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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wear anything you want, any time you want, regardless of your spouse’s ethnicity. Cultural appropriation is a myth.[/quote]

I agree with you that people should be able to wear whatever they want. But in our messed up world, people will judge you for it, even though that’s dumb.

Years ago I had a beautiful red dress with a flower pattern on it and a mandarin collar. I wore it because it was pretty and got lots of compliments. Two decades later when someone saw an old photo of me in it they commented that I “couldn’t get away with that today” because apparently that was “cultural appropriation.” The world has gone totally mad.[/quote]

Your friend was right, if you wore a cheongsam style dress to a cocktail party as a white woman it would certainly raise eyebrows in SOME circles.[/quote]

But WHY? I wasn’t wearing it as a costume. I just thought it was a flattering style on me. Why would it be offensive?[/quote]

FWIW, Here’s another data point. I’m not saying it’s a definitive answer or represents any kind of moral authority.

A few years back, apparently there was a big controversy when a HS student wore a similar dress to her prom. In response. a YouTuber who was living in China (and had for several years) shot a video of him polling Chinese people on the street about the question.  Everyone in his very small sample seemed fine with the idea as a concept, the only concern seeming to be whether or not the woman would look good in it.

This obviously doesn’t mean that the majority of Chinese would have agreed at the time or that their attitudes today would be the same. Moreover, even if it’s okay to wear the dress in China, if you wear it elsewhere, it might still offend locals.  As I said, it’s just a data point to consider as part of the larger discussion.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXZKgk01G-A[/quote]

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