People have been using fashion to make statements since the beginning of time, and celebrities are no exception. These stars have used their clothing choices to send out messages that sometimes have landed them in hot water. From insane red carpet outfits to political statements, celebs use every opportunity to make their voices heard but they are also sometimes a huge misstep.
From Melania Trump's tone-deaf "I Really Don't Care. Do U?" jacket, to Kanye West's "Make America Great Again" hat and plenty of stars who have been accused of cultural appropriation for using other people's culture as a costume. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether famous people don't think about their impact on people or if they purposely wear scandalous things to cause a reaction out of people and get our attention.
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Chiquis Rivera also found herself in quite the sticky situation when an uplifting message on her jacket about Mexico was misconstrued by her Spanish-speaking fans. To celebrate Mexico's independence day, the singer wore a jacket that said "Mexico is the s–t" but some people who did a literal translation to Spanish saw it as an insult.
It's understandable why her fans were upset, even though she meant no harm. It is an example that, although we all have the right to have freedom of expression, sometimes celebrities have to be extra careful when choosing what type of clothing they wear in public so that they don't offend anyone.
Chiquis Rivera made her Spanish-speaking Mexican followers furious with this jacket.
While the singer meant to celebrate her country on its independence day, her fans in Mexico were completely angered thinking that the jacket meant that the country is "the sh*t" was an insult and not a positive thing. The message got lost in translation. Yikes!
Kanye West received so much backlash for wearing a Make America Great Again hat.
The rapper found himself in major turmoil when he tweeted a photo of himself with the red hat on and then expressed his support for President Donald Trump.
Melania Trump made a lot of people angry with her "I Really Don't Care" jacket.
She wore this jacket during a trip to Texas to visit migrant children at the United States and Mexico border, and it was definitely in poor taste.
Jennifer Lopez's 2000 Grammy Awards dress left little to the imagination.
JLo caused such an uproar with the dress that Google was inspired to create the Google Images section because of the massive search that the outfit inspired.
Selena Gomez's stage outfit for her performance at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards raised some concerns.
The singer performed her Indian-music inspired hit "Come & Get It" and she appeared on stage wearing a Bindi on her forehead as a fashion accessory. Fans were not happy about it at all.
One of former President Barack Obama's most controversial moments was a suit.
When Barack Obama wore a tan suit for Easter Sunday in 2014 and then again during a press conference that August. Twitter users were outraged by his fashion choices, but looking back, that was such an innocent moment compared to every controversy the nation has endured since.
Kendall and Kylie Jenner's Tupac shirts led to a lawsuit.
The reality TV stars launched a line of T-shirts for their Kendall + Kylie clothing line, in which the images of iconic music stars like Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. were used. They had to quickly pull them down from their website after backlash and accusations of cultural appropriation. Biggie's mom, Voletta Wallace, addressed the controversy on Instagram and said: "I am not sure who told @kyliejenner and @kendalljenner that they had the right to do this. The disrespect of these girls to not even reach out to me or anyone connected to the estate baffles me. I have no idea why they feel they can exploit the deaths of 2pac and my Son Christopher to sell a t-shirt. This is disrespectful , disgusting, and exploitation at its worst!!!"
Kylie also angered fans in 2016 when she wore a Selena T-shirt.
She posted the photo on Instagram and a fan commented saying she was using the singer as a costume. "White people like Kylie Jenner wear images of powerful Latina women as an accessory, simply because Selena's image is 'in' right now," user royalsapphire wrote in the comments. "Selena's image is representative of popular Chicana culture, something that she knows nothing about. She tries to look/dress like us simply because that's the fashion right now. She doesn't know of our struggle."
People were not pleased when Kim Kardashian dressed up as Selena Quintanilla.
To Latinas everywhere, Selena is the queen! Some felt that the reality TV star didn't really appreciate how legendary Selena is enough to dress up as her for the holiday. Part of Halloween is dressing up as someone else, so we don't think Kim meant any offense this particular time.
Rihanna wore a Pope hat to the Met Gala and people were not having it.
Rih is known for her insane outfit choices for the Met Gala and she went all out for the 2018 theme, which was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” While the fashion world loved it, Catholics were not pleased.
Fans also found Nicki Minaj's 2012 Grammy's outfit to be distasteful.
Some said that she was dressed as a nun alongside a Pope and called the outfit "sacrilegious."
Paulina Rubio was slammed for wearing a Che Guevara hat.
Fans took to Twitter to say the singer shouldn't be wearing a hat like that if she doesn't understand the story or significance of his impact on the Cuban people.
Fans freaked out when they saw Lady Gaga's meat dress in 2010.
The now infamous dress, which she wore to the 2010 VMAs, was not received well at all by animal activists.
The meat dress wasn't the end of controversial outfits for Gaga.
Soon after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the singer used a leather bra with black plastic assault rifles on each cup for her Born This Way Ball tour and her fans were not happy about it.
Katy Perry caught some heat for dressing up as a Geisha.
During a performance at the American Music Awards in 2013, Katy attempted to pay homage to the Geisha culture while singing her ballad "Unconditionally" but it totally backfired when fans accused her of appropriating the culture instead of appreciating it.
One of Maluma's outfits caused some controversy, but it was really his fans' fault.
The Colombian singer posted a photo of himself wearing pink jeans and carrying what looked like a purse, but fans took the comments to criticize him saying he looked "too girly" and urging him to "come out of the closet." How rude!
Khloé Kardashian couldn't escape the fashion controversy, either.
Koko shared a photo of herself in 2014 wearing a Native American headdress and so many people found it offensive. One user commented: " My culture is not a costume."
Miley Cyrus was the queen of controversial outfits for some time.
This one she wore to the 2015 MTV Video Music definitely takes the cake. She wore what looked like silver overalls but with absolutely nothing underneath, and her backside was totally exposed.
Joy Villa showed up to the Grammys wearing a pro-Trump dress.
The politician's last name was even spelled out on the train of the dress. The "Make America Great Again" that's stamped down her left side is also hard to ignore.
Rihanna appeared at the CFDA awards in a totally sheer dress.
Rihanna can do no wrong in our eyes, but some people felt like she took it too far.
