The singer, who usually wears loose clothing to avoid being judged by her body, has been the subject of comments and criticism on Twitter after wearing a tight garment.
They will recognize Billie Eilish for sweeping the charts (her track Bad Guy is number three on Spotify's global hits, but has been at number one for several weeks), sweeping festivals (her Coachella debut was one of the most talked about), sweeping the box office (tickets for his concert in Barcelona reached 200 euros in resale) and sweeping, in general, in everything he does.
They will also recognize her for her particular way of understanding fashion as a vehicle of expression and shell to be valued solely for her indisputable artistic abilities. The young singer, who has undoubtedly become the latest millennial megastar, appears at concerts and photocalls dressed in extremely large garments from brands such as Gucci, Fendi, Off-White, Louis Vuitton, or Golf Wang. She does it, she says, to avoid being judged for being too fat or too skinny. But, above all, to prevent being S-.
The singer, who is only 17 years old, explained in an ad for Calvin Klein that she "doesn't want the whole world to know everything about her." "That's why I wear baggy clothes. No one can comment because they haven't seen what's underneath, you know? No one can say 'she's too skinny', 'she's not', 'she's got a flat ass', or 'she's fat'. Nobody can say anything because they don't know it, ”she says in the video.
That is the reason why she wears sweatshirts that are several sizes larger or pants with very wide proportions that, in addition to protecting her from criticism and the objectifying gaze, are already part of a very personal, praised, and recognizable style. The recent appearance of her with a tight tank top under one of her typical oversized sweatshirts has been enough for numerous comments on social networks to do just what she wanted to avoid everything: judge her by her physique. And S- her.
Last Saturday the singer was photographed in this outfit and a Twitter account published the images of her accompanying them with the phrase "Billie Eilish is thick" (something like "Billie Eilish is fat"). "There are only two things I like about Billie Eilish. What is hidden under baggy clothes, “wrote another of the tweeters. Two examples (more are circulating on the Internet) to understand how one outfit has been enough to trigger all kinds of comments that objectify a minor. Many of the singer's fans have come to her defense, arguing that no one has the right to objectify a girl who, moreover, "deliberately wears baggy clothes just to avoid it."
Some comments have also pointed out that the singer should not be "forced" to wear wide clothes so that no one has an opinion on her body. Just as no one should just because she shows up in a tight top either. The episode even prompted some Twitter users to share their own experiences about how they, too, have been judged by her physique. «I feel the pain of Billie Eilish. I used to wear baggy clothes sometimes to hide my big chest (I still do) because I felt uncomfortable calling attention to myself when I was 15 or 16. In case it's not clear, society needs to stop S- teenage girls! », reads one of the testimonies. The singer has not commented on it.
I feel really bad for Billie Eilish I hated it when people made comments on my boobs. Sometimes I wore my school jacket in the summer just because I wanted to keep them hidden
