Keira Knightley has sparked criticism among fans after revealing that she wore Chanel and red lipstick every day during the lockdown.
Keira Knightley reflected on her and her family's experience during the pandemic in an interview with the magazine's July issue, where she recalled how she, her husband James Righton, and their eldest daughter Edie, six, They played dress up to entertain themselves.
"We have a trampoline in our garden, and we decided we could only wear dresses," the 36-year-old told the outlet. "I wear red lipstick every day, and all the Chanel pieces I have in my closet, and my daughter Edie had Chanel ribbons braided in her hair and her fairy wings."
According to Knightley, her husband was also allowed on the diving board as long as he dressed in one of his "peacock-colored Gucci suits."
As for why the actress, who has been a Chanel ambassador since 2007, decided to implement the couture dress code, she told the outlet that the activity helped keep the family's spirits up.
“I thought, 'What's the point of having these beautiful things in the closet when everything feels so apocalyptic and scary outside?' It felt so important to be happy for the kids! "Knightley, who also shares her one-year-old daughter Delilah with Righton.
Knightley later recalled a "weird" time when she was sanitizing groceries early in the pandemic, saying: "That was a really weird time, we were dressed in very bright clothes, boiling apples."
On social media, the Pirates of the Caribbean star's admission was met with mixed reactions, with some fans accusing Knightley of being out of touch.
“Why would anyone admit to this?” one person tweeted, while another sarcastically said: “It must have taken a lot of nerve to do so; He is very Brave".
Others jokingly mocked Knightley's choice to dress in designer clothing during the lockdown, with one person writing: "Unbelievably poor choice on her part, I've personally been wearing track pants from Target (as no one will see me) and they are quite comfortable.
Elsewhere in the cover interview, Knightley said that she considers makeup to be "armor," before admitting that her family would rather see her without it.
“Makeup is my armor, but my husband and oldest son don't like it at all. My husband says, 'Oh, you're here. They don't see it as I do, and neither do I,” she said. "It's something different, like a character."
Asked if that character was "likable", the actress said: "Not particularly. No, it can't be. It has to be pretty fierce. It's armor, and I think that's the way it has to be."
