Lizzo is answering trolls who say that her shapewear isn’t doing what it’s supposed to.
In a “get ready with me” video on TikTok, the 34-year-old singer and creator of Yitty said she wanted to talk about “body politics.” She pondered the feedback she has received since starting her shapewear brand and wearing her product while getting ready for a night out.
“Snatched, where? Why? No, I’m sorry. Her breasts are sagging. It is not a good look,” she claimed people have said before responding, “This might be a little controversial for some of ya’ll and it may be hard to hear, but I like it that way.
Lizzo went on clarify that the way that her shapewear fits “works for me” and “if it does not work for you, at Yitty we have different levels of compression so you can create your … own beauty standard.”
She also stated that the brand’s variety in shape, fit, and compression was the reason she founded it.
“I was sick of the shapewear industry forcing a body type on me. I don’t want to look like that. What if I wanna look like more snatched here, more loose here, more relaxed here, maybe a little cleavage there?” she asked, grabbing different parts of her body. “I wanted to give all bodies — and yes to ya’ll even the people who be talking shit — the opportunity to create your own beauty. Create what feels good to you, what looks good to you.”
She told The New York Times in March 2022, while announcing Yitty, that she wanted to “have fun with my body, creating shapes and allowing my body to be curvy, loving the rolls that you’re meant to hide, and exploring via fashion”
Even after nearly a year, she continues to educate people that shapewear does not have to be suitable for only one body type.
“Trust me, I’ve seen enough how-to-lose-weight, how-to-get-a-BBL-body videos on this app to know that that’s also a beauty standard that some of ya’ll might want to attain,” she told her TIkTok audience. “All bodies are welcome here, all bodies are represented here. I got a big soft belly, I got low soft saggy titties and I like it. I got back rolls and I don’t mind them. I want them to breathe in my shapewear. But if you want to get snatched up, Yitty got that compression type for you, too. So let’s all just not judge each other and just learn to love the bodies we’re in and wear stuff that feels good.”
“Liberate yourself.” she added.
What is Yitty?
Yitty is Lizzo’s shapewear line, created in partnership with Fabletics. The line dropped in April 2022 and consists of three different collections: Mesh Me, Nearly Naked, and Major Label. Yitty items have been designed to support Lizzo’s fight for body inclusivity in fashion as well as the singer’s dedication to sustainability. To that end, 65% of Yitty’s pieces are made with recycled fibers, and the brand’s packaging is made from 100% recycled materials.
Source – Tru News Report
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