The Business of Culture (Dapper Dan, Tim Blanks and Leila Fataar) | BoF VOICES

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The Business of Fashion

Fashion & Beauty, Business, Arts

4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Dapper Dan and Leila Fataar joined BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks on the #BoFVOICES 2017 stage to discuss the power dynamics of appropriation and the legendary designer's historic partnership with Gucci.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion and welcome to the B.OF podcast.
0:06.9	Cultural appropriation has become one of the most important hot button topics of 2017 in the fashion industry.
0:13.8	So we wanted to make sure we addressed it and we were really lucky to have Dapper Dan, the legendary designer from Harlem, Layla Fittar of Platform 13,
0:25.1	and Tim Blanks, B-O-F's own cultural expert offici-no, speak about this issue of cultural appropriation
0:32.5	and to understand where it crosses the line between cultural exchange and cultural appropriation. So here's Tim Blanks,
0:41.0	Dapper Dan, and Lela Fattar at Voices 2017. Voices is the most stimulating gathering of fashion
0:47.6	industry leaders on the planet. What makes Voices different is that we mix our industry with
0:53.0	fascinating people from other sectors
0:54.9	from the worlds of economics activism health and wellness medicine film philanthropy
1:00.3	technology media and so many more fashion doesn't live in a bubble and nor should it
1:05.9	this is one of the sessions from our 2017 gathering so if you like talk, please do save the date and look out for more information on
1:14.5	Businessof Fashion.com forward slash voices for all the details.
1:19.5	Just a quick note, this conversation was recorded live in front of an audience, so please
1:24.5	excuse any audio issues. I'm really glad to be talking about this issue with two experts because it is a very, very thorny one, I think.
1:34.3	But your story, Dan, you honestly couldn't make it up.
1:38.3	It's like a, I hope it's being made into a movie at some point.
1:42.3	Your relationship with the great fashion houses, how it's being made into a movie at some point. Your relationship with the great fashion
1:46.3	houses, how it's evolved, devolved and evolved again is incredible. I think right now the issue,
1:55.5	there are people who come back at the accusation of cultural appropriation and they say,
2:01.6	no, it's cultural exchange.
2:03.6	You're actually in a point where you are in a major cultural exchange with Gucci, aren't you?
2:09.6	Yes. In my community, we have a different lexicon that we use to describe what I do. Like you guys like, you know, brickillage or collage or appropriation is something that we
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