Harry Styles has been making waves with his gender-bending style – and many fans are loving his fashion sense. However, it appears not everyone appreciates it.
The 26-year-old singer is featured on the cover of Vogue’s December issue – becoming the first-ever male cover star to front the magazine solo. And in his cover photo, he rocks a Gucci jacket layered over a stunning, lace-adorned gown.
The photo in question has gotten a lot of love from fans on social media. But that hasn’t stopped critics from speaking out against a man donning on women’s clothing.
One critic went on Twitter to write, “There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the West, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.”
And, apparently, there are others who agree with the sentiment.
But Harry’s fans and pals aren’t going to let anybody drag the singer down.
Olivia Wilde, who’s directing Harry in Don’t Worry Darling, replied to the tweet, writing, “You’re pathetic.”
Jameela Jamil also defended Harry, tweeting, “Harry Styles is plenty manly, because manly is whatever you want it to be, not what some insecure, toxic, woman-hating, homophobic d–kheads decided it was hundreds of years ago. He’s 104% perfect. Also…he looked fit as f–k.”
“Our whole lives boys and men are told we need to be manly. Life is short. Be whatever the f–k you want to be,” Zach Braff added.
Harry hasn’t publicly addressed the comments, but he did open up about style sense in his cover story interview – and using fashion as a form of expression and empowerment.
“I think if you get something that you feel amazing in, it’s like a superhero outfit,” Harry shared. “Clothes are there to have fun with and experiment with and play with. What’s really exciting is that all of these lines are just kind of crumbling away.”
The singer continued, “When you take away ‘There’s clothes for men and there’s clothes for women,’ once you remove any barriers, obviously you open up the arena in which you can play. I’ll go in shops sometimes, and I just find myself looking at the women’s clothes thinking they’re amazing.”
“It’s like anything — anytime you’re putting barriers up in your own life, you’re just limiting yourself,” he adds. “There’s so much joy to be had in playing with clothes. I’ve never really thought too much about what it means — it just becomes this extended part of creating something.”
