Teenager critcised for Chinese prom dress says she would wear it again. ... was traditionally a loose-fitting garment for Chinese women to wear while carrying out domestic tasks.

Is cultural appropriation inherent in a non-Chinese person wearing Chinese-style apparel? As in a teenager wearing a cheongsam (qipao) to prom in Utah? The answer, Jeff Yang writes, is: It depends.

A Utah teen went viral this past weekend for claims of cultural appropriation after wearing a traditional Chinese dress. "PROM," Keziah Daum wrote on Twitter, with four photos of her and her friends.

This week 18-year-old Keziah Daum is getting called out for wearing a traditional Chinese dress called a qipao to her prom. A qipao is known as an essential national dress for Chinese women.

Op-Ed: A white student’s Chinese prom dress defines our culture; it doesn’t maliciously appropriate yours Qipaos, a traditional Chinese dress, in a store window in Shanghai. (Li Liang/For the ...

In the 90s, it was the height of fashion — I remember a lot of prom dresses, worn by white women, inspired by the cheongsam. Rachel wore one in Friends. Geri Halliwell brought some qipao flavour ...

After an American teen's qipao-style prom dress went viral, ... A group of women, both Chinese and foreign, celebrating Hangzhou Global Cheongsam Day in Hangzhou, China, in May 2017. VCG.

Chinese cultural treasures are worth spreading all over the world,” one user mused. Stateside, Daum has also won compliments for her prom dress, some from people claiming to be of Chinese ethnicity.

A high school student has sparked a cultural appropriation row after wearing a traditional Chinese dress to her prom. Keziah, who isn't Chinese, shared photos of herself and friends on Twitter. In ...

Keziah, an 18-year-old from Utah, shared photos of her prom dress just over a week ago on Twitter. In the photos she’s seen wearing a red dress in the style of a cheongsam, a traditional Chinese ...

Chinese women have been sporting school uniforms from other countries, dressing up in them for fun. Unlike prep styles in other places, they want their faux uniforms to be as realistic as possible.