What Is a Fashion Troll? Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Winona Ryder Would Know Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Taylor Swift / Tumblr1/9Taylor Swift as “Becky”
Following the viral Tumblr post known as “no its becky,” which called Taylor Swift’s identity into question—was the superstar actually a pot-smoking high school student named Becky in disguise?—Swift got in on the fun and posted a picture of herself wearing a yellow tee referencing the meme close to the release of her 1989 album in 2014. She later stepped out wearing the shirt with a short plaid skirt.
Photo: Splash2/9Naomi Campbell’s anger management clap back
What do you wear after you are accused of beating your housekeeper with a phone? If you happen to be Naomi Campbell—who was summoned to court for the aforementioned charges back in 2006—you’d wear a shirt that reads “Naomi Hit Me” on the front and “I loved it” on the back. Snap!
Photo: Robin Harper / Parkwood / PictureGroup3/9Beyoncé shouts out her beau, courtesy of Tom Ford
Jay Z’s 2013 hit “Tom Ford” was, well, an ode to the designer Tom Ford. In response to the rapper’s lyrics, Tom Ford designed a jersey-inspired shift dress covered in orange sequins emblazoned with the names “Tom Ford” and “Molly.” It took three to complete this fashion-troll triangle: Beyoncé wore the piece on her Mrs. Carter Show tour in 2014.
Photo: Splash4/9Céline Dion’s Vetements look that will go on
This past summer, Céline Dion prompted a media frenzy with her lighthearted wardrobe troll: The singer stepped out in the Vetements Titanic hoodie, an homage to the award-winning song “My Heart Will Go On” she sang for the film’s soundtrack.
Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Snyder / @sarahfuckingsnyder5/9Sarah Snyder’s model mug shot
Head to Sarah Snyder’s Instagram and you’ll soon learn that she loves herself: 99 percent of the images are selfies. In fact, she loves herself so much that she will wear her notorious mug shot across her shirt and Instagram herself wearing said shirt multiple times.
Photo: Getty Images6/9Winona Ryder’s show-stealing courtroom look
With a little help from Marc Jacobs, Winona Ryder was able to pull off one of the chicest moments in the history of courtroom drama. The actress was caught shoplifting more than $5,500 worth of clothing from the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue in 2001. Among the pilfered items was a $760 Marc Jacobs cashmere sweater. But Ryder—a longtime muse of Jacobs—used the opportunity to put the designer in the spotlight: She sported several modest pieces by the designer to court, including a dress and two jackets from Marc Jacobs Fall 2001 collectsion.
Photo: Getty Images7/9Paris Hilton is the OG socialite troll
Before social-media savvy trolls such as Sarah Snyder, there was Paris Hilton. The hard-partying heiress would purposefully drop paparazzi bait, often showing up to events in a rotating collectsion of self-referential tees that boasted phrases including “Stop Being Desperate” and “Teenage Millionaire.”
Photo: AKM-GSI8/9Rihanna’s meta pro-HRC moment
Before the election, Rihanna stepped out in a shirt printed with Hillary Clinton’s image. But the singer didn’t let her support for the Democratic presidential candidate stop there: She soon followed up the look with a T-shirt of herself wearing the Hillary Clinton tee. Meta-chic, indeed.
Photo: Splash9/9Rita Ora gets the BeyHive all riled up
Remember that epic line “Becky with the good hair” from Beyoncé’s Lemonade album? All fingers seemed to point to Rita Ora, at least that’s how Beyoncé’s superfans, known collectsively as the BeyHive, saw things. And for good reason: Ora stepped out in the same Gucci dress Beyoncé wore in the video for “Formation,” shortly after the record was released. The singer stoked the hive’s ire again by Snapchatting a picture of herself wearing a sheer bra featuring strategically placed lemons.
