Gwen Stefani Defends ‘Harajuku Girl’ Era by Claiming ‘I’m Japanese'
glamour.comabout her vegan beauty collection and past beauty ventures, doubled down on her defense of her “Harajuku Girl” era, which included a collection of fragrances first released in 2008.
The perfume featured five bottles, one modeled after Stefani, and four modeled after her Japanese and Japanese American back up dancers whom she employed for the promotion of her 2004 album, Love.
Angel. Music. Baby.Though the album and Stefani's embrace of the Harajuku aesthetic were celebrated at the time, in recent years, Stefani has been and appropriating it for capital gain.
When asked to reflect on that period in her life, Stefani has consistently defended her position, claiming that her Italian American father, who worked for Yamaha and spent decades traveling back and forth between Japan and California, inspired her interest in Japanese art, and specifically the vibrant Harajuku district in Tokyo. "I said, 'My God, I'm Japanese and I didn't know it,'" Stefani recalls of traveling to Japan for the first time as an adult.
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