Fashion Crime - Rachael Ray, Dunkin’ Donuts, and the Keffiyeh Kerfuffle.

National Review Online ^ | May 28, 2009 | Michelle Malkin

[mnehring]

I have a new view on this. Ray was not wearing a keffiyeh, she was wearing a Tallit (Jewish prayer scarf). Why not? There is absolutely no evidence it is a keffiyeh and only vaguely resembles one yet everyone assumes it is a keffiyeh. I am making just as much of a guess that it is a Tallit. It makes more sense. She is Jewish, it has patterns you'll never see on a keffiyeh, and it has tassles that are rarely seen on a keffiyeh but are always on a Tallit.

My evidence it is a Tallit? I have just as much as those who claim it is a keffiyeh- none.

[Drango]

Sometimes a scarf is just a scarf.

As you say....It's just a scarf. (a little ugly) but it's just a scarf!

[CatherinePPP]

Hmm. I agree with most people here, it just looks like an ugly scarf to me. But then, I am not very knowledgeable about Arab symbols. Is there a reason to suspect Rachel Ray might be sending out secret signals to people? I mean, does she have a history of left-wing or pro-Muslim antics? I don’t know, I usually like Michelle Malkin and I don’t feel like she would lead a witch hunt against someone for no reason. I tried looking Rachel Ray up on google but didn’t find anything about Palestinians or anything like that.

[cynwoody]

For the clueless...someone will shortly post a picture. IT'S JUST A SCARF!!!!

Here it is:

Yup, just a scarf. Now, if she were wearing it like this, it might be a problem:

And here are a couple of real examples:

[BGHater]

Maybe she needs to go after our shooters who wear shemagh's as well.

[rmlew]

Let Rachel Ray tell us what she was wearing and show it to us. That she has not said "It was not a Keffeyaeh makes the point crystal clear.

PS. mnehrling, Talit are not checkered. Find a non-laughable argument if you are trying to be snarky.

[rmlew]

shemagh’s are keffiyeh’s. However, our troops wearing them do so for tactical purposes. It’s called camouflage. That is entirely different than the Arabization-Islamic fetish of the left and media.

[Republican Party Reptile]

I say it's a Khmer kromar, the traditional Cambodian scarf :)

[Kimmers]

” turkey looks pretty good too.”

You must have been looking at the breast !!!!

[aristotleman]

Never trust a cook with flits.

[rmlew]

Where Some See Fashion, Others See Politics
THREE months ago, Jay Hukahori, a 24-year-old fashion design student at Parsons, went to a party at Guesthouse, a club in Chelsea, in an outfit topped off by a kaffiyeh, a scarf with a black and white chain-link pattern and knotted tassels that is typically worn in Arab countries. (NY Times)

[BGHater]

I was being sarcastic. It’s just a scarf. I don’t need a lecture on what a shemagh is or their uses Mr. Lawrence.

[Kimmers]

The only problem I see with the scarf is that it does not go well with the shirt she is wearing.....

[Republican Party Reptile]

and where some see Arabs everywhere, others see plenty other clothing items from differnt countries / culture / people with very similar designs.

checkered or linked patterns and tassels are not exactly uniquely Arabic.

[sofaman]

she isn't Jewish...

"Ray is partially of Sicilian ancestry; her maternal grandparents were Sicilian. Her relatives on her father's side are Cajun from Louisiana. She was born in Glens Falls, New York." Wiki ...

[SJackson]

A couple of my posts from the other thread.

Dunkin' Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad

Looks to me like she bought one of the Urban Outfitters "Anti-War Woven Scarf" scarves at $20 a pop, or a similar product. Wonder if she has all the colors? Had to buy one right away, they pulled them from the shelves after a few weeks.

Or it could be a http://islam.about.com/library/products/aabybpalestinescarf.htm>http://islam.about.com/library/products/aabybpalestinescarf.htm

Matt Lauer was rumored to have one.

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Keffiyehs can be all sorts of styles, patterns, and colors. Frequently no color, though the pro-palestinian scarf versions are usually black or red with the houndstooth pattern. Her's looks like a lousy digital photo of houndstooth to me, but it could be floral. Obviously there's no way of knowing what or why Ray is wearing, these things haven't been stylish for a couple years. I can see them not using the ad and shooting another, I don't think anything should happen to her.

Here's Meghan McCain in one.

 

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Not a Tallit, they’re not worn or marketed as fashion. A boycott would be silly, DD acted, and I agree that Rachel Ray probably was clueless as to the nature of the scarf, as was McCain’s daughter when she wore one upthread. But I agree with Ezekiel, the ad agency certainly knew, or should have. These things are marketed to mainstream the message, and as I noted earlier were used as anti-war statements, UO sold it as an anti-war scarf, to reinforce the “natural” alliance between the anti-war crowd and terrorists. The alliance not based on a desire for peace, but a revulsion for America and Israel.

 

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If anyone is interested in palestinian solidarity scarf thread 2. As I noted before, I doubt Rachel Ray knew what she was wearing, which imo was the popular, in some circles, solidarity/anti war scarf. This is why they sell the things. I'm sure the ad agency knew, at least the individual setting the shot, and it was smart of DD to pull the ad. A couple of my comments from the other thread in post 36

[mnehring]

I’ve read that her father is Jewish.

[mnehring]

PS. mnehrling, Talit are not checkered.

Look closely, what Ray is wearing is not checkered either, it seems to be more of a woven or paisley pattern.

[Tenniel2]

FWIW, a few months ago Ray was, ahem, partnering with Bubba Jeff Clinton on an initiative to fight childhood obesity.

Hey, who knows more about chubby barely-legals...??