The FKA Twigs ‘Papi Bones’ music video is a really interesting cultural example of fashion codes being challenged, and subverted, by someone who is from a working class background – especially as it draws such glaringly obvious comparisons to the Danniella Westbrook Burberry outfit from 2002. FKA Twigs is from a working class background having grown up living in social housing, and the mention of her school is not a comment on her partaking in class appropriation, but rather it just goes to show how deeply the class system is entrenched in British society and the people who are tackling class semiotics and signifiers head on
Thank you for writing about this! Can we also discuss Demna’s Balenciaga x cosplaying working class for a luxury fee (while living in Switzerland) and also the Highnobiety ‘not in London’ beigel bake collab - that one was super appropriat-ey
Was the mention of FKA Twigs’ school was meant to insinuate she partook in class appropriation herself? I’m a little confused, because as far as I’m concerned she grew up working class.
The FKA Twigs ‘Papi Bones’ music video is a really interesting cultural example of fashion codes being challenged, and subverted, by someone who is from a working class background – especially as it draws such glaringly obvious comparisons to the Danniella Westbrook Burberry outfit from 2002. FKA Twigs is from a working class background having grown up living in social housing, and the mention of her school is not a comment on her partaking in class appropriation, but rather it just goes to show how deeply the class system is entrenched in British society and the people who are tackling class semiotics and signifiers head on
Thank you for writing about this! Can we also discuss Demna’s Balenciaga x cosplaying working class for a luxury fee (while living in Switzerland) and also the Highnobiety ‘not in London’ beigel bake collab - that one was super appropriat-ey
Will never tire of this topic because it’s still so jarring to me, thank you for exploring it so well
Was the mention of FKA Twigs’ school was meant to insinuate she partook in class appropriation herself? I’m a little confused, because as far as I’m concerned she grew up working class.