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That it is the musical phenomenon of the year, the
Grammy Awards decreed it only a few months ago,
crowning Billie Eilish, the f rst woman and young ar-
tist in history to win the four categories of Best New
Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Re-
cord of the Year. That the eighteen-year-old US pop
star is destined to outperform the competition even in
terms of style is equally certain. Her “outsider” looks
that draw on streetwear with Gothic touches, depo-
pulate between the generation Z, the post millennial
audience born between the second half of the 90s
and the end of the 2000s. Her wardrobe, marked by
oversized sweatshirts, t-shirts and baggy trousers,
often created by
overlapping multiple
layers of clothes. In “NESSUNO DEVE
a challenge that has DIRE ALLE DONNE
gone viral on the COME VIVERE
web, the American LE PROPRIE VITE.”
singer gets to wear
f ve padded jackets
at the same time, to the point that it is really diff cult
to understand what shape her body has. “I wear loo-
se clothes because nobody can have an opinion on
how they are because they can’t see what’s under-
neath” she declares in a commercial as a testimo-
nial of the fashion brand Calvin Klein, making body
shaming on videos as on stage. “Nobody has to tell
women how to live their lives. Men shouldn’t decide
on women’s choices, that’s all I have to say.”

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