Julia Fox has taken to TikTok to express her thoughts on the blatant racism that goes on in the fashion industry. The Italian-born actress and model posted a video onto the video-sharing app on Wednesday, claiming that white-toned models have a much easier time in the business than a model with a darker complexion. And she says that’s evident just by looking at how many white women, who can be as short as 5 foot 2, are still able to book runway shows simply based on nepotism.
“We all roll our eyes,” Julia said. “We all know the nepotism, we’re all, like, over it.” She continued by asking her followers how many times they had seen Black, Asian, or Brown women of a shorter size walking the runway. “I’ll wait,” she added before asserting that there aren’t any.
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“And why is it that women of color have to be extraordinary to be in the running, but white girls get away with being f****g mediocre? Most of you are mediocre — yeah.” Julia later responded to a string of comments under her post, clarifying that she doesn’t have a problem with smaller-sized models, as long as every other short person was given the same opportunities.
“Why is height such a big deal in modeling like short people don’t wear clothes? Lol,” another person commented, while a string of other remarks seemed to be under the impression Julia, who famously dated Kanye West for about a month earlier this year, may have been talking about Johnny Depp’s daughter, Lily-Rose.
The 23-year-old upcoming model, who is also an ambassador over at fashion show Chanel, caused controversy last week as she seemingly defended herself against nepotism claims, a term used to describe someone who received special treatment or privilege based on their wealth and/or their last name.
“I know my childhood didn’t look like everybody’s childhood,” Lily-Rose told Elle in an interview last week. It’s a very particular thing to deal with, but it’s also the only thing that I know. The internet seems to care a lot about that kind of stuff.”
Her being in the bathtub randomly thinking abt white privilege in the model industry and instantly making a tiktok video abt it luv her 🤧
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“People are going to have preconceived ideas about you or how you got there, and I can definitely say that nothing is going to get you the part except for being right for the part. Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door. There’s a lot of work that comes after that.”
Twitter users were rather curious to know how a 23-year-old can sign a Chanel ambassador endorsement without nepotism playing a role in her deal even coming to fruition. Furthermore, others were intrigued to know what “hard work” required her to get her lucrative partnership with a luxurious fashion house, to begin with.