It was to ask people to be not judgemental of peoples’ personal clothing choices: Sabyasachi Mukherjee clarifies the motive behind his 'overdressed women' post
Sabyasachi Mukherjee faced severe backlash for his comment that overdressed women are wounded from inside on his social media platform. The noted celebrity fashion designer, soon after, issued an apology on his Instagram account. Later, on Sunday he released yet another statement and clarified what he actually meant.
Sabyasachi, in the apology note, began off by writing that he, in his career of 20 years, has observed that many women use fashion and beauty for joy and self-expression while the rest use it as retail therapy to fill the gaps and void in their lives. He further said that how society is judgemental in terms of clothing and tags them as 'overdressed', 'tacky' or even 'inappropriate' but lacks to understand that most of them are using it as a coping mechanism. He said the true essence of the post was to ask people to be aware, empathetic, and not judgemental of peoples’ personal clothing choices. The fashion designer added that his statement was a reference as a blanket statement as sometimes one can be passionate about an issue and end up becoming overzealous and hence, tone deaf. He further clarified that original post was meant to invite people to introspect and debate about 'how love, sensitivity...beauty and fashion can create a net positive in the world.' Read his post here:
Sabyasachi, a reputed designer, received flak for an Instagram post of his that read, "If you see a woman 'overdressed', caked with makeup, armoured with jewellery, it is most likely that she is wounded. Bleeding inside, silently. Holding on to her pride and dignity, shining for the world, though within her innermost being there is a dark blinding pain." He goes on to add that one must take some time off to give her company and empathise with her so as to help her heal since "nothing can replace human warmth. Not even the most precious of jewellery." From calling the post 'ridiculous' to telling the designer to 'stop being so judgemental', social media users slammed him to the fullest.
