It is appreciation, not appropriation for the loe of god. The Chinese, in China love this dress nd love that their culture is being promoted. Literally a brief look on Baidu shows this. I mean, if you want to do this cutural appropriation bollox, I could point out that the Qipao comes from Manchu dress, which was popular because high class women wore it in the Qing Dynasty. So the design is "approriated" already. The ao dai of Vietnam also comes from Manchu dress, the kimono of Japan and hanbok of Korea were inspired by the hanfu of China. All apppropriation right? This is stupid.

It’s a beautiful girl wearing a beautiful dress. What is the big deal?

She wore a dress! If it's absolutely forbidden for any other nationalities to wear that dress, then why on earth is it sold all over the world??? Some national dresses take months, if not years to make, by hand. Those are not made for sale, they are made as a family heirloom and are not worn in any other, but very important occasions. Those kind of dresses you do not wear casually to a prom. When are people going to start complaining that West is calling certain types of women's tops kimonos? Surely that is some kind of cultural thing too. Utterly ridiculous. She looked absolutely stunning. I hope her whole experience hasn't been ruined by all the hate poured on her.

I'm getting tired of living in a country that seems obsessed with out-butthurt-ing each other. Can we please start looking for the things we share? THAT will actually build something.

While the opposing points, and understand them, you people got to understand that I did see any appreciation for opposing cultural clothing growing up. Any immigrant children at school wearing indian, chinese, or african attire were ALL bullied and made fun of, forcing them to assimilate. Yet would anyone bully a white person wearing these clothes? Absolutely not.

I don't know what is different between that moron and nazis who declare aryan purity.

So now we are going to slam the Chinese for wearing Gucci. Does Mr. Lam have a suit?

What if a friend of Chinese origin had given her the dress? As a white American woman, I wore a shalwar khameez from Pakistan to my college graduation. It was a gift from a Pakistani friend.

She bought this dress at a vintage shop. It did not have a tag stating that it was meant to be worn in a religious ceremony, or was only appropriate for certain members of society. Cultural appropriation is when you subvert the meaning or symbolism of an item of clothing, hairstyle etc. An Asian man wearing a suit and tie in Taiwan is NOT practicing cultural appropriation of "European" dress. A non-clergy person wearing a black cleric shirt, white collar and large cross because he "thinks it looks cool" IS practicing appropriation.

worth a read https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/every-culture-appropriates

Everyone is getting too oversensitive about everything these days.

Chinese in China, Chinese in HK, Taiwan and Singapore are not Chinese Americans and as ignorant of Chinese American history and experience as any white person. They have as much right to comment on the issue as a white person. This is a very specific original Chinese American community issue. Recent Chinese Americans have no right to speak for the original Chinese Americans either. Just put the knee jerk reaction down and slowly back away from it.

People are Making a Mountain out of a Molehill. There are many Chinese people wearing Western style dress, so why can't Westerners wear Chinese style dress?

My deity is not your gosh darn curse word!

I dont care about appropriating cultures through a qipao prom dress-- she just looks stupid wearing it, as modern Chinese people usually reserve the qipao for lunar new year/ Also the picture with their stereotypical chinese "pose"-- no one in China does this.