I know it’s silly but I don’t like to cross Black Twitter, what if they make fun of me. There would be lighthearted gifs but they would burn in my heart.

So a white person thinks it’s somehow wrong to carry a purse made by a Liberian designer?!? Wow, white people are really lost. How is this a normal question?

You have a lot if baggage in your Telfar bag.

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at the bags on the link. Is it intentional for the T logo to appear as a keloid? Because if so, then it’s an interesting call out to a history of slavery. But if not, then, well...that’s an unappealing logo.

I thought the same thing. Reminds me of Omega Psi Phi keloids- but sideways.

While studying at New York's P.S. 206, a teacher wrote monograms for all of the students on the board. Clemens' monogram would become the Telfar logo.[1] —Wikipedia

Anonymous wrote:I heard about this brand recently and thought about getting a bag when they dropped more tomorrow. The brand is owned by a black, queer man. However, when I went on Twitter (not much into fashion) and searched the company, I saw that it’s a big deal in the Black fashion community. Would it be weird for me have one as a nerdy, white woman?

“ Its customer base is diverse, embracing queer people, people of color, and people of all backgrounds. Its tagline is “Not For You, For Everyone.”

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Anonymous wrote:I have this question too OP! I actually got one last year and I have nowhere to carry it yet but I'm a little nervous about it. I think it's fine though.

What do you mean you have nowhere to carry it? It's literally an everyday bag. You carry it to Target, grocery store, docs office etc

I don’t go to any of those places. Soon!

Fingers crossed that you are vaccinated soon! I am of a low risk profile (and am actually vaccinated) so I was comfortable in person shopping and what not with a mask on, as its pretty easy to distance as long as you don't go at crowded times.

But yes, once you start moving around a bit more this is definitely an everyday tote kind of bag

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/mar/29/guess-accused-stealing-handbag-design-black-owned-label-telfar

AOC carries one.

Seems like it’s a bag that makes a nice political statement.

Had I not seen this thread and simply saw the bag for the first time irl, I would have thought the T was for Tory Burch. The bag looks very basic and boxy. Nothing special in the design.

Anonymous wrote:I looked at the bags on the link. Is it intentional for the T logo to appear as a keloid? Because if so, then it’s an interesting call out to a history of slavery. But if not, then, well...that’s an unappealing logo.

I thought the same thing. Reminds me of Omega Psi Phi keloids- but sideways.

Bag is ugly af.

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Anonymous wrote:I have this question too OP! I actually got one last year and I have nowhere to carry it yet but I'm a little nervous about it. I think it's fine though.

Specifically, what are you nervous about?

That I’ll seem like one of those white people with a BLM sign but you live in Chevy Chase

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Anonymous wrote:I have this question too OP! I actually got one last year and I have nowhere to carry it yet but I'm a little nervous about it. I think it's fine though.

What do you mean you have nowhere to carry it? It's literally an everyday bag. You carry it to Target, grocery store, docs office etc

I don’t go to any of those places. Soon!

257 for fake leather. why is plastic so expensive?

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Anonymous wrote:Microaggression

So... POCs would prefer white people not to support their businesses?

Do you always fall for simple shit so easily?

Are you always an obnoxious pest, or just on DCUM?

Depends on the day.

I'm Black and the race of a person carrying this bag would not register with me at all. I would assume that the bag wearer was into fashion and follows what is current. End of story.

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at the bags on the link. Is it intentional for the T logo to appear as a keloid? Because if so, then it’s an interesting call out to a history of slavery. But if not, then, well...that’s an unappealing logo.

This is the dumbest thing I’ve read on DCUM and that is saying a lot.

I’m the PP. Possibly dumb, but the stamp looks like a keloid. I don’t want to criticize it for that reason just in case somewhere in the history of this bag it was discussed that the choice was intentional. I’d never heard of this bag before reading this thread.