The recent MET gala and the Cannes Film Festival saw popular celebrity faces, all outdoing themselves in terms of fashion! Desi girls Deepika, Priyanka, Aishwarya, Kangana were spotted in the events and boy oh boy did they look stunning! However, a certain incident that happened at Cannes made a lot of people question “fashion” altogether.
Actress Elle Fanning, who was one of the members of the Cannes jury, fainted during the dinner party because her dress was “too tight”.
According to sources, Elle was sitting next to her sister, Dakota Fanning, when she fell off the chair. Dakota helped the actress get back up on her feet with the assistance of actor Colin Firth, who was seated nearby, and were taken away by the security.
Later, Elle took to her Instagram to post that everything was all good and that the incident happened because her dress was too tight and that she was on her period.
However, British actress Jameela Jamil pointed out how everyone is made to fit into their dresses instead of focusing the other way round – wear a dress that fits you.
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Netizens have been taking this opportunity to talk about how celebrities are made to wear outfits that are too tight according to their liking in the name of fashion.
Louder for the ones in the back. Bless you for speaking the truth.
— Amena (@Fashionopolis) May 21, 2019
Nothing about this should be normal. Sample dresses shouldn’t be so small that no one can fit in them comfortably, and fainting on your period could be a sign of something like endometriosis. Poor Elle, I hope she’s ok
— Elly 🌿 Take It Up Wear It Out (@Takeitupwearit) May 21, 2019
I think she was bloated from her period, which meant the dress was so tight she couldn’t breathe. Fainting spells were common in the days of corsets, but shouldn’t happen anymore. We are worth SO MUCH MORE than our waist sizes!
(But yes, poor Elle! I really do hope she’s ok!)
— Black Lives Matter, Seriously! (@arianarine) May 21, 2019
Exactly. All outfits should allow for bloating. Even naturally throughout the day your stomach enlargens from eating and drinking. No outfit should be that tight.
— Aimee Talbot 🐇👸🏼👯♀️ (@Bunnyaimee) May 22, 2019
When I was a fashion intern in college, I’d slave away for designers without any pay and the only job perk was to wear the clothes in the sample closet. I did whatever it took to fit in those tiny clothes the models wore. Way too much pressure to be a size 2.
— Valerie Marissa Michaels ♡ (@Valeri3Michaels) May 21, 2019
And the fashion industry is the starting line for how the world judges women's' bodies, so real women and fashion don't stand a chance.
— Carissa Pavlica (@CarissaPavlica) May 21, 2019
Elle is very thin, no shame in that, for designers not to increase their sample size enough to let her breathe, however, is shameful
— Jen. (@YouWonScience) May 21, 2019
Even Kim Kardashian was made to wear an extremely tight dress forcing with corsets forcing her into an hour-glass figure in this years MET Gala. In a behind the scenes video, Kim openly accepted not being able to sit, stand, eat, go to the toilet, and even had to do take breathing lessons to fit into her dress!
While all of this might look glamorous from the outside, the fashion world does come with its own ills and biases!