Fashion Nova is coming under fire on social media for selling a “sexy” geisha Halloween costume.
Japanese tradition, geishas are women who have been trained in the arts of music, dancing and entertaining.
Critics are slamming Fashion Nova for cultural appropriation.
The clothing brand is selling a wide range of costumes, inhcluding ninjas and cats, but this one is proving its most controversial.
The look is finished off with hair sticks and retails at $50.
“Now that it’s a spooky season that still doesn’t give you the right to dress up as a sexy native american or a sexy geisha or anything like that, happy Halloween!” one Twitter user wrote.
https://twitter.com/tishshres/status/1046721321302978560?s=20
how many dumb birds boutta dress up in some generic asian shit and say they're chun-li? this is gonna be on u nicki minaj — dan q. dao (@danqdao) October 1, 2018
Some say the leg-baring costume continues the common myth that geishas are sex workers.
According to Independent.co.uk Fashion Nova isn’t the only fashion brand to be selling a geisha costume.
No comments have been made as of yet by Fashion Nova.
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