Gwen Stefani justifies her borrowing from Japanese culture

Charged with cultural appropriation for using Japanese culture to market her 2004 album

and her 2008 fragrance

, Gwen Stefani is keen to defend her approach.

For the interpreter of

, we must not confuse influence and appropriation.

“That was my Japanese influence.

This culture struck me as so rich, traditional yet futuristic, and with such attention to art, detail and discipline that it fascinated me,” she told

magazine , before to remember the shock which had caused him the discovery of the district of Harajuku, in Tokyo.

Inspired

"I was like, 'My God, I'm Japanese and I didn't know it,'" Gwen Stefani recalled.

“If people come and criticize me for being a fan of something beautiful and for sharing it, I just don't think that's fair.

I think it was a great period of creativity, a ping-pong match between Harajuku culture and American culture.

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And to conclude: “It should be okay to be inspired by other cultures.

If we forbid it, then it divides people, don't you think?

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