When one social media influencer posted videos and photos modeling a black funeral outfit, the internet was set on fire with offended viewers claiming the dress was “totally inappropriate,” but the critics seemed to miss one important detail.
A model for the apparel brand EdgyLittlePieces uploaded many TikTok videos featuring the brand’s “best-selling funeral dress.” According to New York Post, the influencer’s posts “horrified” social media users and generated a major backlash.
The “funeral dress” is a fitted halter mini-dress with big cutouts that reveal her cleavage and entire torso, with thin straps that crisscross down her neck, chest, and stomach. The model suggests how to wear the dress, noting that you may tighten the straps to make it “super modest for the funeral, then loosen it back down for the after-party.”
According to reports, the model appears to be joking with viewers in order to gain free publicity. Many TikTok users, however, were offended by the so-called funeral dress. When one of her followers asked for advice on a “funeral fit,” the model answered with a video of herself wearing the dress.
The influencer responded to the critics, saying she had to disagree. “We’ve had so many girls wear this to funerals and they messaged us and said they got so many compliments,” the model said. “It’s super covered up, it doesn’t show any cleavage, and it’s super modest as well.”
However, when viewers noticed that the “super modest” look still showed the model’s cleavage and torso, commenters attacked her with harsh remarks.
One commenter responded by attacking women who are part of the feminist movement and would wear such a dress to a somber occasion where modesty is expected.
There’s a reason why so many people didn’t get the joke, if it was one. Some people would actually wear this dress to a funeral because they are that stupid, have low values, lack common sense, and have little regard for moral decency. Self-absorbed people can and will do anything they want to do, regardless of the impact on others. That is why sarcasm is lost on many and not recognized when conveyed.
