Singer and songwriter Bebe Rexha slams designers for apparently “discriminating” against her and ends up getting flooded with offers from top designers to design her Grammys dress.
The 29-year-old pop star, who was nominated for New Artist and Country Duo/Group Performance for Grammys, vented on Instagram last Monday, saying that designers refused to take her on as a client for the upcoming awarding ceremony because she’s “too big.”
“So I finally get nominated at the Grammys and it’s like the coolest thing ever. And a lot of times artists will go and talk to designers and they’ll make them custom dresses to walk the red carpet. So I had my team hit out a lot of designers and a lot of them do not want to dress me because I’m too big,” Bebe said in her Instagram video, which has now gone viral on social media. “If a size 6-8, is too big, then I don’t know what to tell you. Then I don’t want to wear your f***ing dresses. ‘Cause that’s crazy. You’re saying that all the women in the world that are size 8 and up are not beautiful, and they cannot wear your dresses.”
Following her Instagram video, fashion designer August Getty, whose past clients include Bebe, Zendaya, and Rachel McAdams, reached out to her via comment, saying, “You are beautiful! Every woman of every size is beautiful! Just let me know when I should start sketching.”
Another designer, Tanya Taylor, wrote, “Bebe – we would LOVE to design something custom for you!! Can we discuss??” The designer has already dressed the likes of Olivia Munn and Lena Dunham.
Veteran designer Elizabeth Kennedy, one of Mindy Kaling’s regular red carpet designers, also commented, “I’d love to make you a dress for the Grammys! I’m a size 8 too, and yes it is a beautiful size.”
Bebe has yet to announce her final choice. Guess we’ll just have to see at the Grammys this February!
