Country superstar Kacey Musgraves so far isn’t responding to fans outraged that she inappropriately wore a traditional Vietnamese garment, an ao dài, without the trousers.
Instead she chose to show off her long legs which many Vietnamese said displayed a “lack of cultural awareness” and was “disrespectful.”
VNExpress reported the photo from Thursday’s concert in Dallas appeared on Musgraves’ official Instagram page. That photo appears to have been deleted.
A fan page, however, referenced the controversy asking fans to direct their comments to Musgraves’ page and not hers.
“I just wanted to say once again I am not Kacey. This is a fan page and if you are upset with Kacey about the outfit she wore please direct those feelings to her not me,” kaceymusgravesstans wrote.
Here is just a sampling of reaction to Musgraves’ fashion choice.
“Oh yikes, yikes, Kacey Musgraves. “That’s not how you wear our traditional clothes. Yikes,” posted one.
“What the f*ck is Kacey Musgraves doing? Our culture is not something you dirty b*tch can appropriate,” said another.
The photo below shows how the ao dai is traditionally worn in Vietnamese culture.
(An earlier version of this story misspelled Musgraves name)
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