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       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: rp
       Date: November 15, 2024, 10:38 am
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       Enemy tweet:
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       America is going to be healthy again.
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       #Post#: 29189--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: January 15, 2025, 8:10 pm
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       A Westernized useful idiot (who also looks like what we would
       expect) exposes his own inferiority by criticizing (using an
       expressly Western perspective) one of the few things China had
       (until recently, see below) not screwed up on:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwVbfq7Redw
       I have previously praised the Deng-era school uniforms here:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/true-left-breakthrough-degendering/msg5246/#msg5246
       It is clearly lower in sexual dimorphism than its Japanese and
       South Korean counterparts, as well as less Western in style,
       thus superior on two counts. This is not to say there is no room
       for improvement; for example, the folded collar is still of
       Western origin and therefore should be discarded. I personally
       would advocate going back to the school uniform design of
       ancient China:
  HTML https://img1.doubanio.com/view/photo/l/public/p2258338670.webp
       8)
       In reality, unfortunately, school uniforms in the increasingly
       Eurocentric "New China" are gradually Westernizing and
       increasing in sexual dimorphism:
  HTML https://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00YvklJzMBSnuy/China-Manufacturer-Custom-Winter-Primary-High-School-Uniform.webp
       :(
       #Post#: 29221--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: January 21, 2025, 4:58 am
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       China wedding dress timelapse:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PE0AvS2aPyg
       1920s Confucianist
       1930s Westernizing
       1940s More Westernizing
       1950s FTW! ONLY THIS ONE DESERVES TO BE CALLED CHINESE!
       1960s Western collar, but at least low in sexual dimorphism
       1970s Western collar + Western lapel, but at least still low in
       sexual dimorphism
       1980s Sexual dimorphism increasing (note button placement
       compared to previous two; see also:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg5632/?topicseen#msg5632<br
       />), a sign of danger
       1990s Westernization resumes full force
       2000s Beyond redemption
       2010s **** "New China"
       2020s I need to watch some (non-mainland-produced) wuxia dramas
       to heal myself
       #Post#: 29272--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: January 29, 2025, 7:06 pm
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       Latest enemy inferiority:
  HTML https://x.com/dr_duchesne/status/1863221760251834470
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       > How come everyday American blacks dressed so much better
       before civil rights and integration?
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       >
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       Higher sexual dimorphism =/= better. With that said, they
       dressed like that because Western civilization is obsessed with
       sexual dimorphism and the Counterculture had not yet arrived to
       let them know that they do not have to be Westerners.
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetwear
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       > Streetwear is a style of casual clothing which became global
       in the 1990s.[1] It grew from New York hip hop fashion and
       Californian surf culture to encompass elements of sportswear,
       punk, skateboarding, 1980s nostalgia, and Japanese street
       fashion.
       > ...
       > Streetwear centers on comfortable clothing and accessories
       such as jeans, T-shirts, baseball caps, and sneakers.
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  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready-to-wear
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       > Another significant factor created by the ready-to-wear
       industry was the US development of a style independent from
       Europe. The US fashion market turned away from the Parisian
       style in favor of an individualized apparel industry
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       #Post#: 30446--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: rp
       Date: June 14, 2025, 8:55 am
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       One of the biggest downgrades in history.
       Thank God the Islamic regime in Iran is coming to an end.
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       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 14, 2025, 5:18 pm
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       I wish they could have chosen a better IRI picture (without the
       Western suits).
       Anyway, compare with pre-colonial Iranian clothes:
  HTML https://world4.eu/persian-costume-history/
       Our enemies are openly calling for Iran to be recolonized.
       Previous Khomeini coverage:
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       #Post#: 30522--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: June 28, 2025, 8:20 pm
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJkjyvHFuto
       Bras are Western, and were certainly not worn in Nigeria prior
       to the colonial era. The problem is that:
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_in_Nigeria
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       > indigenous fashion traditions such as adire indigo dyeing came
       to be viewed negatively. In there place Western garments became
       signs of power and elitism.
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       Any dress code in Nigeria in which bras (or any other Western
       item) are compulsory should be viewed as a sign of colonization.
       #Post#: 32418--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Dress decolonization
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: March 29, 2026, 5:13 pm
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3VGrUqo-0k
       Woke comments:
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       > We weren't like this until the late 90s
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       > And some mock and bully black women who choose to wear their
       natural hair instead of weaves and wigs
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       > I have been wearing my natural hair for 15 years. When I first
       started growing it in its natural state my manager told me that
       my hair was radical. I asked him what was radical about me
       wearing my hair as it grows from my scalp. He did not have an
       answer to that question.
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       > I always asked my Mom why she never let her hair out, she told
       me her hair was hard to maintain. Then I asked her - "how comes
       you maintain your wig but not your actual hair?", I didnt get a
       response.
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       Contrary to those who encourage everyone to like their own hair
       just because it is their own (which is actually a form of
       identitarianism), I have no problem with anyone who dislikes
       their own hair. But the best response for the latter group
       should be to cut it off, not to hide it underneath someone
       else's hair. And even if you must wear someone else's hair, it
       should definitely not be your colonizers' hair (or synthetic
       replicas of it)! I therefore disagree with the video's
       (implicitly identitarian) position that it is equally bad for
       "blacks" to wear any "non-black" hair.
       Western comment:
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       > Imagine our women buying fake foreign women’s hair when those
       funds could be invested in their children’s education in the
       sciences.
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