{"id":647849,"date":"2019-07-01T10:41:48","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\">\n\n<h4>American reality TV star and businesswoman, Mrs Kim Kardashian West, has gotten a lot of criticism from the Asian country Japan for naming her underwear brand \u2018kimono\u2019.<\/h4>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-685185 size-full\" src=\"htt"},"modified":"2019-07-01T10:41:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T10:41:48","slug":"kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/","title":{"rendered":"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand &#8216;Kimono"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h4>American reality TV star and businesswoman, Mrs Kim Kardashian West, has gotten a lot of criticism from the Asian country Japan for naming her underwear brand \u2018kimono\u2019.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-685185 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/Kim-Kardashian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"810\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>According to a Japanese fashion influencer, she replied the reality TV star saying<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em> Nice underwear, but as a Japanese woman who loves to wear our traditional dress, kimono, I find the naming of your products baffling (since it has no resemblance to kimono), if not outright culturally offensive, especially if it\u2019s merely a word play on your name. Pls reconsider<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Wizkid Discloses Who His Favorite Artist is Between Rema, FireboyDML and Terri<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kimono Solutionwear&#x2122;. Coming Soon. https:\/\/t.co\/s8DZ09pKxp. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KimonoBody?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">#KimonoBody<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Vanessa Beecroft <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X0q9YKOwKS\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/X0q9YKOwKS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KIMONO (@kimonobody) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimonobody\/status\/1143508182813163520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>another Japanese fashion influencer wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I\u2019m a kimono designer. I strongly object to and protest against that Kim Cardasian name her underwear brand #kimono and she register trandemark. The history of kimono in Japan is about 1225years.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She has however defended the brand amidst the controversy has she said she has no intention of changing the name, she stated<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u00a0<em>\u201cI have no plan to design or release any garments that would in any way resemble or dishonor the traditional garment.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I understand and have a deep respect for the significance of the kimono in Japanese culture.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy solution wear brand is built with inclusivity and diversity at its core and I\u2019m incredibly proud of what\u2019s to come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 38-year-old Media personality earlier this week explained the underwear will help celebrate and enhance the shape and curves of women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Mavins Boss, Don Jazzy Blasts Troll Hating On Rema<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-685186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/KIM2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"624\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American reality TV star and businesswoman, Mrs Kim Kardashian West, has gotten a lot of criticism from the Asian country Japan for naming her underwear brand \u2018kimono\u2019. According to a Japanese fashion influencer, she replied the reality TV star saying Nice underwear, but as a Japanese woman who loves to wear our traditional dress, kimono, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2648,2912,3396,799,3398,3397],"class_list":["post-647849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nollywood","tag-blasted","tag-brand","tag-calling","tag-kardashian","tag-kimono","tag-underwear"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand &#039;Kimono - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand &#039;Kimono - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"American reality TV star and businesswoman, Mrs Kim Kardashian West, has gotten a lot of criticism from the Asian country Japan for naming her underwear brand \u2018kimono\u2019. According to a Japanese fashion influencer, she replied the reality TV star saying Nice underwear, but as a Japanese woman who loves to wear our traditional dress, kimono, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand &#8216;Kimono\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-01T10:41:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"Blasted\",\"Brand\",\"Calling\",\"Kardashian\",\"Kimono\",\"Underwear\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Nollywood\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand 'Kimono - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-01T10:41:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/01\\\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand 'Kimono - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand 'Kimono - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"American reality TV star and businesswoman, Mrs Kim Kardashian West, has gotten a lot of criticism from the Asian country Japan for naming her underwear brand \u2018kimono\u2019. According to a Japanese fashion influencer, she replied the reality TV star saying Nice underwear, but as a Japanese woman who loves to wear our traditional dress, kimono, [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand &#8216;Kimono","datePublished":"2019-07-01T10:41:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/"},"wordCount":290,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","keywords":["Blasted","Brand","Calling","Kardashian","Kimono","Underwear"],"articleSection":["Nollywood"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/","name":"Kardashian Gets Blasted For Calling Her New Underwear Brand 'Kimono - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2019-07-01T10:41:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/kardashian-gets-blasted-for-calling-her-new-underwear-brand-kimono\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}