Billy Porter Shares Why He’sStill Upset About Harry Styles VogueCover: ‘You Are Using My Community’
Billy Porter Shares Why He’sStill Upset About Harry Styles VogueCover: ‘You Are Using My Community’
Updated on August 14, 2023 16:10 PM by Andrew Koschiev
I am going to tell you about a drama that happened between Billy Porter and Harry Styleswho are singers and actors with different opinions about fashion and gender. Billy Porter is mad at Harry Styles for wearing a dress on the cover of VOGUE MAGAZINE and he says that Harry Styles is using his community to get more fans and the fashion industry is not giving credit to the real people who started the gender fluid movement and Harry Styles says that he is just being himself and having fun with clothes. Lets talk about them today in this article and lets find out who is right and who is wrong and what do their fans and other celebrities think?
Billy Porter Background
Billy Porter is a famous singer, actor and fashion icons and is of 53 years with a net worth of $4M andhero in many movies and shows such as Pose, Kinky Boots and Cinderella. He won many awards such as an Emmy,a Tony and a Grammy and people know him for his bold and gender fluid style wearing dresses, skirts and heels on the red carpet.
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Harry StylesBackground
Harry Styles is a popular singer, a songwriter, and actor and of 29 years old with a net worth of $800M.He started his career as a member of the boy band ONE DIRECTION which sold over 200 million records worldwide and then he started his solo career releasing 2 albums and several hits and people know him for his eclectic and androgynous style wearing suits, pearls and nail polish.
The VOGUE COVERControversy
It is a controversy happened in November 2020 when Harry Styles became the first man to appear solo on the cover of VOGUE MAGAZINE where he was wearing a GUCCI dress and a TUXEDO jacket for photoshoot. He also wore other feminine outfits inside the magazine and he said that he liked to experiment with clothes and blurred the lines between masculinity and femininity.
The VOGUE COVER received mixed reactions from the public with some people praising Styles for his courage and creativity by saying that he was breaking stereotypes and inspiring other to be themselves and they also said that he looks good in anything he wears.Other people criticized Styles for his choice of dressesby saying that he was disrespecting women and men by wearing such dresses and confusing young people and promoting an agenda.
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Billy Porter Criticism
Billy Porter was one of the people who criticized Harry Styles VOGUE COVER by saying that he was upset and angry by the fashion industry double standards because he woresame dresses for years but he never got the same recognitionand respect just like Harry Styles. He further explained that he had to fight for his life and his career to express himself through fashion and also questioned Harry Styles motives and authenticity by saying that Styles was not really gender fluid and was using his community to gain popularity and attention.He further said that Styles did not have to sacrifice anything or face any consequences for wearing dresses.
Porter also challenged Anna Wintour role as the editor in chief of VOGUE MAGAZINE by saying that Wintour was the gatekeeper of the fashion industry but she was not doing enough to support the real leaders of gender fluid movement and he also said that Wintour had asked him how VOGUE could do better but she did not listen to him or follow his advice.
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Public Reactions
Some people agreed with Porter and supported him and they said that Potter was right to call out the fashion industries hypocrisy and bias and that Porter deserved more credit and respect for his style and his activism.
Other people disagreed with Porter and defended Stars by saying that Potter was wrong to attack Styles and accuse him of using his community and that Styles was a genuine and sincere in his style and his message and he was not trying to compete with or replace other but rather to celebrate him and honor him.
Some people try to understand both perspectives and find a common ground by saying that Porter and Styles were both talented and influential artists who had their own styles and their own voice and that they should not be compared or pitted against each other but rather be appreciated and respected for the individuality and diversity.
Final Verdict
Billy Porter and Harry Styles are both fans who have made history with their style and their art and they are also at odds with each other over a VOGUE COVER that sparked controversy in 2020. Tell usin the comments section below about who do you believe and what do you think about their styles and their arts?
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