To what extent are there demographic differences in defining cultural appropriation, using fashion in America as a case study? Major magazine industries, such as Vogue and other designer brands, have recently been under fire for using various Asian cultural motifs.

Cultural appropriation is defined as the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of a people or society by members of another, typically more dominant group of people or society. Cultural appropriation has become a new medium for ignorance in social media, and, more recently, in fashion.

Growing up in Hong Kong, our family always went to a particular floating seafood restaurant, because one of my uncles worked there so we could get a nice table with a good service and excellent food.

Cultural appropriation in fashion isn't new. Most of the “trends” we follow year after year are created on runways where the targeted consumers are those who don't think twice about buying a £580 hat.