The cover is a response to a ‘rhetorical situation’. CREDIT: the fly/MEGAĮilish’s 2021 Vogue cover is her response to the criticism. The public’s response over social media and countless stories can be summed up with one statement, that she had gotten fat.īillie Eilish Just Existing. Unfortunately, this buffer could not last forever and on October 11th, 2020, the media and public finally got what they wanted when a photograph was taken of the then 18-year-old in a tank-top and shorts on a hot day in Los Angeles. The oversized clothes and bold colors worked as a buffer for much of the shaming and scrutiny that came with her sudden fame. A voice that gained her an immense amount of fame and recognition in a very small amount of time. She was just a normal girl with an amazing voice. This was partially important because Eilish started her career at the young age of sixteen with her debut album When We All Sleep, Where Do We Go? which she wrote and produced with her brother from her bedroom. Instead of the story being about what she looked like under the clothes, the story was about the clothes and her sound. This style allowed her to keenly side-step the extremely prevalent sexualization of young female celebrities promoted by the media and paparazzi. Her style was bold and drew eyes with its interesting use of colors and manipulations of sizes. Pre-Vogue cover shoot, Eilish could be found in oversized monochrome outfits and with her iconic acid-green rooted hair.