Kim Kardashian's newest set of Fulani braids might be a appropriating thing to other African culture but when your 174 million followers think that you're responsible for making fashion culture boom ...who cares....
In a new interview with Bustle,
Kardashian claims that she "didn't see backlash" after attending the MTV Movie and TV Awards .
"North said she wanted braids and asked if I would do them with her. So we braided her hair and then we braided my hair... if anything, my daughter was so excited to see me get matching braids with her," she clarified. That's not to say that Kardashian completely forgot about her past missteps, though.
"I [do] remember the backlash when I had the blonde hair and that I called them 'Bo Derek braids,'" she admitted. (For the record, Fulani braids are plaits assembled in a pattern and decked out with beads — a style that's been worn by the Fulani people of West Africa for
centuries.) "I obviously know they're called Fulani braids and I know the origin of where they came from and I'm totally respectful of that. I'm not tone deaf to where I don't get it. I do get it. Maybe if I had come out and explained that from the beginning instead of calling them 'Bo Derek braids,' then it wouldn't have gotten such backlash. But in no way am I ever trying to disrespect anyone's culture by wearing braids."
Photo: Via @kimkardashian.
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