{"id":327197,"date":"2025-12-05T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/327197\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:50:09","slug":"sydney-sweeneys-clothes-are-getting-on-peoples-nerves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/327197\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sweeney\u2019s clothes are getting on people\u2019s nerves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0 Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, \u2018Look of the Week\u2019<\/a> is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.\n<\/p>\n

\n Since Sydney Sweeney starred in a controversial American Eagle<\/a> ad this summer, which some viewers interpreted as promoting eugenics and White supremacy, it seems like the actor\u2019s every move has been under public scrutiny in an effort to figure out where exactly she falls in the political divide. Her press interviews go viral as onlookers attempt to read between the lines, and even her clothing choices are held to the light in search of evidence of her internal beliefs.\n <\/p>\n

\n No surprise perhaps, then, that an outfit she wore earlier this week on \u201cThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon\u201d has reignited passionate debate. Dressed in a form-fitting maroon dress that finished just above her ankles and with a lacquered blonde bob that curved under her face, Sweeney was quickly likened by many critics to a right-wing news anchor. The comments under the promotional X post from The Tonight Show\u2019s official account speak for themselves, as observers made spirited comparisons to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Ivanka Trump and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly. Similar comments appeared underneath an Instagram picture of Sweeney shared by her hairstylist. One outspoken content creator responded by making a video on the app berating the outfit, saying Sweeney\u2019s team were \u201cdoing this sh**t on purpose.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The reactions to Sweeney\u2019s look perhaps makes more sense when you consider the journey her public image has had lately.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Her big break came in 2019 on the hit HBO show \u201cEuphoria,\u201d where she garnered critical acclaim for her performance as complex teenager Cassie Howard. (HBO is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery). Since then, Sweeney has appeared in the American TV series \u201cThe White Lotus,\u201d as well as award-winning independent film \u201cReality\u201d (2023), buzzy rom-com \u201cAnyone But You\u201d (2023), and gritty sports drama \u201cChristy\u201d (2025), which follows the life of history-making professional boxer Christy Martin and included a drastic hair and makeup transformation.\n <\/p>\n

\n Her career has been called<\/a> \u201cone of the most promising within young Hollywood,\u201d and the actor\u2019s every move has since been closely watched. In 2022, photos of Sweeney at a family birthday party where guests wearing MAGA-style caps went viral, raising eyebrows and soliciting questions about her own political leanings. \u201cYou guys this is wild,\u201d she posted in response<\/a> on X. \u201cAn innocent celebration for my mom\u2019s milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention. Please stop making assumptions.\u201d In August this year, reports surfaced that Sweeney had been a registered Republican in the state of Florida since June 2024. But it was her American Eagle ad that has garnered the most criticism for its perceived eugenicist rhetoric.\n <\/p>\n

\n Sweeney didn\u2019t initially address the uproar caused by the campaign, causing people to draw their own conclusions on how the actor felt about the ad. Then in November, GQ magazine<\/a> published an on-camera interview asking Sweeney about the fallout. Sweeney responded saying she was surprised by the reaction but didn\u2019t apologize, instead reiterating her love for jeans and her stance that she\u2019s not there to tell people what to think. When asked if she wanted to set the record straight on her intention, the star replied with the now-viral soundbite: \u201cI think that when I have an issue I want to speak about, people will hear.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Her outfit worn on Monday aligned in some ways to a broadly accepted definition of Conservative dressing. According to Marie Claire<\/a>, women in right-wing politics prefer \u201cform-fitting skirt suits, sky-high stilettos, bouncy blow-dries and full coverage makeup\u201d to achieve a look that is \u201chyper-feminine.\u201d The New York Times\u2019 chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman agreed<\/a>, writing that femininity in the Mar-A-Lago community is played up \u201cto an almost cartoonish degree\u201d and that fashion is used primarily to \u201creinforce that proposition.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Sweeney\u2019s dress, which featured a cinched-waist and subtle shoulder padding, was a more mature choice than the mini-skirts and thigh-high boots she has been wearing lately. The dress was designed by Alex Perry, whose gowns have also been worn by Ivanka Trump as well as Selena Gomez, Doja Cat, Jenna Ortega, Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna. Whether it was a knowing wink to a discourse that feels never ending, or a coincidental fashion choice that was devoid of meaning, onlookers won\u2019t know until Sweeney speaks for herself. But she is in no rush to do so.\n <\/p>\n

\n In September, Variety asked Sweeney what her response is when she sees her name trending on the internet. She responded with a neutral expression and a collected tone: \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, what for now?\u2019\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0 Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, \u2018Look of the Week\u2019 is a regular series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,144549],"class_list":{"0":"post-327197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-look-of-the-week"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}