This past week, a High School student's Prom Dress took the Twitterverse by storm. A flurry of tweets accusing the teenager of cultural appropriation flooded timelines. The student purchased a traditional Chinese qipaou; a dress featuring a mandarin collar and beautifully knotted buttons, from a vintage shop. She posted the pictures to her social media accounts setting off a debate about whether this was cultural appropriation from many Asian-Americans.
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The backlash started with this tweet from Jeremy Lam
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Gucci autumn/winter 2018
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Gucci faced criticism from South Asians and Non South Asians alike.
By Daman Grewal
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