Writer Highlights Fault in Society as Skinny and Fat Women in Exact Same Shorts Are Treated Completely Differently
The same outfit, two women of different sizes, and a huge conversation about why society deems one fashionable and the other a major fashion violation.
Writer and activist Rayne Fisher-Quann recently stumbled across a tweet featuring a photo we've all probably seen 100 times. It depicts an overweight couple outdoors, wearing denim shorts and white t-shirts tucked in, with the image cropped so we cannot see their faces.
The tweet Fisher-Quann originally found mocked the individuals' weight and fashion choices, garnering over 100,000 likes! Fisher-Quann lamented that she couldn't believe how harsh people were being and noted that if a popular model like Bella or Gigi Hadid wore this exact outfit, people would praise it and call it '80s-inspired inspo.'
So why are we like this? As a society, why do we praise the outfit on someone skinny but recoil when the same thing is worn by someone we deem 'fat'?
Check out Fisher-Quann's chain of tweets on the topic below.
Fisher-Quann began:
Fisher-Quann was correct. Other Twitter users shared a photo of one of the Hadid sisters in the exact same outfit, explaining it had garnered a lot of positive attention.
The photo, taken of Gigi Hadid in New York City, appeared on the popular fashion blog 'Stylecaster' and was titled, "Did Gigi Hadid Just Make Bermuda Shorts … Happen?"
StylecasterThat comparison landed exactly where it hurt.
Other Twitter users highlighted the current internet obsession with the late Princess Diana's '80s/'90s casual street style.
Fisher-Quann went on to talk about the double standard in the aesthetics of class.
The conversation only got broader from there.
It also echoes a friend who mocked your outfit and expected you to pay at an expensive restaurant.
Other Twitter users weighed in, too.
A few people had strong feelings about it.
Some with body-positive comments
Others with personal experiences.
Fisher-Quann even asked people not to bully the original tweeter, as hate doesn't help solve these deep-rooted societal issues.
For more outfit-triggered conflict, read about a sister demanding an uncomfortable outfit for her engagement party.
