DTN News - AUSTRALIA NEWS: Australian Designer Using Ignorance As An Excuse For Publicity....NSI News Source Info # 1934

DTN News - AUSTRALIA NEWS: Australian Designer Using Ignorance As An Excuse For Publicity....NSI News Source Info # 1934

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - May 10, 2011:

Hindus are upset at the depiction of the Hindu Goddess Lakshmion swimwear displayed at recently concluded Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW), held in Sydney, Australia, which they termed repugnant.

Indian political activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) burnt photocopies of a model wearing the controversial swimwear in protest against Australian designer Lisa Burke who produced swimwear featuring the Hindu deity. The controversy began when models walked the ramp on May 4 in the ungodly swimwear, which can be considered an insult to members of the Hindu community

Lakshmi is the goddess of good fortune and beauty in Hinduism and is also known as 'world-mother'. Lisa Burke's Lisa Blue Swimwear claims to represent "the girl of the future who can be sexy, beautiful, powerful and environmentally aware at the same time."

Acclaimed Indian fashion designer Ritu Kumar feels that many contemporary designers use Hindu imagery "without understanding the symbolism attributed to our gods and goddesses." Ashish Soni, another well-known fashion designer echoed her viewpoint when he said to the Times of India, "Most of this happens out of ignorance. They don't realize the use of godly images, and the fact that they are actually deities worshiped."

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