Karlie Kloss Is 'Truly Sorry' For Participating in That Geisha Photoshoot in Vogue
CelebritiesDirt BagKarlie Kloss has issued an apology via Twitter, obvs, in response to the outcry over a fashion shoot in she appeared in the pages of Vogue’s diversity issue dressed like a geisha.
The photoshoot, which is called “Spirited Away,” caught the attention of many who rightfully saw it for what it was: a deeply tone-deaf and culturally appropriative move by a fashion magazine that has never really gotten it right. So like these stories always go, Kloss fired up her social media platform of choice and penned a brief apology.
In a tweet sent very early Wednesday morning, Kloss acknowledged the accusations of cultural appropriation, and said that she was “truly sorry.”
It’s great that she apologized! It’s great that someone alerted her to the fact that this was “not culturally sensitive.” It’s great that her goal is “empower and inspire women,” though I’m not sure why that bit is included; I mean, yes, it’s Vogue, which is a magazine aimed at fashionable women who love fashion or whatever, but throwing your message of feminist empowerment in with an apology for another issue entirely is just a clever bit of brand-building and is kind of unnecessary, I think.