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SHEER DELIGHT
Bianca Censori backlash over her sheer dress is ridiculous and misogynistic – I wonder if all the criticism is jealousy?
The human body can be a creative piece of art in itself, and the outfit becomes part of that expression
WHEN Bianca Censori dropped her fur coat to reveal a completely see-through mesh dress at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, she sparked a global barrage of abuse.
Many onlookers claimed to be horrified by the flesh-flashing display and the model was swiftly kicked out of the A-list event - along with her proud husband Kanye West.
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But others are hailing Bianca, 30, as a feminist icon for daring to bare all.
Here, outspoken campaigner Patsy Stevenson passionately defends Bianca’s right to wear what she wants.
Patsy hit the headlines when she was pinned to the ground during a clash with cops at a vigil for Sarah Everard in 2021 - but was later awarded damages by the Met police who faced criticism for their heavy-handed approach.
PATSY SAYS: I wish people would stop criticising women for their outfit choices.
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This is a glamorous red carpet event and Bianca Censori looks absolutely gorgeous.
The backlash against her is ridiculous.
Bianca has a fantastic figure and should be allowed to wear whatever the hell she wants.
None of us should ever have the right to comment on any woman’s clothes or body.
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I think that Bianca looks great but this outcry has become a judgement on her character too.
I expect she had gone through a thousand different outfits before deciding on this one, because she wanted to look her best on the red carpet.
And if she feels happy and comfortable in this one, then what an applaudable level of confidence she is showing.
I wonder if one reason for all the criticism is jealousy?
Because it is interesting to me how Bianca is being singled out for this criticism even though there were plenty of other women at the same event who also had a lot of flesh on display.
Paris Hilton also wore a sheer dress, and J-Lo’s dress was plunging at the back and front, yet they’re not facing anything like the same level of criticism.
The attitude of both men and women seems to be - how dare a woman wear such revealing outfits?
Kanye West grabs wife Bianca Censori's bum as she parties in thong bodysuit after naked Grammys dress
It is a form of misogyny when men think they can decide what a woman should and should not wear - but there is also a lack of women sticking up for other women here.
It is 100 per cent unfair.
And it feels to me like there is also some snobbery at play here because Bianca Censori is not considered an artist in the same way as someone like Lady Gaga who is allowed to wear all kinds of outrageous outfits and they are considered art?
The level of respect for so-called artists is higher.
Models don’t garner the same level of respect, which is a horrible stigma when of course they can be just as creative.
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They often get a lot of backlash and are hounded for what they wear when in fact they have simply been put in an outfit by a designer.
But the human body can be a creative piece of art in itself, and the outfit becomes part of that expression.
There are long standing systemic issues in our society of people critiquing every aspect of women’s bodies - if a woman has large breasts and is showing cleavage that often becomes an issue that people want to comment on.
Large breasts are seen as more controversial somehow than small ones.
People tend not to comment as much on flatter chests.
Bianca Censori and Kanye West's relationship
Bianca Censori was born on January 5, 1995, in Melbourne, Australia
Before her current full-time job, the 30-year-old started a jewellery company called Nylons after leaving high school.
After working as a student architect for three years, she completed a master's degree between 2019 and 2020 ahead of moving to Los Angeles.
In a radio interview, a childhood friend of Bianca's claimed that Kanye slid into her DMs on Instagram, reportedly saying: "Come and work for me."
The designer then moved to LA to join his company, Yeezy, as "head of architecture" - and has stayed in this role since November 2020.
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In October 2023, reported Kanye and Bianca wed on December 20, 2022.
The couple tied the knot under a "confidential marriage license" in the state of California.
The two wed in Palo Alto, California, according to the document.
The wedding came just one month after Kanye and Kim Kardashian finalized their divorce.
But distinguishing between breast sizes at all is absolutely ridiculous - they’re just body parts so it really is silly that people should be so obsessed with them like this.
It’s just as silly as policing every aspect of an outfit.
Why does it matter? Your outfit does not affect your decision making.
Bianca and Kanye have been together a long time and she has worn other outfits like this in the past, this is not a new thing for her.
If this is something that Bianca has chosen to wear, then great.
If it turns out that she had not made a conscious decision to wear this outfit then people have a right to be concerned.
But we’re basing that assumption off history.
We know that Kanye has a history of controlling behaviour, his ex wife Kim said on Keeping Up With The Kardashians that he would comment on her outfits, and it’s a conversation that needs to be had if Bianca is uncomfortable - but we do not know that.
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If there is a level of coercive control then I hope she seeks help, but that has not been confirmed or denied by either of them.
I hope she has made this decision for herself, and that she feels happy and comfortable.
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None of us know what went on behind the scenes.
But if the intention was to cause a stir then it’s Bianca - one and the critics - nil.
Bianca Censori’s naked red carpet stunt is all part of Kanye’s ‘weird, twisted game’... he parades her like a blow-up doll
By Polly Hudson
BIANCA Censori is an intelligent woman.
She has both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture, and was once a respected member of her profession.
Enter Kanye West.
Now she is reduced to being paraded around like some kind of blow up sex doll, risking being charged with indecent exposure.
What’s most concerning is that Bianca’s outfits have become increasingly risqué and revealing over time, exposing more and more of her body.
Surely being entirely naked is the climax of this warped performance piece, so where will Kanye go from here?
How will he top it for next time?
Demand that Bianca have some of her internal organs removed, and then make her display them on the red carpet, dripping with blood?
Although there were obviously more attention-grabbing aspects of her look on the Grammy’s red carpet last night, it was the expression on her face that was the most chilling.
Of course no-one really knows what the dynamic is between this couple, but all signs seem to point to Bianca being exploited, objectified, and coerced.
As she stood there, fully nude in front of the world, gasps of shock and bursts of laughter clearly audible from all around her, it felt like witnessing abuse - humiliation on a global stage.
The kind of situation where years from now, no-one will be able to understand why this was allowed to happen.
The cold disdain Kanye looked at her with, as she tried so desperately to please him, was extremely disturbing - especially as a lip reader has since revealed he told her to "drop her coat" and "make a scene", suggesting rather than a pre-arranged stunt he ordered her to do it on the spot, and she instantly complied.
It worked for Britney – can somebody please start a Free Bianca movement?
Her family are said to be worried – duh - but they’re on the other side of the world, in Australia, and this is a grown woman of 30. It’s not like they can order her to come home and ground her when she gets there.
Kanye has tonnes of previous when it comes to controlling the outfits of the women he’s involved.
His ex-wife Kim Kardashian revealed on an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians that he told her she had “the worst style” when they started dating.
“Our whole trade-off was that if I got rid of my clothes, he’d fill up my closet. But now I’m freaking out. Like, I could literally cry,” she said.
He masterminded every aspect of her appearance, flying all the way to Paris for 24 hours in 2018 so he could re-style her after seeing paparazzi photos of her in an outfit he didn’t like.
Even after they broke up, he didn’t stop.
Distraught Kim explained on her reality show that when she started dressing herself post split, Kanye called her and told her that her career was over after seeing one of the looks she put together on her own.
Kim has stopped discussing her erratic ex, because they share four children.
But the woman he dated for two months after they broke up, Julia Fox, has written about him in her book Down The Drain, and pulls no punches.
She details how she felt like “a prop” and a “show monkey” being used for “a publicity stunt”, which certainly sounds familiar.
She also wrote that it felt like a ‘weird, twisted game’ that left her feeling ‘used’ and ‘dirty’.
Julia now says, “I regret that relationship so much. I hate it! It was only a few weeks but enough to last me a lifetime. I was in probably the most uncomfortable position in my life and that’s saying a lot.”
Last January Kanye attended a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony and was directly asked by a reporter, “if Bianca has her free will. Some people are saying that you’re controlling her.”
West snatched the journalist’s phone, ranting “Why do you feel like it’s okay? I’m a human being… Ask me about my wife, talking about if she’s got free will? Are you crazy? Are you insane?... I’m a legend, do you understand that?... Was that a dumbass, disrespectful question to come ask a grown-ass superhero?”
And what does the woman at the centre of this storm think? How does she respond to allegations that she is being manipulated and dominated?
Hard to say.
I have never heard Bianca Censori say a single word. Have you?
Sadly in this case, it's hard not to conclude that her silence speaks volumes.
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