As today’s pop goddesses, from Mariah Carey to Christina Aguilera, seem to have embraced the smaller-the-better philosophy with their skin-revealing outfits, some hot up-and-coming acts are setting a discreet – but still sexy – new style for the ladies.
One such rising star saying no to the flesh-baring trend is Britain’s Mercury Music Prize winner, Ms Dynamite, who had some advice for fellow females as she accepted one of her three Mobo gongs this week. “You don’t need to take off all your clothes,” said the 21-year-old singer, who is famed for her ultra-hip urban gear. “You don’t have to have a big bumper or a big bust. I have none of those things.”
The sentiment was echoed by sultry singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, 21, who this week told an Austrian newspaper that the image-conscious nature of the industry makes her ill. “The amount of pressure I’m under to look good and to be an object of desire is really sickening,” she said. “I fight against it.”
The Fallin’ vocalist went on to add: “If I weighed 23 stone and just had a tuft of hair on the right side of my head then people wouldn’t be as willing to listen to what I have to say. I think that’s a real shame.”
Canadian teen Avril Lavigne, who’s making waves with her hit Complicated, also seems to be joining the fashion rebellion, looking more Alanis than Aguilera. The petite blonde shuns revealing duds, instead donning her trademark neckties and cargo trousers. “I won’t wear skanky clothes that show my booty, my belly or my boobs,” she bluntly told YM magazine. “If I were selling my body, I would wear that stuff – but I’m selling my music.”
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