By YOHEI GOTO/ Senior Staff Writer
July 10, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Comme des Garcons was criticized on the internet and elsewhere for cultural appropriation after its white models donned a wig resembling the cornrow hair style worn by some black people in a Paris Fashion Week show for men in January 2020. The brand explained it had no intention to hurt or offend anyone. (Provided by Hirokazu Ohara)
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