Florence Pugh recalls sheer dress backlash from Valentino show: ‘It’s the freedom that people are scared of’
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Florence Pugh turned heads by arriving in Rome in a hot-pink sheer dress, and she tells Elle UK that people should look past the fabric in a way that "isn't sexual."
Following the grand gown reveal, Pugh faced backlash for wearing the number, so she penned a lengthy Instagram post in which she told critics to "grow up. Respect people. Respect bodies." Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
"When everything went down with the Valentino pink dress a year ago, my nipples were on display through a piece of fabric, and it really wound people up," Pugh told ELLE UK in the October issue. "It’s the freedom that people are scared of; the fact I’m comfortable and happy. Keeping women down by commenting on their bodies has worked for a very long time."