KYOTO (Reuters) - "It's a bit like a war," says Komomo, a geisha in Japan's ancient capital, describing how she dresses for work. Sign up here. That's the last word that comes to mind when watching ...
Stepping into Pandora Cheng’s qipao rental store in central Hong Kong is like stepping back in time. A brown leather Chesterfield sofa sits in one corner beside a gramophone, opposite row-upon-row of ...
IN period films, costume designers wrestle with the sticky problem of making historical accuracy and theatricality compatible. To create the costumes for “Memoirs of a Geisha,” Academy Award-winning ...
The 29-year-old TOWIE star's post comes months after Rihanna's Fenty Beauty line were forced to remove their 'Geisha Chic' highlighter. While Katy Perry was accused of 'cultural appropriation' after ...
Well into the new movie “Memoirs of a Geisha,” after the beautiful young Sayuri has captivated the denizens of the Gion pleasure district, the powerful Baron Matsunaga Tsuneyoshi decides he must ...
Fashion Nova has received a barrage of criticism for selling a geisha costume, with some describing the outfit as “racially insensitive”. For many people, Halloween is a fantastic opportunity to go ...
She enters in a plain white kimono, trailing a respectful entourage who seat her at a private table in the restaurant next door, separated from us by a lattice screen. She looks to be in her 60s, and ...
Next time you see me at a party wearing a Katy Perry-esque Geisha dress and Pharelle-style headdress, spare me the sanctimonious cultural appropriation lecture about being insulting to the Japanese ...
Stepping into Pandora Cheng’s qipao rental store in central Hong Kong is like stepping back in time. A brown leather Chesterfield sofa sits in one corner beside a gramophone, opposite row-upon-row of ...