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Model, actress, and author Emily Ratajkowski is looking back on her most scandalous outfit. (Photo: LOIC VENANCE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nEmily Ratajkowski is looking back on the 2016 uproar over a dress many claimed was too “vulgar.”<\/p>\n
The model, actress and author sat down for a video interview with Harper’s Bazaar<\/em>r and called the black dress with a plunging neckline, which was made by Welsh fashion designer Julien McDonald, “probably the most controversial dress I’ve ever worn.”<\/p>\n“I can remember somebody called it extremely vulgar,” Ratajkowski, 31, said of the dress, which she wore to the 2016 Harper’s Bazaar<\/em> Icon Party. “And like, it became a huge controversy on the internet and some of my agents were mad at me because they thought it was too sexy and whatever.”<\/p>\nRatajk didn’t take the criticism sitting down, however, and fired back at the person whoowski pointed out her.<\/p>\n
“I basically called the person who said it was a vulgar dress sexist, and there was drama,” she shared.<\/p>\n
Looking back on the experience, Ratajkowski said she was largely clueless about the impact the dress would have at the time.<\/p>\n
“I was in my 20s and just, like, hadn’t registered that it was so sexy because there is a panel in the middle, but it looks like there isn’t,” she recalled. “Yeah, it caused this whole thing.”<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nEmily Ratajkowski wears a Julien McDonald dress that garnered major attention in 2016. (Photo: Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nDespite the criticism, she maintains an affinity for the revealing look.<\/p>\n
“I still like that dress. I still think I look great,” she explained. “I was basically called out for wanting attention, which I think is interesting, because you go to red carpets for attention, basically. Essentially it’s part of your job as a celebrity.”<\/p>\n
Ratajkowski has long spoken out about the impact of sexism on society. In a discussion about gender equality with designer Tory Burch at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women’s Summit, the My Body<\/em> author spoke about the ways sexism affects all genders.<\/p>\n“I always say that sexism is bad for everyone, including men. I think toxic masculinity is a huge issue and we feel the ramifications of that, but also, men live with that as well,” she shared. “As somebody who has a son, I think about that a lot. It’s, for me, very important to expand that conversation to men.”<\/p>\n
Story continues<\/button><\/p>\nRatajkowski is mom to 1-year-old Sylvester, whom she shares with her ex, Sebastian Bear-McClard. She filed for divorce from Bear-McClard in September.<\/p>\n
In her book My Body<\/em>Ratajkowski examined her relationship with “men in power,” and questioned whether they understood the complex gender dynamics they were enforcing.<\/p>\n“Sometimes they are aware, but I don’t think they understand what they need to do differently,” the Gone Girl <\/em>actress explained. “I think it’s really, really crucial to include men in those conversations. I don’t think feminism should be a word that means that we’re just talking to ourselves.”<\/p>\nRatajkowski has also recognized that she has profited from her own sex appeal, however.<\/p>\n
“<\/em>I’m not trying to shake accountability. But I also don’t think I would have sold as many books had I not done that. That’s the way the world works. I mean, we all participate in systems that we don’t agree with,” she told Harper’s Bazaar<\/em>. <\/em>“I completely understand that sexualizing myself and putting images out into the world that reinforce the beauty standard is difficult.”<\/p>\nWellness, parenting, body image and more: Get to know the <\/strong>who<\/em><\/strong> behind the <\/strong>hoo<\/em><\/strong> with Yahoo Life’s newsletter. <\/strong>Sign up here<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Model, actress, and author Emily Ratajkowski is looking back on her most scandalous outfit. (Photo: LOIC VENANCE\/AFP via Getty Images) Emily Ratajkowski is looking back on the 2016 uproar over a dress many claimed was too “vulgar.” The model, actress and author sat down for a video interview with Harper’s Bazaarr and called the black …<\/p>\n
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