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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2020 20:37:56 GMT
Harry Styles became the first man ever to appear on the cover of Vogue by himself — but it’s what he’s wearing that’s really making a statement.  The 26-year-old singer chose to model a Gucci dress for the photoshoot and he discussed his bold choice with the magazine, saying that he doesn’t feel confined to strict gender norms when it comes to fashion and life.  “I like playing dress-up in general,” Styles explained. The former One Direction member said he sees fashion as something “to have fun with and experiment with and play with” and rejected the idea that certain clothes should only exist for men or women. For Styles, it’s all about finding “something that you feel amazing in.”  “When you take away ‘There’s clothes for men and there’s clothes for women,’ once you remove any barriers, obviously you open up the arena in which you can play,” he said. “I’ll go in shops sometimes, and I just find myself looking at the women’s clothes thinking they’re amazing. It’s like anything — anytime you’re putting barriers up in your own life, you’re just limiting yourself.” |
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Post by Admin on Nov 24, 2020 6:51:17 GMT
Weeks after her own magazine cover moment drew some criticism in conservative circles, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is sticking up for Harry Styles as he faces backlash over his British Vogue shoot, in which he wears a dress.
On Saturday, the congresswoman turned over her Instagram Stories to questions from her followers, tackling everything from political activism to more personal topics like confidence and fashion. Perhaps given AOC’s recent experience with magazines — critics said wearing an expensive suit on the cover of Vanity Fair didn’t jibe with her politics, prompting her to point out that the suit was a loaner, not her own — she seemed like a suitable person to weigh in on the controversy surrounding Styles’s stereotype-smashing look.
While some conservative pundits took issue with Styles’s shoot — which Ben Shapiro called “a referendum on masculinity for men to don floofy dresses” — Ocasio-Cortez said it looked “wonderful” when asked by a follower.
“The masculine and feminine elements are balanced beautifully,” she shared. “The hair and jacket styling give me James Dean vibes too.
“Some people are mad at it [because] some folks are very sensitive to examining and exploring gender roles in society,” she continued in a caption. “Perhaps for some people it provokes some anger or insecurity around masculinity/femininity/etc. If it does, then maybe that’s part of the point. Sit with that reaction and think about it, examine it, explore it, engage it and grow with it.
“What’s the point of creating things if they don’t make people think? Or feel or reflect? Especially as an artist or creative? Who wants to see the same things all the time? And never explore their assumptions?
“Anyway, it looks bomb,” she concluded.
But she later acknowledged the “thorough and nuanced” points made by gender non-conforming writer and performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon, who noted the complexities of Styles, as a white cisgender men, being largely celebrated for wearing a dress while, say, a trans femme of color might not be afforded that some opportunity.
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