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Khloe Kardashian appeared to pay style tribute to Diana Ross at the singer's star-studded 75th birthday bash Tuesday night.
The reality star donned a sparkly, plunging gold wrap gown, large gold hoop earrings, gold heels, gold eye shadow, and most notably had styled her usually-straight hair into teased, tight curls, likely a wig.
The Kardashian documented her night out with a dozen videos posted to Instagram Stories, which were met with swift backlash as fans accused the Good American founder of cultural appropriation.
This isn't the first time a Kardashian and Khloe in particular has caught heat for accusations of cultural appropriation.
Back in 2016, Khloe debuted Bantu knots to her Instagram without crediting the cultural heritage the hairstyle originated from. The year before, she posted a selfie wearing a Niqab a garment of clothing traditionally won by Muslim women on a trip to Dubai, leading many to accuse the star of treating the religious garment as a costume. In 2014, Khloe posted a photo of herself wearing a traditional Native-American headdress.
Later that year, she publicly apologized for posting a photo alongside Scott Disick and his friend Chris Reda in which the trio is dressed in traditional Arabian clothing as their Halloween "costumes." She had captioned the image "Sheik Pussy" and later addressed the controversy in an episode of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians," saying: "I'm really upset that I've offended anybody. I'm even more bothered that the commenters think I'm poking fun at their culture. I didn't realize how offensive it was. I didn't know I was doing anything wrong. I really just have to be more aware of what I write, even if I think it's tongue in cheek and I have to be more sensitive to that. I'm sorry to anybody I offended. That was the last thing I ever wanted to do."
All of the images mentioned are still live on Khloe's Instagram account at the time of writing.
