Vogue has long regarded been as thee fashion bible. An article published by the mag titled “We’re Officially in the Era of the Big Booty” contends that we are in the age of plump derrieres mostly thanks to Jennifer Lopez, Iggy Azalea and Kim Kardashian. Oh word?
Reports Vogue:
For years it was exactly the opposite; a large butt was not something one aspired to, rather something one tried to tame in countless exercise classes. Even in fashion, that daring creative space where nothing is ever off limits, the booty has traditionally been shunned. Though nipples have long been a runway staple, the industry was scandalized when Alexander McQueen debuted his bumster pants back in 1996. And who can forget the horrified reaction to Rose McGowan’s barely-there beaded dress at the 1998 Video Music Awards? Today, Rihanna shows up to the CFDA Awards practically naked with her crack fully on display and walks off with a Fashion Icon Award.
The mag made sure to big up Yeezy’s wife, too.
Enter Kim Kardashian. With a truly singular figure, Kardashian and her family debuted their reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, in 2007. It made the entire clan famous, of course, but Kardashian’s behind was the real star, and was frequently employed as a plot device. In one season, Kardashian even X-rayed her body to prove her curves were real and not the by-product of artificial implants.
Hey Vogue, you’re kind of late.
J. Lo we get—all praises do—but a pair of white chicks embracing their ass and hips and now it gets the co-sign? But then again, Columbus did “discover” already populated land, so what else is new?
Needless to say, Black Twitter is having a field day with this one. But is the outrage valid? Shout out to Sir Mix-A-Lot. Peep the slander in the following pages.
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