Chiara Ferragni and the message of her naked dress: “If you cover yourself, you’re a nun, if not, a whore”
“Unfortunately, sexism is normalized. Challenge it and don’t fear the consequences,” challenges the Italian businesswoman and influencer in her most feminist discourse, with the illusion of her naked body giving strength to her message.
if you cover up you’re a nun, if not, a whore”. These are the forceful words with which Chiara Ferragni has claimed gender equality at the 73rd edition of the Sanremo Festival, an event that, beyond music, has become a great fashion catwalk and in a space in which to be heard.
The Italian influencer and businesswoman, who she served as a master of ceremonies, surprised with a spectacular naked dress by Dior with which she intended to give even more strength to her feminist message. The piece, a revealing body dress, simulated her naked body wrapped in a delicate flesh-colored tulle fabric with beading, an optical illusion inspired by a design by Maria Grazia Chiuri for the spring-summer 2018 collection.
The Italian’s objective was none other than to get rid of the shame of showing her body, something that she has reinforced by posing on her social networks as if she were Eva, the first woman in history, emulating the images that appear in Lucas Cranach’s paintings. the Old Man who portrays her in paradise with the apple.
shameless nudity
The intention, to claim the right of women to dispose of her body and not be judged for it. “This illusion of nudity is a reminder that whoever decides to look or feel sexy is not authorizing anyone to justify the violence of men or to mitigate their faults. This is the body of a woman, that of Chiara Ferragni, who wants to give A voice to all the women in the world who are subjected to prohibitions and abuse, to all those who are told that their body produces shame, that it is only an object and that it encourages sin. This is everyone’s body, what a cast the first stone who is free from sin!
a feminist message
“A woman has to work twice as much as a man to be taken seriously,” Chiara Ferragni defended in her most feminist speech in Sanremo, where she has claimed the right to live freely in her own body. she. “Every day you will receive hundreds of messages and comments reminding you that sexism is unfortunately normalized. Challenge them and do not fear the consequences of being yourself. Being a woman is not a limit. Tell your friends, shout it to everyone and fight together every day to change things. I’m trying right now,” she concluded excitedly to the loud applause of the audience.