Cameroonian company 'Grass Fields' appropriates Somali Diracs/Baatis

[Finesse]

Grass-fields

Grass-fields. 26,434 likes · 1 talking about this. The home of African Fashion. Clothing company for women around the world. Worldwide Shipping.

www.facebook.com

That's their FB page


This is their contact info

Contact Us – Grass-fields

Get in touch We'd love to hear from you - please use the form to send us your message or ideas. Website & Customer Service info@grass-fields.com Mailing address: Unit 5, Vision Business Centre Firth Way Nottingham NG6 8GF

www.grass-fields.com

Let them know we don't tolerate cultural appropriation.

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

Oh my fucken gosh that's Somali Dirac not boubou , let's report their account so they acknowledge that it's Somali cultural attire.


I hate madows today NOW

 

[Daughter of arawelo]

Pls report them to Tradings Standards they have same dress on sale as Zara tried 2018 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/zara-cultural-appropriation-somali-baati pls report here the link report don’t waste time on their page they making money right now.https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/get-more-help/report-to-trading-standards/

 

[Finesse]

Somali sister on LSA wrote this for us to copy and paste to their customer service email:

https://www.grass-fields.com/pages/contact-us?contact_posted=true


Dear Grass Fields,

We are potential customers who have followed you on social media. We were excited to support Black owned brands until we realised that you have been stealing and appropriating our culture for profit.

We have seen the "kaftans" you are selling and recognise them to be DIRACS and BAATIS from the Somali ethnic group.
We saw you claim they are "BooBoos", upon researching we realise your claim is entirely false.

Please rectify this matter by giving us our credit for OUR creations.

We wish you all the best,

The Somali Community.

 

[hobaal]

so many selfhating somalis in this thread trying to discredit our claim to dirac. Wtf. Thank u for sharing abayo!

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Somali sister on LSA wrote this for us to copy and paste to their customer service email:

https://www.grass-fields.com/pages/contact-us?contact_posted=true


Dear Grass Fields,

We are potential customers who have followed you on social media. We were excited to support Black owned brands until we realised that you have been stealing and appropriating our culture for profit.

We have seen the "kaftans" you are selling and recognise them to be DIRACS and BAATIS from the Somali ethnic group.
We saw you claim they are "BooBoos", upon researching we realise your claim is entirely false.

Please rectify this matter by giving us our credit for OUR creations.

We wish you all the best,

The Somali Community.

Done!

 

[Nilotufian]

They know they’re in the wrong because why else would you include a Horner woman to model in the clothes?

 

[Land Of The Brave]

Their hatred and disrespect for us is so blatant, not only did they steal our culture to profit, they choose an Ethiopian as one of their models instead of a Somali. They are so obsessed with us. They would never do this to any other Horner.

 

[Land Of The Brave]

Someone on insta is saying a Somali helped them to design it and they did not even give her credit too. Serves her right. I,m so tired of these "we are black" Somalis.

 

[Automaton]

Madow took Halimos and now are coming for their Dirac

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Someone on insta is saying a Somali helped them to design it and they did not even give her credit too. Serves her right. I,m so tired of these "we are black" Somalis.

Have you got a screenshot??

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Who even knows if the Benadiris brought it? I bet it was Reer Djibouti. They're always trying to discredit ethnic Somalis

 

[Abdisamad]

Their hatred and disrespect for us is so blatant, not only did they steal our culture to profit, they choose an Ethiopian as one of their models instead of a Somali. They are so obsessed with us. They would never do this to any other Horner.

Would it be ok if they had a Somali woman advertising for them?

 

[Abdisamad]

madow took Halimos and now are coming for their Dirac

First they threatened to round up all our women like xoolo and take them home and impregnate them, we stood up against this clear transgression, but were shunned, embarrassed and shut down by our sisters. Then they claimed the land belong to them and we are fake africans, again we stood up to protest and got shut down.. Today they came for the dirac and baati, so the armies of xalimos has risen up finally awake and suprised by the enemy we've been warning about them for so long.

 

[Land Of The Brave]

Would it be ok if they had a Somali woman advertising for them?

I am not ok with them profiting from our culture full stop. However, the fact they chose a damn ethiopia adds to the disrespect.

 

[Land Of The Brave]

Have you got a screenshot??

They blocked me

 

[sigmund]

Someone on insta is saying a Somali helped them to design it and they did not even give her credit too. Serves her right. I,m so tired of these "we are black" Somalis.

if this is true she should sue them and cone forward ASAP

 

[Apollo]

By the way, Grassfields is also a name for a group of Bantu languages in Cameroon:

Grassfields languages - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Pipit]

Dirac is a Yemeni dress that Somalis copied.

(PDF) The evolution of somali women's fashion during changing security contexts

PDF | On Jul 7, 2016, Mary hope Schwoebel published The evolution of somali women's fashion during changing security contexts | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net

Dirac only became popular in Somalia during the 1970s.

Imagine hating on other people for something that isn't even ours, Ceeb.

Discussion closed

 

[Nilotufian]

if this is true she should sue them and cone forward ASAP

Waa that cheeseandxalwo qumayo getting violated by white supremacy AND bantu supremacy back2back kkkkkk