Bianca Censori backlash over her sheer dress is ridiculous and misogynistic – I wonder if all the criticism is jealousy?

Bianca Censori backlash over her sheer dress is ridiculous and misogynistic – I wonder if all the criticism is jealousy?

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Bianca Censori backlash over her sheer dress is ridiculous and misogynistic – I wonder if all the criticism is jealousy?
Author: Andrew Whiteford
Published: Feb, 04 2025 11:09

WHEN Bianca Censori dropped her fur coat to reveal a completely see-through mesh dress at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, she sparked a global barrage of abuse. Many onlookers claimed to be horrified by the flesh-flashing display and the model was swiftly kicked out of the A-list event - along with her proud husband Kanye West. But others are hailing Bianca, 30, as a feminist icon for daring to bare all.

 [Photo of Bianca Censori at the Grammy Awards in a sheer dress.  (Image contains nudity.)]
Image Credit: The Sun [Photo of Bianca Censori at the Grammy Awards in a sheer dress. (Image contains nudity.)]

Here, outspoken campaigner Patsy Stevenson passionately defends Bianca’s right to wear what she wants. Patsy hit the headlines when she was pinned to the ground during a clash with cops at a vigil for Sarah Everard in 2021 - but was later awarded damages by the Met police who faced criticism for their heavy-handed approach. PATSY SAYS: I wish people would stop criticising women for their outfit choices.

 [Kanye West and a woman holding hands on a red carpet.]
Image Credit: The Sun [Kanye West and a woman holding hands on a red carpet.]

This is a glamorous red carpet event and Bianca Censori looks absolutely gorgeous. The backlash against her is ridiculous. Bianca has a fantastic figure and should be allowed to wear whatever the hell she wants. None of us should ever have the right to comment on any woman’s clothes or body. I think that Bianca looks great but this outcry has become a judgement on her character too. I expect she had gone through a thousand different outfits before deciding on this one, because she wanted to look her best on the red carpet.

 [Bianca and Kanye have been together a long time and she has worn other outfits like this in the past, this is not a new thing for her]
Image Credit: The Sun [Bianca and Kanye have been together a long time and she has worn other outfits like this in the past, this is not a new thing for her]

And if she feels happy and comfortable in this one, then what an applaudable level of confidence she is showing. I wonder if one reason for all the criticism is jealousy?. Because it is interesting to me how Bianca is being singled out for this criticism even though there were plenty of other women at the same event who also had a lot of flesh on display. Paris Hilton also wore a sheer dress, and J-Lo’s dress was plunging at the back and front, yet they’re not facing anything like the same level of criticism.

 [Kanye West and Bianca Censori kissing.]
Image Credit: The Sun [Kanye West and Bianca Censori kissing.]

The attitude of both men and women seems to be - how dare a woman wear such revealing outfits?. It is a form of misogyny when men think they can decide what a woman should and should not wear - but there is also a lack of women sticking up for other women here. It is 100 per cent unfair. And it feels to me like there is also some snobbery at play here because Bianca Censori is not considered an artist in the same way as someone like Lady Gaga who is allowed to wear all kinds of outrageous outfits and they are considered art?.

 [Lady Gaga performing at the Super Bowl LI halftime show.]
Image Credit: The Sun [Lady Gaga performing at the Super Bowl LI halftime show.]

The level of respect for so-called artists is higher. Models don’t garner the same level of respect, which is a horrible stigma when of course they can be just as creative. They often get a lot of backlash and are hounded for what they wear when in fact they have simply been put in an outfit by a designer. But the human body can be a creative piece of art in itself, and the outfit becomes part of that expression.

 [Paris Hilton at the Grammy Awards.]
Image Credit: The Sun [Paris Hilton at the Grammy Awards.]

There are long standing systemic issues in our society of people critiquing every aspect of women’s bodies - if a woman has large breasts and is showing cleavage that often becomes an issue that people want to comment on. Large breasts are seen as more controversial somehow than small ones. People tend not to comment as much on flatter chests. Bianca Censori was born on January 5, 1995, in Melbourne, Australia.

 [Kanye West and Bianca Censori at Milan Fashion Week.]
Image Credit: The Sun [Kanye West and Bianca Censori at Milan Fashion Week.]

Before her current full-time job, the 30-year-old started a jewellery company called Nylons after leaving high school. After working as a student architect for three years, she completed a master's degree between 2019 and 2020 ahead of moving to Los Angeles. In a radio interview, a childhood friend of Bianca's claimed that Kanye slid into her DMs on Instagram, reportedly saying: "Come and work for me.".

 [Kanye West and Bianca Censori walking hand-in-hand.]
Image Credit: The Sun [Kanye West and Bianca Censori walking hand-in-hand.]

The designer then moved to LA to join his company, Yeezy, as "head of architecture" - and has stayed in this role since November 2020. WEDDING BELLS. In October 2023, The Daily Mail reported Kanye and Bianca wed on December 20, 2022. The couple tied the knot under a "confidential marriage license" in the state of California. The two wed in Palo Alto, California, according to the document. The wedding came just one month after Kanye and Kim Kardashian finalized their divorce.

But distinguishing between breast sizes at all is absolutely ridiculous - they’re just body parts so it really is silly that people should be so obsessed with them like this. It’s just as silly as policing every aspect of an outfit. Why does it matter? Your outfit does not affect your decision making. Bianca and Kanye have been together a long time and she has worn other outfits like this in the past, this is not a new thing for her.

If this is something that Bianca has chosen to wear, then great. If it turns out that she had not made a conscious decision to wear this outfit then people have a right to be concerned. But we’re basing that assumption off history. We know that Kanye has a history of controlling behaviour, his ex wife Kim said on Keeping Up With The Kardashians that he would comment on her outfits, and it’s a conversation that needs to be had if Bianca is uncomfortable - but we do not know that.

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