Billie Eilish Tells Highsnobiety About 106 Million Fans: I Don't Know Shit

Billie Eilish Tells Highsnobiety About 106 Million Fans: I Don't Know Shit AOC Fashion

In June 2022 Highsnobiety, a blog focused on the luxury market and streetwear, was acquired by Berlin-based, German fashion and lifestyle company Zalando.

Interviewed by Willa Bennett, Billie Eilish covers the Winter 2022 issue 29 of the brand’s magazine. Matthew Henson styles the singer in a sophisticated mix from Marc Jacobs, Simone Rocha, Yohji Yamamoto and more.

The fashion story spans luxury and streetwear, as Billie wears the baggy — or “billowing” — silhouettes she is known for lensed by Davit Giorgadze [IG].

Getting Beyond Blonde

The interview headline across the internet is that Billie didn’t feel sexy or herself as a blonde, which she was for British Vogue in early summer 2021.

In reality, what Billie said is far more complicated than the headlines.

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In a matter of hours, Eilish lost about 100,000 social media fans who were angry with her for wearing lingerie pinup looks and blonde locks. AOC wrote:

It took four dye sessions and a lot of patience to erase the signature jet black and lurid green we’ve known for 18 months. She was “ready for it to suck” — the blonde metamorphosis — but it’s been transformative. “I feel more like a woman, somehow,” she says, surprised.

The singer also talked about this blonde bombshell experience in a September 2021 interview with Elle US as well.

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In her 2021 interviews, Billie Eilish referenced her uncomfortable relationship with her ample bust and her body, in general.

Baggy clothes gave her cover and Eilish apparently had a consequential porn addiction at the same time, one that began at age 11. That experience — one that allowed her to feel like she was fitting in with the guys — had an overall negative effect on her.

The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy

What Billie Eilish says in her new Highsnobiety interview reflects her own experience with the virgin/whore dichotomy.

“I think that people have taken me more seriously because I’ve had this more masculine [way of dressing] throughout my career,” she adds. “If I had been more feminine and girly, people would’ve been a lot less respectful of me.”

That is a true statement generally and one from Billie Eilish that could provoke conversation and consideration by her fans about the female experience.

However, Billie’s fans have been pretty brutal towards her — in this experimental journey of self-discovery.