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Home » Hair » Vogue Celebrates Diversity With Karlie Kloss In Yellowface

Vogue Celebrates Diversity With Karlie Kloss In Yellowface

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American Vogues March issue with its cover featuring a cast of multiracial and body-positive models was supposed to be a celebration of diversity and inclusion, according to a blog post promoting it.

But photos apparently leaked from the issue allude to quite the opposite, and have a lot of people wondering: This, again?

The problematic photos, which found their way to the internet Tuesday, show supermodelKarlie Kloss dressed as a Japanese geishaposing throughout Japans Ise-Shima National Park in an article titled, Spirited Away.

In the photo spread, reportedly photographed by Mikael Janssonand styled by Phyllis Posnick, Klosss signature blonde hair is replaced with thick, long black locks done up in the Japanese Shimada stye, and her skin, appearing more pale than usual, is draped in traditional Japanese patterns and kimonos.

Janssen appeared to confirm the authenticity of Klosss geisha-inspired shoot on Tuesday when he posted to Instagram a similar photo of the model in painted whiteface with red lips, soaking in a tub. New York magazine published photos of what appears to be a hard copy of Vogues March issue.

Karlie Kloss in Japan, 2017, Janssen, a frequent Vogue photographer, captioned hisphotoof Kloss. Vogue Magazine, unpublished.

Mire Koikari, a professor of womens studies and affiliate of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Hawaii, said its hard to judge the photos outside of their full context in the magazine. But the images alone, she said, raise questions.

It strikes me as an example of Asian face or Yellow Face, a problematic practice long existent in the history of racism in the U.S., where white men and women alter their facial features to pass as Orientals, Koikari said in an email to The Huffington Post.

The images also recirculate the overly sexualized understandings of Asian women, she added.

Neither Vogue nor Klosss representatives returned The Huffington Posts requests for comment.

Karlie Kloss in Japan, 2017. Vogue Magazine, unpublished #mikaeljansson #phyllisposnick #hannahmurray #juliendys #karliekloss #voguemagazine

A post shared by Mikael Jansson (@mikaeljansson) on Feb 14, 2017 at 3:04pm PST

In an issue that supposedly promotes the beauty of diversity, its odd to see a white woman in a setting that hinges entirely on Japanese cultural elements playing the role of a geisha an ancient and traditionally Japanese profession.

Why not just use a Japanese model?

The decision to feature Kloss as a geisha is especially troubling after last years widely covered controversies in which white actresses were cast for roles originally written for Asian characters in two big-budget films:Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell, and Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange. It also follows criticism of supermodel Gigi Hadid for appearing to mock Asians in a video posted to social media.

As New York magazine pointed out, the Vogue brand isno stranger to racial insensitivity(read: Netherlands and French Vogue in blackface,and Vogues slave earrings).

In this case, if Vogue runs Klosss spread, the magazine is choosing to ignore its own celebration of diversity (and Japanese models), and is using yellowface and cultural appropriation instead.

If the internets reaction to the photo shoot is any indication, its safe to say that people wont be happy with Vogues definition of diversity.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karlie-kloss-vogue_us_58a3853fe4b094a129f01f15?7ugzc8fqdxaxkihpvi&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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