KATSEYE’s Lara Accused Of “Appropriating” Her Own Culture With Controversial Styling

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that KATSEYE member Lara has stirred up an online storm with her appearance at the Paris Fashion Week on October 2. Lara | @lararaj/Instagram The singer attended the Loewe SS27 show with her groupmate, Megan, and quickly became a hot topic online over her styling choices. One of the most debated aspects of her look was the “sindoor”— a traditional vermilion powder worn by Hindu women along the central parting of their hair to signify their “married” status. Lara at the Paris Fashion Week | TikTok Lara explained her reason for choosing to adorn the sindoor, and it had nothing to do with her marital status. It was, in fact, an homage to her style icon, Rekha—an Indian actress who is widely acknowledged for her timeless beauty and her penchant for challenging societal norms. She is arguably the only public figure in the Indian celebrity world who chose to wear sindoor simply as a fashion statement, ignoring the socio-religious diktat that bars widowed Hindu women like her from adorning it, along with similar restrictions on wearing colorful clothing or vibrant jewelry. Rekha | News18 KATSEYE’s Lara said in an interview during the LOEWE show that s...