A growing discussion around appropriation and references, and which celebrities we are choosing to platform, has been a big part of the fashion and pop culture discourse throughout 2022.
While they have often attracted controversy, the formerly married Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have sparked numerous headlines over the past year for vastly different reasons, while a number of major fashion houses have had to reckon with their own scandals.
On the final episode of the year for Viva Talks, the official companion podcast to the NZ Herald’s Viva magazine, Viva editor Amanda Linnell is joined by commercial editor Emma Gleason and fashion and creative director Dan Ahwa to dissect the biggest trends and stories of the past 12 months in fashion and pop culture.
Gleason said there has been an increasing focus on what celebrities and brands are being platformed and the social responsibility around celebrities. She noted Kanye West’s public fall from grace after he started promoting anti-semitic views online and in interviews, and also highlighted one of the year’s biggest stories involving his ex-wife.
