http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/victoria-secret-apologizes-fashion-show-gaffe-194400804.html
There was controversy about some model wearing a Native American headdress in Victoria's Secrets most recent fashion show. It reveals how Americans stereotype these Native American individuals in pop culture. Even though VS's intention was not to offend anybody, I find it pretty pathetic for them to even portray women wearing close to nothing, let alone a Native American headdress.
This controversy can be associated with the concept of ideology. In several Native American cultures, the headdress, often times called a war bonnet, was seen as a sign of respect because it was earned through the performance of certain acts of bravery during war. It is likely that this model simply choose to wear a war bonnet because of its aesthetic appeal and without any consideration of its symbolic meaning. Thus, her act can be seen as serving the ideological of undermining the actual process by which the Native American headdress is earned and also of making the past struggles that Native Americans endured (ie Indian Removal Acts, The Battle of Little Big Horn) seem like they never existed.
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