Cultural Appreciation: 7 Women on Embracing Their Heritage Through Their Style 

here is teen vogue doing a better job than the actual vogue

All of these girls are so beautiful

Her afro is goals like oh my gosh 😘😍😍

only one scene for the Japanese girl to explain herself

Seeing Native American people in media makes me so happy. Growing up Native American and only seeing racist views of natives and white people playing natives hurt me. Now I see more people like me in the media it's unspeakable. Thank you!

Love how the Indian girl literally said 3 things the whole time😑

I am a British Indian! I am so proud of my culture because the sari’s and the mehndi and bindi’s and the food and everything about it is beautiful. I am proud of who I am and all of these women are so beautiful and amazing! Love seeing all the different cultures. It is refreshing to see difference outfits and hair types and beautiful skin tones. Thank you lovely video, amazing women! Xoxo

I love how they threw the 2 asian girls in there but barely allowed them to speak...why am i not surprised

Now this is appreciation. Not what Marc Jacobs was doing.

Damnnn they're FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

There's nothing wrong with adopting other cultures so long as it's done respectfully.

This is a nice video witht he right intention but im just going to point out that the indian girl only said something for less than 5 seconds, and the rest was all the other people. They claim to have diversity but there isn't an equal representation of the girls in the video.

I've never seen a pacific islander in any videos about diversity it's like people forget we exist

1:07 This is what we need more of. See embracing and appreciating others culture is what we need. Not by saying it’s cultural appropriation smh.

So many other races don't understand the meaning of being a Native American. We Native Americans have many cultural beliefs and we have our own traditions/teachings that have been passed down from our ancestors. To us these pieces of clothing that big companies use are sacred to us, just have more respect of our beliefs. It's not that were saying all the companies are intending to be disrespectful. Me personally don't have a problem but i know my grandma would be very disrespected by it. You people who are saying since were "complaining" about a piece of clothing not to wear "American" clothes is very annoying because you really have to get our cultural side and than you will understand. We don't just get mad to get mad about it, we just have very strong Native beliefs an you wouldn't know if you weren't Native American. Just understand that some of us Native Americans don't like when a different race wears our traditional piece attire because we feel disrespected, just like how other races have their traditional ways that we respect, we have ours.

gosh, they are all so gorgeous

Daaaaaaamn what kinda product is the girl in the green shirt using in her hair because that is FIRE

This is why I LOVE TEEN VOGUE

I'm a Filipino-Chinese-Spanish girl. I never learned to speak chinese, I can speak broken spanish (chavavano) and can barely speak tagalog. Growing up, I was never taught about my cultures. Yes I saw flashes from here to there, wore things sometimes but never to the point I'd known a lot about it. I'm now learning Chinese and attending a school that teaches tagalog, filipino culture. What I can say is, never shy away from your culture; be happy you are part diverse and part of something so beautiful.

I am Black girl, with Irish, Jewish and Native American (Shasta) roots. Even though I consider myself Black, I always acknowledge my mixed roots. Not only do I do that, but over 3 years ago, I went natural... and I feel better about myself now than I did when I had a relaxer in my hair! You should always love your culture, your ethnic background and your hair, lol!

Where is Sami culture (beautiful Nordic culture)?? That would have been nice to see but I know that it would have been hard to find someone to volunteer. Otherwise great video

"Reconnect with your culture!" *puts on yamulka*

I'm Ghanaian, and I'm proud of my beads ☺️

They're all beautiful. Especially the Jamaican woman has natural beauty wow.

I am laughing at how dumb some of these comments are. First of all do you people not understand the difference between culture and race? 😂 okay sure they do play a part in culture but there is still a difference. For example: White pride is racist. There is no such thing as white culture. But European culture is real- In fact it is a mix of hundreds of different cultures. So do not dismiss them as if they don’t mean shit just because you can’t tell the difference between “white culture” and European culture. European culture is a generalisation itself. Because there are MANY countries and cultures that are in Europe. Need a list? Spanish culture, French culture, German culture, British culture, Italian culture, Greek culture, Dutch culture, need me to go on? ALL CULTURES DESERVE RESPECT SO DON’T DISMISS ARE WHOLE CONTINENT OF THEM BECAUSE YOU CANT TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RACISM AND CULTURE APPRECIATION

Omggg y'all don't understand how much I appreciate this 😭😭😭✨❤️❤️ from black to black and Irish. For the first time in foreverrrrr i feel represented 😭😭😭

I love how they not only embrace their culture but theirselves and how they look cuz I definitely struggle excepting myself for how I look and having second thoughts and blaming my culture and where I came from for this look I have .i don't know if that made sense but yeah

No matter what part of the world your bloodlines come from, be it the Americas, Europe, Asia, whatever, be proud of it. Embrace it, own it.

The Latina-Afro woman had the ॐ symbol on her neck @2:46 0_0 curious to know what appreciation/appropriation difference is.. beautiful women!

I'm around 80% Cherokee Native american. I don't celebrate native traditions, I don't do things like that because my mom's side is Italian and we kindof drift towards that more because nobody else besides me really got my dad's genes. I'd really like to embrace my culture more but I don't really know much about it :/

they’re all absolutely gorgeous!

Yesss Teen Vogue these videos are so amazing 😍😍😍. I'm gonna show these videos to my little sister, she doesn't realise that her little afro is beautiful too, all she wants is silky, blonde hair it breaks my heart. Representation in the media is so important

I really don't know why there is no middle eastern girl

SHOUTOUT TO THE EXOTIC AND MELLANOID GIRLSSSS

Oh damn this video is so beautiful

They're so beautiful,I love their hair.❤❤❤

This video is amazing and so important. Everyone should be proud of their background and culture no matter their skin tone, no one should be judged based on how they look or the choices they make feeling connected to who you are is so important. I personally think it is fine for people to wear for example braids if that doesn't stem from their own culture as long as they have an understanding of the origin and the culture it belongs to and wears it not to look like Kim Kardashian or whatever. As long as someone understands and respects it's culture and origin then I see nothing wrong with it. Most of cultural appropriation is at the fault of society and social media who find it okay to deem these such things "trends" and not include any actual information about the meaning or origin of these "trends". And if someone doesn't know that there is a culture associated with their hairstyle or whatever they are wearing I'm 99% sure that if you approached them kindly, calmly, and respectfully they would be more than happy to allow you to educate them properly. People have the right to be sensitive on this topic because everyone has been through so much when it comes to being criticized for their culture and appearance but all of this fighting with one another is going to far in some cases.

they are so gorgeous !!!

So proud of my INDIAN culture & our Greatest ancestors of all time .

now im so happy to be african 🇦🇫 i use to hate myself. but i learnt to love wearing gomesi’s and kitenge dresses, doing Drumming to my Saharan Dances. and of Course wear my Afro :) 🌺

i remember when sharing culture was encouraged and loved. now a prom dress is cultural appropriation

When I see stuff like this it makes me want to be more in touch with my Native American ancestry not just my Mexican roots

I am mexican, native, and african american *The culture is immaculate*

people are so beautiful when they embrace every part of them, it's so fascinating to see

They are so beaauuttifulll :) i was a little sad that there was no European cultures (besides the bit of irish blood that one woman had) but I love to learn about other cultures

As a latina with black, white, and indigenous roots, I could totally relate with the hair thing... I was never embarrased of my hairy arms and my sideburns but it was hard dealing with the bullying. They used to call me "Simon Bolívar sideburns" in school

That is so amazing! You girls are role models!

They all have such nice skin ! They are soo gorgeous !

We need more minds like these girls fr

❤ *:they are all so beautiful i love this ... .*

I am in love with this video! 🙌😊

oh my goodness, these ladies are absolutley breathtakingly beautiful! they are absolutley amazing women and will do sooooo well in whatever they do!

"It's not an accessory" Proceeds to wear a pin of a British crown with a Cross on it.

Thank you teenvogue

this was beautiful, thank you

Why are some people freaking out about people wearing clothes of different cultures? Like the Caucasian girl who wore an Eastern-style dress and she got backlash saying "My culture is NOT your prom dress!" or something like that. Why can't we all just appreciate that people like our culture(whatever culture it is)and imitate it because they find it beautiful,not because they want to mock it or anything?

I feel like culture and race/ethnicity are being used interchangeably more and more today. like sexuality and gender, the two issues are totally separate. example: if someone is 100% Han Chinese and was born and raised in America in a household that tried to rid them of traditional Chinese cultural practises, they are not a part of Chinese culture and have no claim to it. If another non Han Chinese person was adopted by a Chinese family and grew up surrounded by the language and traditional practises, they are 100% attached to that culture and have full claim to it. they are technically more Chinese than the Biologically Central Asian counterpart. this is not so much a comment on the video but on some of the comments. Additionally, I would not care if people wanted to appropriate my culture, if anything I'd encourage it. that's the way cultures have always developed and improved. the only boundary would be if it linked with religion or spirituality. that is a no go zone.

All of them are very beautiful women, but I am missing some vikings, celtics, germanic, polish, russian people, etc. :)

These are my people. I've never strived to look like everybody else. To me, these young women represent beauty, strength and individuality.

Everyone in this video is beautiful and so many amazing cultures

Our world is incredible in its diversity are beautiful and unique in our experiences,abilities and culture but we cannot let our differences divide us - Jung yul Choi I just loved this 🌍🌎🌏=🗺️ Everyone is beautiful and different and it's awesome❤️😊😎🌍🇮🇳

beautiful

All of them have clear skin... My mind is blown how.

i love this video omg all of these girls are so beautiful

0:10 girl how do you even have a culture omg.

I'm Puerto Rican n black toooo 🙆🙆 we look alike 😂

Thanks! I love them all.

So Beautiful the cultures and the girls themselves

All these women are so beautiful, and this is such an important series. Good job Teen Vogue for representing women in such an amazing, creative way.

I'm from East Africa

There are no words for how much I LOVE THIS

Those round glasses suits her super niceu

wow....I wish so badly that I could've seen some nordic heritage stuff in here...genuinely looked forward to seeing that

Whenever I hear anything about America, I always think that what is america's culture. I mean the traditional clothes and all that stuff? That's the reason i like native Americans more than Americans. And I'm not even an American but feel kinda proud that they have their own culture😄❤️I think its all about an Indian mind.becoz we have so many traditions, culture etc.

THANK YOU TEEN VOUGE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL EMPOWERING PIECE OF ART

They're all so stunning

Why does the indian girl only have 3 small lines

IM JAPANESE FRENCH AND CAMEROONIAN HBU??

im african chinese and irish its so nice to see someone else like that too for once

the girl with the round glasses is so cute 🤧😍 her afro is beautiful

I am white/puerto rican and I was always surrounded by black jamaicans and they would do my hair and always do my edges with a tooth brush and that think gel-like substance. 😂

1:15 that’s a British crown pin... I am British. She is appropriating my culture.

love this!!

Kye!!! Yes I love your designs! 💛

0:37 come on? not every one have dreads..obviously they wouldn’t know how it works...is it so hard to answer? i’m curious about how you dry it..but now i’m not gonna ask. i assume the answer is going to be “just like how you dry yours”. i have medium long hair, with hair dryer it dries in like 10minutes. Oh reminds me of the answer my housemate gave me when I asked her what she going to cook. “Food”. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

If someone wears Native American jewellery they aren't appropriating Native American culture they are embracing Native American culture. It would only be cultural appropriation if they denied its Native American cultural significance or passed it off as being non-Native American.

They're beautiful !!!💕

They all are so beautiful.

yo theyre all so beautiful omgggg

THANK YOU FOR DIS, EVERYONE Stop appropating ppl's culture PLS

BEAUTIFUL! ALL OF YOU!!

this video series is so beautiful wow

It's not a problem y'all are making it so problematic

Where is Ukrainian culture? German culture? French culture? Swedish culture? Polish culture? Italian culture? Or Spanish? Wheres European culture being shown here?

They're all so beautiful!

Ya know I'd like to see a video in which ppl talk abt how ppl have appreciated their culture. I live in the East coast and for the most part, have had (thankfully) a pleasant experience. I would like to see at least some videos abt how ppl appreciate your culture bc there are soooo many vids now abt ppl complaining abt how ppl are shitty to them.

Does it not feel wrong that we never have white people talking about racism towards white people? It's beautiful to everyone else talking about their skin and culture but it's wrong to be proud of who you are if you're white. Everyone's culture is beautiful and every skin tone and everything that makes you different no matter what's race. Find beauty in everything.

I really love this but they should've had a Latina girl too !! The more the better 😊

this!! is!! so!! important!! everyone should respect each other's cultures

Inspirational af