Coco Chanel (quokk.au)
submitted 6 months ago by [A] to c/comics@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 
A four-panel comic showing two women preparing for dinner. One, wearing a black dress and accessories, asks for advice. The other, with blue hair, quotes an antisemitic statement attributed to Coco Chanel, then mentions the fashion designer's history as a Nazi collaborator before dismissively changing the subject.
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[–] 91 points 6 months ago* (9 children)

The comic does, you're only missing the very clear subtext here because you don't have the context for the joke.

As a fashion designer, Coco Chanel's perspective on accessorizing is, to paraphrase, "look at yourself in the mirror before you go out and pick an accessory to take off and leave at home."

The fact that they're being encouraged to disregard a Nazi fashionista's signature accessory advice and to be "extra" instead is a very clear rejection of Chanel's beliefs.

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  • [–] 34 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    You shouldn't be snarky to someone when they had to explain the joke to you

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