today i was dishing out my usual fashion advice, when we came across a point where fashion and politics crossed paths. i've heard this argument before, as it has been debated in the very halls of ryerson fashion school by pissed off jews and arabs alike. one group is pissed as they're style is being majorly bitten by a bunch of scenesters. the other group is pissed because the appropriated style has long represented resistance to their closely related nation. either way, if you're going to wear a kafia, por favor, know what the politics are! are you down for hamas? pick a nice red one... if you like fatah, go for black! just joking... either way it's a little bit ridiculous. i've worn a kafia for a long time, but it is to show solidarity with palestine. sometimes i am scared to wear it on the street, as i don't want to offend my jewish friends and family, but many times i'll do it despite the risk. now that it is trendy i probably wont have to worry when i get home to toronto in april....



brand x

13:22
the scarf thing weirds me out

13:30
i hate the kefya trend

think i'll go eat worms
2:13

it doesn't look like a kafia?

14:06
and it's not a kafia trend, it's a bandanna trend

brand x
2:14

no

14:13
no its a scarf

14:16
a big crazy scarf

14:21
which is kind of like a kafia..

14:28
i dunno

14:33
ok..ive made peace with it

14:39
i bet they are already closed for reno today

think i'll go eat worms
2:14

it's bandanna

14:46
not kafia

14:51
first came the bandana

14:53
then kafia

15:02
you weren't here but that's how it went down

15:04
TRUST ME

brand x
2:15

lol

15:22
what you mean?

2:15

its a scarf



think i'll go eat worms
2:15

i'm saying that kafias are cool because bandannas are cool

15:58
not because they are arabic

brand x
2:16

ohhhhhhhhh

think i'll go eat worms
2:17

get it?

brand x
2:20

i guess

20:36
yah but its changed into something different anyways

20:39
with the solidarity thing


think i'll go eat worms
2:20

nooooo...

21:06
it started as a solidarity thing before the bandanna trend

21:11
then bandannas were cool

21:25
and then people who didn't even know where palestine is started wearing them because bandannas were cool

21:34
so it started as solidarity

21:37
and faded into fashion

21:50
damn this deserves a blog post i think

brand x
2:21

totally