Kanye West & Bianca Censori: Is there a line between styling and control?
After a series of scandals about male rapper Kanye West and his wife’s clothing that was deemed offensive, vulgar, and degrading to
women (some sources also said that Ye has developed a set of rules including how to dress). for his wife), the question is whether there
is a line between styling and control?
Kanye West has responded to the media backlash over his wife Bianca Censori’s outfit, which many fans have expressed concern over the past few months.
In a video posted to his Instagram account, Ye said: “I will post my wife as much as I want. That makes me happy. Some people don’t want you to be happy, what they want is for you to make them happy. I decided to make myself happy and I am happy with that.”
Most recently (February 13), the male rapper posted a video of Bianca wearing a small piece of fabric without underwear, which one commenter likened to a “Dorito”. The pair were photographed in Los Angeles, Ye wearing a full-face mask and an oversized polyethylene poncho, Bianca wearing a see-through raincoat – and absolutely nothing else.
“She needs to be rescued,” one social media user tweeted in response to a photo of Ye and Bianca together.
The image of a fully clothed man accompanying a naked woman is extremely strange. Some X users responded: “Someone rescue this missing woman!”, “It’s all about (Ye) trying to control her.”
The two are said to have married in January 2023, about two months after Ye’s divorce from Kim Kardashian (with whom they have four children together) was finalized. In recent months, Bianca has been photographed in a series of provocative outfits, from skin-tight bodysuits (covered up with a pillow) to walking barefoot on the street.
These outfits are portrayed as humiliating, degrading, and demeaning. The concern for Bianca is based on the assumption that Kanye is her stylist. Neither Ye nor Bianca have publicly confirmed or denied this.
However, some fans say there is precedent for Ye having input on the other person’s (specifically Kim Kardashian) outfit. In a 2018 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kardashian said: “I always thought I had really good style – until I met my husband (Ye) and he told me I had the worst style.” ”. Fast forward four years to an episode of The Kardashians in 2022, when Kim revealed that Ye said she looked like a “cartoon character” after she dressed herself without her fashion advice. Older brother. She told her sister Kourtney Kardashian that Ye called her after she attended the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator Awards in October 2021. “He told me my career was over. And then he showed me a picture of Marge Simpson wearing something similar,” she explained.
While we can’t know the nature of Ye and Bianca’s outfit arrangements, it’s important to note that the other person dictating what you wear could be a red flag for control. Coercive control – a form of domestic abuse.
Women’s Aid, a federation providing anti-domestic abuse services in the UK, shares: “From the color of lipstick you wear, to the clothes you wear, what you think, say and do, living with a A controlling partner means your decisions are not always your own.”
Melanie Brown (aka Mel B) spoke about her experience with coercive control. In a 2021 interview with The Guardian, she explained how the abuse changed the way she dressed. It starts with little things like “Oh, don’t wear that dress – I bought you this dress”, “Look what I bought you! I saw you were watching it on Net-a-Porter.” And she thought: “Oh my God, that’s so sweet!” when in reality they are starting to take over everything.
Mel also added that her ex insisted she wear certain colors. “I don’t even know what color I like anymore because those options have been taken away from me for so long. And I just accept it.”