany Yellowtail is pictured on the right. The dress incorporates motifs and symbols that have been part of her family's culture for generations. London based designer KTZ's dress on the left is clearly "inspired" by Yellowtail's designs, but taken out of its cultural context and robbed of its meaning. This could certainly be considered remixing-- but is this kind of remixing okay when it benefits those in power at the expense of historically silenced cultures? Adrienne K. of Native Appropriations on the issue. |