# Sikh model in Gap store window **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169 "2013-11-05T19:36:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/1 "2013-11-05T19:36:40Z")
Balancing on the edge of generations X and Y, there aren’t many advertisements that catch my eye. Today at the mall, though, I saw [this poster](http://americanturban.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/warispostergap.jpg) featuring a male Sikh model, turban and beard and all. Given the general cultural climate in post 9/11 America, it was surprising enough to make me stop dead in my tracks and say “huh”. Good for Gap. I think this is a little braver and more original than the biracial Cheerios family (much as I like that ad, too). And before someone says it, yes I know Sikhs are completely different from Arabs. ---
**Author:** ![WilyQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@WilyQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilyQuixote)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/2 "2013-11-05T19:43:56Z")
Clearly sikh-ing attention. \* \*Works better verbaly. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/3 "2013-11-05T20:02:42Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Good for Gap. I think this is a little braver and more original than the biracial Cheerios family (much as I like that ad, too). Definitely good for Gap. We have a fairly good sized Sikh population here in our area, so I’m not sure it how much it would have stood out to me if I had seen it here. I would have assumed they were directing their advertising toward that population. I’m still stunned that the biracial Cheerios family caused any kind of stir. Biracial families are so common in my world it never even occurred to me to notice it wasn’t what some would consider a “normal” family. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/4 "2013-11-05T20:03:10Z")
Pretty cool. Handsome guy, too, or he would be without that damned beard. (Yes, I know it’s a Sikh thing, I just don’t like beards.) He’s got some great eyes and cheeks, though. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/5 "2013-11-05T20:04:07Z")
Wow that is one handsome Sikh! Where is the mall to which you refer? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/6 "2013-11-05T20:11:10Z")
I just like that there’s some guy out there trying to make it as a Sikh model. Its gotta be an uphill climb pursing that career when so much of your “look” is religiously mandated. That said, dark colored turbans are kinda 2009. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/7 "2013-11-05T20:13:30Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Wow that is one handsome Sikh! Where is the mall to which you refer? Nowheresville, Illinois. Pictures of this poster in other locations are popping up on Google so I imagine it will be a nationwide ad campaign. It is definitely not there to cater to a local demographic. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/8 "2013-11-05T20:57:35Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Nowheresville, Illinois. Pictures of this poster in other locations are popping up on Google so I imagine it will be a nationwide ad campaign. It is definitely not there to cater to a local demographic. Excellent! I’m glad it seems to be a national campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/9 "2013-11-05T20:58:43Z")
Somewhere or other, I ran across a fashion blog for Sikh men’s street style. Well, it’s a Tumblr, really. I was surprised because for some reason I’d never really connected Sikhs and Fashion in my mind before. But those are some seriously stylish gentlemen. The author’s grandfather recently passed away. He looked like he was a righteous dude. [http://www.singhstreetstyle.com/](http://www.singhstreetstyle.com/) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/10 "2013-11-05T21:17:26Z")
There’s a lot of Sikhs in our area (in fact, they hold a Sikh Games event at our city park every year), but we don’t have a GAP! How’s that for progress? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/11 "2013-11-05T21:20:02Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > There’s a lot of Sikhs in our area (in fact, they hold a Sikh Games event at our city park every year), but we don’t have a GAP! How’s that for progress? 🙂 In other words, you have a Sikh gap. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/12 "2013-11-05T21:57:19Z")
That’s pretty Sikh (because there weren’t enough bad jokes yet). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/13 "2013-11-05T23:22:26Z")
So is the Gap planning on offering a line of turbans? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/14 "2013-11-06T00:07:47Z")
Meh, call me when it’s a Sikh in a same sex couple partnered with a New Guinean wearing a two-foot gourd penis sheath. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/15 "2013-11-06T02:34:58Z")
… Yeah, I can see why you’d want to be called for that. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/16 "2013-11-06T03:13:04Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > That said, dark colored turbans are kinda 2009. I thought it was only after Labor Day. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/17 "2013-11-06T04:12:19Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > … > > Yeah, I can see why you’d want to be called for that. Especially if The Gap starts carrying penis sheaths. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/18 "2013-11-08T01:51:12Z")
That guy has really nice bone structure, and oddly enough, he does have a certain “Gap” quality to him. Handsome, too. It’s nice to see companies that are willing to get out there with non-traditional-looking models. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/19 "2013-11-08T01:59:39Z")
That is surprising. Hard for me to tell if he’s handsome with that turban and beard though. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169/20 "2013-11-08T02:32:48Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > That is surprising. Hard for me to tell if he’s handsome with that turban and beard though. Nah, there’s no doubt about it. Check out those eyes and those cheekbones. He’s a handsome devil, no doubt about it. I don’t dig the beard either, but he’s definitely model-hot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sikh-model-in-gap-store-window/673169.md?page=2)