Girls' Revolution's J-Pop sub-unit Heathers have been labelled "desperate" and "offensive" by the Japanese media.
Heathers' duo Jessica Jiyeon and Tiffany Taeyeon strutted their stuff on the red carpet yesterday at the opening of Tokyo Fashion Week, but their stylish ensembles have failed to impress local fashion critics. On this morning's episode of Idol Fashion Police, celebrity fashion bloggers Mademoiselle Yulia and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu singled out the K-Pop duo as the worst dressed stars of the night.
"Let's start with blondie first," said Yulia, live on-air. "This look might be cute for an afternoon picnic, but on the red carpet at Fashion Week? You've got to be kidding me. It's like a joke, but nobody's laughing."
"I totally agree with you," Kyary responded. "I can't for the life of me understand what possessed her to wear this on the red carpet. She has ballet flats on for God's sake! It almost feels like she tried to personally attack Japanese culture by under-dressing at one of our country's most prestigious events; it's as if she's saying, 'I don't care about Japan or Japanese fashion, so I'm not going to put any effort into my look.' Frankly, I was offended."
After cruelly laying into Jessica, the fashion critics turned their attention over to her bandmate, Tiffany Taeyeon.
"Okay, now let me start off by saying that the actual outfit is nowhere near as bad as Jessica's was," said Kyary. "Tiffany seems to understand that this is a red carpet event and not afternoon tea, and she's dressed accordingly, but I feel like her look is more Milan or Paris Fashion Week than it is Tokyo Fashion Week. I mean, does she even know that she's in Japan? Didn't Heathers have a hit here recently with that awful Shady song? She needed less Euro in her look, and more Oriental. Tiffany's acting like every other Korean Idol by coming here and using us to make money, while refusing to accept any of our culture. Ugh."
"That's your biggest problem, Kyary?" chimed in Yulia. "You haven't mentioned the hair! That's the biggest crime here. I look at the Galliano platform shoes and I love them, then I look up at her head and I just think to myself, 'What were you thinking?' The whole head-shaving thing is so three years ago now -- it was like Tiffany was racking her pea-brain to find any cheap stunt she could to snatch the spotlight on the red carpet, but it completely backfired. If she were Cassie in Milan four years ago, then maybe this whole look would have worked, but today? Fail."
"It was definitely desperate," Kyary responded. "For Tiffany it's about the attention, not the art. I was at the event yesterday, and I saw Tiff working the red carpet for over an hour, posing for pictures and talking to every reporter that she could find, but when she was finally finished, she didn't even go inside to see the show! I saw her get back into her waiting limo and drive off, leaving Jessica to go in alone."
After naming Tiffany and Jessica as the worst dressed of the night, Kyary and Yulia gave Japanese singer Koda Kumi and Idol group AKB48 the best dressed honor. The pair praised Kumi's daring red carpet look of a thong bikini with pasties and thigh-high boots, and were impressed with AKB48's matching school uniforms.
Moments after Idol Fashion Police finished, Korean Netizens who had been streaming the program online flooded message boards to vent their objections over the harsh criticism that the Heathers received, with many accusing Kyary and Yulia of being racist towards Koreans.
Comments included, "They have a bias against Korea! They're FILTHY ANTIS!", "Jessica and Tiffany obviously went for a dual concept look -- Jess was soft and innocent, and Tiff was dark and more structured -- clearly these so-called fashion experts missed the whole point," and "These whale killers are just pressed that the Hallyu wave is taking over their ugly sumo country and that Koreans are outshining all their artists on the charts. HEATHERS FIGHTING!"
It looks like Heathers' trip down the red carpet is about to become a bigger deal than they ever could have imagined! Stay tuned to AKF as this controversial story evolves.
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