October 14, 2019, 01:21 PM
Kacey Musgraves is a popular country singer from the U.S.
She was recently in Dallas for a performance.
📸 | Kacey Musgraves durante o show de Dallas. pic.twitter.com/Oq0AbdPPsv
— Kacey Musgraves Brasil (Reserva) (@spaceykaceybr) October 11, 2019
It was her choice of attire that caused quite a bit of commotion.
Ao dai
Musgraves was wearing an ao dai, which is a Vietnamese national garment.
So basically, it is a long shirt, with cuts at the side, the wearer then puts on long pants and finishes the ensemble.
For example.
Image from Wikipedia
Image from Wikipedia
This was what Musgraves posted on her Instastory.
Image from Kacey Musgraves Instastory
Which set off quite a bit of backlash from those who saw the pictures.
https://twitter.com/clairevtran/status/1183059271572963333
https://twitter.com/MelCLiu/status/1183135192615141377
Michelle Phan, a Vietnamese-American YouTuber, voiced her concerns as well.
It wasn't just Asian Americans who were offended though, some Vietnamese made clear their disapproval of the ao dai effectively being worn without pants.
In a now deleted Facebook post, Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van wrote that the singer's choice of attire was "disrespectful" and showed "a lack of cultural awareness".
Image from Vanh's Facebook post
In an article by VnExpress, Vietnamese people further labelled it as immodest.
Some did defend Musgraves' right to wear traditional attire.
But even that was considered too lax on Musgraves.
Also, wrong headpiece.
Image from Musgraves' Instagram and Wikipedia
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