So. J.Lo does German TV wearing a very unique outfit; embroidered on the cuff of her white dead-animal-skin with more dead-animal fur-hooded jacket, there is a logo that includes an Iron Cross, a lightning bolt and skulls.
I don't expect any of you to connect the dots THIS late in the day, so I'll just TELL you what's up-- the design resembles patches that were once worn by SS troops during WWII. Thanks to Adolf Hitler, the Iron Cross transitioned from a "proud symbol of courage among German soldiers" to something that represented the Third Reich.
Many of you are aware of another symbol that was tragically misappropriated by Hitler-- the swastika. Well, the way that Hitler ruined the Iron Cross was by--you guessed it (assuming you intellectuals are still reading about our gen's liz taylor)--slamming a swastika on it. Heil Assh@le.
J.Lo's taste in clothing always gets attention, but this time Drudge and the pajamahadeen are on her like a potential husband.
From Drudge's site:
The designer of the one-of-a-kind, $2,300 jacket, Jeff Sebilia, says his imagery not only doesn't endorse Nazism, but is meant "to make people aware of just how powerful imagery can be. We all know the swastika was a peaceful Hindu image, and we know what the Nazis did to that. I think we can use imagery that has stark emotion and make it our own."
Suuuuuure. Hide behind the "Hindu" explanation. I have no doubt that when people see this swastika-less coat of his, they are thinking, "oh, isn't it sad that something good from Hinduism was so misused?" :p
I'm positive that's what J.Lo had in mind, too; she was obviously reclaiming symbols-- for all of us.
