No, no, you see, this harms the narrative that it's just the "woke left" and uppity Asian Americans being upset, shame on you
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Kim Kardashian Trademarks "Kimono."(Update: Will change the name of the line)
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No, no, you see, this harms the narrative that it's just the "woke left" and uppity Asian Americans being upset, shame on you
Funny how BBC thought this is news worthy! specially with all the shit happening today..
I don't see why this matters, or how the fake ass backlash is important. The lash will die out in a day and all its doing is giving more coverage, free coverage, to the product.
I'm following Kim on instagram. I saw the post but didn't even notice the word Kimono. Thanks to era though haha I got exposed twice to the ad. I mean it's clever and makes sense. I don't understand how its appropriating. She is not selling westernized kimonos. Plus, she and Kanye have always been anime nerds so this is not the first time they do something japan related.
As a Scotsman this is just one more legitimate thing to add to our list of inventions.
However even if we grant that it's an original combination and this really was the origin as a marketable thing - it seems extremely unlikely that nothing similar or identical didn't occur in a region where that bbq method and yogurt or cream based sauces like korma as a natural happenstance.
That story also mentions that Birmingham is claiming the invention of Balti - one of the terrible things about living in the states is that Indian and Pakistani and Bangladeshi food is nowhere near as good, common, cheap or abundant as the UK and Balti (basically fast cooked Indian/Pakistani food that's sorta stir fried but not really) is more or less non existent. It's not only not a thing but often east asian folks here have never even heard of it.
We have a few fancy Indian places in Seattle but nowhere near enough places to grab easy cheap takeout or delivery. Dang now I'm starving. Thanks Kim Kardashian and Scotland, birthplace of chicken Tikka masala and television and haggis and economics and begbie and whatnot.
Yes please trademark and keep it away from the rest of the world for a while.
Kim Kardashian naming her product Kimono because of her name reminds me of a Bob's Burgers pun. It kind of goes with the Hit Me With Yout Best Shallot burger and Don't Stop Bereaving, grief counseling.
Huh? What? No, Kimono is pretty narrow a definition for clothing.
It literally means thing to wear. People just assume it only refers to yukata or furisode. It would be as silly as Kim K trademarking the word 'ropa'
A hundred years ago may be. You're talking etymology vs what it means now
Let's not be too hard on her, guys. She probably googled "words with the name "kim" in the them" and liked this one the best.
I mention this all the time but apparently if it's not what laypeople think of Asian then it doesn't count. There are 48 countries and 3 territories in Asia.
I don't really think it's cultural appropriation because it has nothing to do with a kimono. But i do think culturally appropriating an actual kimono and would be way less offensive than naming some underwear "kimono". She could be dumb enough to have just picked it because of the "Kim" part. I wouldnt be suprised.
This is also the first time I've seen Japanese people in Japan being upset with someone using something from their culture. You know you fucked up when something like this happens. Especially if she didn't have any malicious intent, this is a huge fail.
This is also the first time I've seen Japanese people in Japan being upset with someone using something from their culture. You know you fucked up when something like this happens. Especially if she didn't have any malicious intent, this is a huge fail.
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*scratches head*
I get the Musk hate but I'm with you on this one. She hasn't done anything that deserves equal levels of vitriol.
its odd though because - whether this is or isn't cultural appropriation - and whether or not Kimono actually means the thing we all associate with it or not... It has clear recognition with fine colour fabrics and a loose flowing robe. And is being used for a range of plain coloured, tight fitting control underwear? It just doesn't fit at all other than starting with 'Kim'
I just filed a trademark request for "the." I'll keep you all updated, probably best to just start avoiding using it though.
Yeah, just Google 着物 on Google Japan and you get this
Are we sure it's 着物 and not a play on the word like キム物? I actually went to the "about" section of the webpage but it didn't clarify whether or not it's referring to actual kimonos or some marketing play on words.
If it is キム物 shouldn't it be written kimmono?
This is going to cause confusion, and her product line will likely drown out the searches for kimono and become the default.
I still don't buy it. Even the BBC article just references People Mad on Social Media. This will disappear in a week outside of occasional snarky tweets.
Hmm, I guess but Toukyou is spelt as Tokyo.
If you check Twitter and search for キムカーダシアン (Kimu kaadashian) you will see there generally is anger and there seems to be a lot of anger.
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This is a weird situation where Asians, Asian-Americans and uh...Asian Enthusiasts are on the same side.
They missed a key point in the translation where she says "this is now the first result when searching #kimono on Instagram", and it shows Kim Kardashian.
I think the main concern amongst Japanese is that non-Japanese will start thinking "kimono" means "underwear".
Tons of comments are like "how is that a kimono?"
Also, one of my fav comments was from a dude with the last name Ono who was like "If Kim and I get married she can call it Kimono because her name would be Kim Ono" lol.
Welp
Mayor of Kyoto chimes in. Minister of Japan's Economy and Trade chimed in as well.
Youre a full on shill arent you.
This sounds like paid damage control/ dismissal.
So are you going to prosecute Armenians for eating Mediterranean food too?
I think just a stan. A shill wouldn't come to Era of all places for fashion damage control.
Of course this got approved. Shes rich.
Edit: oh shes changing it? Good I guess, but it shouldnt have been approved in the first place.
Edit: oh shes changing it? Good I guess, but it shouldnt have been approved in the first place.
