World-renowned fashion designer Tom Ford says the woke panic over “appropriation” is limiting fashion — that “cancel culture inhibits design.”
Breitbart reports:
“Cancel culture inhibits design because rather than feeling free, the tendency is to start locked into a set of rules,” Ford said in an interview with The Guardian.
“Everything is now considered appropriation. We used to be able to celebrate other cultures. Now you can’t do that,” he added.
Ford cited an “obsession with political correctness” as a drawback for this generation of fashion designers. He also blamed social media for making style and beauty “increasingly cartoonish,” adding that “everything” is now “exaggerated.”
“The future of fashion is increasingly cartoonish,” Ford said. “Instagram has broken down the rules. People dress up to take pictures of themselves to post online, everything is exaggerated — especially the eyebrows.”
Ford is just the latest celebrity to come out against cancel culture, following names like Kevin Hart, Dave Chapelle, Kelly Osbourne, David Spade, among others.