Billie Eilish discusses her fashion choices and how people tend to “slut-shame” her in a new interview with V Magazine.
Eilish chats with Pharrell Williams for the latest issue and reveals people’s biggest misconceptions about her: “The positive comments about how I dress have this slut-shaming element.
“Like, ‘I am so glad that you’re dressing like a boy, so other girls can dress like boys, so that they aren’t sluts.’ That’s basically what it sounds like to me. And I can’t overstate how strongly I do not appreciate that, at all.”
“The way I dress is very not necessarily feminine or girly, or whatever. I don’t say, ‘Oh, I am going to wear baggy clothes because it’s baggy clothes,’ it’s never like that. I wear what I want to wear.
“But, of course, everyone sees it as ‘She’s saying no to being sexualized’ and ‘She’s saying no to being the stereotypical female.'”
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Eilish says she admires people who choose a different image.
She tells the publication, “I have always supported and loved when a woman or a man or anyone in the world feels comfortable in their skin, their body, to show just whatever they want. I don’t like that there’s this weird new world of supporting me by shaming people that don’t want to dress like me.”
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Eilish says of her own style, “I’ve always been a person that wants to dress loud. I’ve always wanted people to look up at me, I’ve always wanted people to notice me. I’m just walking around dressed how I always wanted to but now there’s a name attached to that.”
