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NEW YORK, Jan. 23 – An American pop star at Grammys for Best New Artist next month said she was struggling to find a dress for the ceremony, stylists calling her "too big."
Bebe Rexha – a singer who has also been nominated for the soft country pop duo Meant to be – Called social media designers for refusing to make a bespoke dress, highlighting what has become a topical issue on the red carpet.
"I had my team hit [up] a lot of designers, "said the 29-year-old. "And many do not want to dress me up because I'm too tall."
"If a 6/8 size is too big, then I do not know what to say to you. Then I do not want to wear your dresses anymore, said Rexha.
"You say that all women of size 8 or over in the world are not beautiful and that they can not wear your dresses."
An American size of 8 becomes about 40 in Europe and 12 in Great Britain.
Celebrities such as singer Adam Lambert and model Tyra Banks tweeted their support for Rexha, who said his "8-size bad" would still participate in the Grammys gala on February 10th.
Rexha did not specify which creators had refused, but her speech highlighted the persistent challenge of female artists who can not engage in samples, usually limited to 0-4 track models.
A handful of designers responded to the singer's offer to lend a helping hand.
The high-level designer Christian Siriano, who has always been keen to dress more curvy stars, tweeted: "We have dressed @BebeRexha a few times and we would like to do it again!"
Elizabeth Kennedy, specialist of evening wear, said: "I would love to make you a dress for the Grammys!"
"I'm also in size 8, and yes, it's a nice size."
Not a sample size
Dressing up celebrities on the red carpet offers designers a platform for promoting their work and homes often lend celebrity outfits for prestigious events – but a number of stars have confessed to buying their own dresses in the shops .
TV star Megan Mullally, who will host the Screen Actors Guild Awards this weekend, was posted on Instagram last month: "Looks like I'll buy my dress online."
"Even though there is literally a 100% chance I'm on camera, because I'm going to do it," she said, adding that "designers do not send me dresses" .
"Oh, the glamor of all this."
In 2016, actress Leslie Jones drew attention to the issue after tweeting that she had nothing to wear at the film's premiere ghost hunters, a movie in which she played, because of her size.
"It's so funny that no designer wants to help me with a movie premiere dress," tweeted Jones.
"Hmmm it will change and I remember everything."
Siriano came to the rescue, dressing the statuette of the actress in a red evening dress with bare shoulders and slit at the height of the thigh.
"It should not be exceptional to work with bright people simply because they are not part of a sample. Congratulations, no change, change is needed, "tweeted Siriano about the episode.
The New York-based designer later said that dressing Jones had become a silver bullet for sales.
"We sold hundreds of this red dress," said Siriano People magazine. "Some celebrities, when they wear clothes, people want it immediately."
"Our wildcard is when we dress Leslie."
California-based Japanese designer Tadashi Shoji, whose fans include actress Octavia Spencer, is also dedicated to meeting the needs of a wide range of bodies.
His techniques include ruching and draping to flatter everyone, from size 0 to size 24 – what he calls "the size of the queen". – AFP
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