Hanfu supporters protest outside Dior over disputed skirt design
SHANGHAI — About 50 Chinese students took to the streets of Paris to protest a Dior skirt that netizens say resembles traditional Chinese clothing from the Ming Dynasty.
The protest took place outside the Dior store on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées on Saturday, according to social media reports.
The protesters, who were wearing Hanfu clothes, demanded Dior apologize for a design the brand called a "distinctive Dior silhouette" and attribute the inspiration for the design to the Mamian skirt, or Horse Face skirt, which was popular in the Ming Dynasty. They also wanted Dior to stop selling the skirt in Paris Dior stores.
According to images online, many of the students at the protest were dressed in Mamian skirts or various Hanfu ensembles, a style of dress dating back to before the Qing Dynasty. Weibo accounts identified participants as students.
Related GalleriesThey held up signs such as "Dior, stop cultural appropriation" and "This is a traditional Chinese dress" at the scene. A protest crasher, holding up a poster that read 'Dress up > human rights', was then attacked by Chinese students, according to footage online.
The demonstration lasted about 10 minutes before being stopped by the police. According to Chinese media, the rally was streamed live on Weibo and Wechat, garnering over 500,000 views.
The hashtag "Chinese students protest against the cultural appropriation of Dior in France" has already received more than 51.1 million clicks on Weibo.
According to local media, similar protests will take place in New York and London.
The Chinese social media storm was sparked by a $3,800 black pleated skirt from Dior's Fall 2022 women's collection. The collection was presented to the fashion press in December and paraded on the runway in Seoul in April, at the same time as it became available in stores.
According to runway notes from Maria Grazia Chiuri, artistic director of women's collections at Dior, the collection was intended to pay homage to Catherine, Christian Dior's sister, and was inspired by uniforms, including school uniforms.
According to Weibo, the student leaders of the protest posted a notice saying that the Mamian skirt might "no longer belong to us".
Dior has yet to comment on the incident.
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SHANGHAI — About 50 Chinese students took to the streets of Paris to protest a Dior skirt that netizens say resembles traditional Chinese clothing from the Ming Dynasty.
The protest took place outside the Dior store on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées on Saturday, according to social media reports.
The protesters, who were wearing Hanfu clothes, demanded Dior apologize for a design the brand called a "distinctive Dior silhouette" and attribute the inspiration for the design to the Mamian skirt, or Horse Face skirt, which was popular in the Ming Dynasty. They also wanted Dior to stop selling the skirt in Paris Dior stores.
According to images online, many of the students at the protest were dressed in Mamian skirts or various Hanfu ensembles, a style of dress dating back to before the Qing Dynasty. Weibo accounts identified participants as students.
Related GalleriesThey held up signs such as "Dior, stop cultural appropriation" and "This is a traditional Chinese dress" at the scene. A protest crasher, holding up a poster that read 'Dress up > human rights', was then attacked by Chinese students, according to footage online.
The demonstration lasted about 10 minutes before being stopped by the police. According to Chinese media, the rally was streamed live on Weibo and Wechat, garnering over 500,000 views.
The hashtag "Chinese students protest against the cultural appropriation of Dior in France" has already received more than 51.1 million clicks on Weibo.
According to local media, similar protests will take place in New York and London.
The Chinese social media storm was sparked by a $3,800 black pleated skirt from Dior's Fall 2022 women's collection. The collection was presented to the fashion press in December and paraded on the runway in Seoul in April, at the same time as it became available in stores.
According to runway notes from Maria Grazia Chiuri, artistic director of women's collections at Dior, the collection was intended to pay homage to Catherine, Christian Dior's sister, and was inspired by uniforms, including school uniforms.
According to Weibo, the student leaders of the protest posted a notice saying that the Mamian skirt might "no longer belong to us".
Dior has yet to comment on the incident.
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