Here, one weary longtime fan — and fellow lover of Japan and its pop culture — reflects on her own shifting Gwen fandom, and Stefani's continued career of cultural appropriation. The track had already ...

Gwen Stefani was given yet another opportunity to address her infamous appropriation of Japanese culture — specifically what she learned from the backlash — and completely botched it. In a bizarre ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gwen Stefani is standing by her Harajuku era, which started with the release of her 2004 debut studio album, “Love. Angel. Music.

In a leafy park in Mexico City, beside colonial era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia's designs are turning heads, as usual. A pink ruffled dress with white lace and big bow; a high-school ...

Gwen Stefani's had many style iterations throughout her decades-long career, but the Harajuku era spurred backlash as critics accused her of cultural appropriation. During an interview with Allure, ...

An interview with Allure got weird after Gwen Stefani was asked by an Asian reporter about her Harajuku era. Jesa Marie Calaor, a Filipina American and senior editor at Allure, wrote in an article ...

In 2004, if there had been an unofficial Queen of Cultural Appropriation, there is no doubt (pun intended) that Gwen Stefani would have worn the crown. The singer had previously committed a multitude ...

Midori Tajiri-Byrd’s faded lilac mohawk falls across her forehead as she flips through a book of photos. Taken in Tokyo’s Harajuku district, they depict teens and twentysomethings wearing second-hand, ...

Los Angeles — Gwen Stefani was given yet another opportunity to address her infamous appropriation of Japanese culture — specifically what she learned from the backlash — and completely botched it. In ...