No.

Anonymous wrote:This is America. You can wear whatever the f$ck you want.

You can. She's just an oversensitive soul worried about being judged for it.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very silly thread and I’m embarrassed for you, OP. Farm Rio is a brand sold all over the world.

Yes ... and the rest of their dresses don't say "Brazil" on them.

This dress is not appropriation, but someone in my Buy Nothing group just posted a different Farm Rio dress where the print is colorful pictures of feathered Indian headdresses.

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Anonymous wrote:Farm Rio is a Brazilian brand. I doubt they would make a product they don’t want people to buy.

Not a safe assumption. I know of some brands that are only for the right demographic, not for the wrong people.

But isn’t Farm Rio’s target audience older white American women who shop at Anthropology?

Kelly Ripa and the 40 something year old suburban moms I know wear it…although that black and white Brazilian bird beach cover-up looks like something you’d see at a Sunsations store in OCMD for $19.99 or on a fun grandma on her millionth Carnival cruise.

Regardless: not cultural appropriation.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a very silly thread and I’m embarrassed for you, OP. Farm Rio is a brand sold all over the world.

Yes ... and the rest of their dresses don't say "Brazil" on them.

So?

It’s not that attractive. Pass.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wut.

+1 this is not cultural appropriation. This is like going to Brazil and getting a tourist t-shirt that says “Brazil”.

+1 it's just a very ugly dress with the big lettering. I think it would be cute if bought on vacation in Brazil (but a very touristy souvenir). People will see it and be like "oh did you go to Brazil" and you'll have to mumble No umm just bought it online...

Exactly. This is awkward.

Anonymous wrote:This is a very silly thread and I’m embarrassed for you, OP. Farm Rio is a brand sold all over the world.

Yes ... and the rest of their dresses don't say "Brazil" on them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wut.

+1 this is not cultural appropriation. This is like going to Brazil and getting a tourist t-shirt that says “Brazil”.

+1 it's just a very ugly dress with the big lettering. I think it would be cute if bought on vacation in Brazil (but a very touristy souvenir). People will see it and be like "oh did you go to Brazil" and you'll have to mumble No umm just bought it online...

Anonymous wrote:Wut.

+1 this is not cultural appropriation. This is like going to Brazil and getting a tourist t-shirt that says “Brazil”.

Anonymous wrote:It's nice. Wear it.

Plenty of clothing says "Paris" that is on the US market.

Right. And I wouldn't wear one if I hadn't been.

Anonymous wrote:If you wear that I'm simply going to question your taste in clothing. Cultural appropriation would be the least of my concerns wearing that out in public.

This.

It's tacky dress, not appropriative.

I guess all the women wearing minuscule thong bikinis are also guilty of cultural appropriation, by OP’s standards. 😜

This is a very silly thread and I’m embarrassed for you, OP. Farm Rio is a brand sold all over the world.