Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shut down critics of Harry Styles' Vogue cover and said the musician 'looks bomb' in his photos
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Darcy Schild
Nov 23, 2020, 04:02 IST
Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram Q&A that she supports Styles' recent "Vogue" cover, where he was photographed wearing a dress.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Harry Styles made history as the first male to cover Vogue solo.
For the magazine's December issue, the singer wore dresses and skirts for the photoshoot, which sparked a variety of reactions from both fans and critics.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the latest figure to defend Styles' Vogue cover after the star and magazine were met with mixed reactions.
In an Instagram story, Ocasio-Cortez pushed back on critics of Styles' cover shoot, saying: "What's the point of creating things if they don't make people think? Or feel or reflect? Especially as an artist or creative? Who wants to see the same thing all the time?"
So when Ocasio-Cortez hosted an Instagram story Q&A session on Saturday night, a user asked her thoughts on Styles' Vogue cover, where he wore a lace-trimmed Gucci dress.
"It looks wonderful," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in an Instagram story post. "The masculine and feminine elements are balanced beautifully — the hair and jacket styling give me James Dean vibes too."
She also said Styles' Vogue cover and feature could be an opportunity for people to examine their thoughts on gender norms.
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"Perhaps for some people, it provokes some anger or insecurity around masculinity/femininity/etc.," the lawmaker wrote. "If it does, then maybe that's part of the point. Sit with that reaction and think about it, examine it, explore it, engage it, and grow with it."
"What's the point of creating things if they don't make people think? Or feel or reflect? Especially as an artist or creative? Who wants to see the same thing all the time? And never explore their assumptions?" Ocasio-Cortez added.
Many fans of Styles praised him on social media for the clothes he wore as part of the feature — but the musician's barrier-breaking fashion choices weren't met with enthusiasm by everyone
"I'll go in shops sometimes, and I just find myself looking at the women's clothes thinking they're amazing," Styles said. "It's like anything — anytime you're putting barriers up in your own life, you're just limiting yourself. There's so much joy to be had in playing with clothes."
He also spoke about musicians who doubled as pop culture and style icons — who he admired when he was growing up.
"The people that I looked up to in music — Prince and David Bowie and Elvis and Freddie Mercury and Elton John — they're such showmen," Styles said. "As a kid it was completely mind-blowing."
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