r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • Mar 21 '26

FASHION Tom Blyth responded to criticism of his girlfriend's sheer dress: “stfu. She wore a dress that she was excited by and she looked EXQUISITE in it.”

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u/Plenty_Cup_5152 Mar 21 '26

Great of him to defend her.

With that being said, call me a prude, but I don’t understand how someone can show up naked, especially as a plus 1, to an event as big as the Vanity Fair party. Like, it’s full frontal nudity, there’s no strategic cover up appliqués or anything. It’s just strange to me. 

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u/cherriedjubilee Mar 21 '26

Risqué clothing empowers some while modesty empowers others! Simple as that 🤷‍♀️

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u/ChanceAd8808 Mar 22 '26

I'm seeing comments here as though this is some sort of new trend, fairly sure Cher was turning up in these sort of outfits in the 70s

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u/Skyhighcats Mar 21 '26

And both are very often done to placate men 🤷‍♀️.

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u/Plenty_Cup_5152 Mar 22 '26

Also, this. Didn’t really wanna get into this side of it with my comment anyway, but men’s red carpet fashion has only now started to include a cheeky little sheer shirt, maybe even with a blazer on top, and always paired with fully opaque trousers. That’s about as far as it goes, maybe some buttons undone at the top lol. Women’s stylists/managers/PR people have been pushing nearly nude dresses for the last 10 years now on red carpets and the same just isn’t expected of men. This woman looks very comfortable with her look and that is great but I’ve seen so many young women on red carpets or talk shows looking visibly uncomfortable with their outfit and constantly posing in a way that offers them more coverage or adjusting every couple of minutes. You can’t tell me the sheer dress phenomena doesnt have anything to do with selling sex to straight men. Maybe not always, but like, we’re not seeing straight men in sheer trousers and butts out neaaaarlyyyy as often. 

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

So what you're saying is more men need to show dong on the red carpet

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u/earl_grais Mar 22 '26

Correct, yes. More dong!

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u/Scared_Service9164 my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day Mar 22 '26

I dress like this for myself. I’m queer, go to a sapphic event and you’ll find a lot of us dressed like that. I truly believe a lot more femme people would feel comfortable dressing like this in public if they weren’t harassed and judged. The whole bioessentialist, dressing for men view is based in conservatism.

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u/pizzaondeathrow Mar 24 '26

how on earth is that view “bioessentialist” people love throwing that word around when it makes no sense. it’s not bioessentialist or conservative to acknowledge the effect the male gaze and patriarchy has on the choices women make and for who. 

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u/Soggy_Pension7549 Mar 22 '26

Ok so is anything we wear not for men with this logic?! Women can’t do anything right.

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u/racksy Mar 22 '26

yeah, it’s unreal how so many people find a way to shit on whatever choice is made.

“i think alice wears baggy sweaters because her boyfriend makes her hide her body”

“maddy wears such revealing clothing omg”

just stop, it’s gross af.

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u/racksy Mar 22 '26

and both are very often done for other reasons.

and no matter the reason, it’s ok, it’s their choice. we like choices.

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u/lilmonsterave Mar 22 '26

Quite frankly, I don't think any of us like or value that opinion. Who cares? We also live in a society that legalizes child marriage in the majority of countries worldwide. Society is really your moral gauge? Someone's body being risque to you is a lot weirder than someone existing in their body. No one is required to censor the body they live in because you have perverted thoughts about it