Grammy winner Billie Eilish, 20, has starred in Vogue’s first-ever video cover. In a new interview, the performer spoke candidly to the magazine about her difficulties with the perception of her own looks.
“When I was a teenager I hated myself, a lot of it was anger about my body, anger about how much it hurt me and how much I lost because of what happened to it.”
Billie was referring to the hip injury that had prevented her from building a dance career.
“I had to go through the process of realising that my body is me. And it’s not trying to catch me.”
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According to the singer, the signature baggy outfits are her “armour” against shame about her own figure. She decided to rethink her body image by wearing a waist-tight Oscar de la Renta tulle dress at the Met Gala 2021. Afterwards, Laura Kim, one of the creative directors of the fashion house, said:
“What inspired me most on the creative side was when this 19-year-old girl looked in my eyes and said: “I want to do something that scares me.”
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