Vogue France faced a barrage of criticism on social media after it shared an Instagram photo of actor and model Julia Fox with the caption “yes to the headscarf”.
Netizens highlighted the double stan-dards and irony of the praise given that the publica-tion is from France — a country that has prohibited the wearing of Islamic headscarves and face cover-ings.
This also isn’t the first time netizens have pointed out a double standard when it comes to head coverings in the West.
French Vogue shared a picture of the American celebrity wearing a piece of cloth around her head and captioned it with “yes to the headscarf”. The caption attracted criticism from many netizens in the comment section and has since been removed from the Instagram post.
“Yes to the headscarf when it is not a Muslim wearing it huh?” one user commented. “In France wearing a hijab is illegal, but a headscarf is chic,” said another user.
Rawdah Mohamed, a hijab wearing fashion edi-tor at Vogue Scandinavia, also commented on the post. “Oh the irony of it all!” she said.
“The irony of Vogue France promoting a head-scarf on a white woman while Muslim women in hijab are banned from public life,” read a comment.
“Double standard nonsense! Such an oxymo-ron,” called out one user. France prohibited the wearing of Islamic headscarves in state schools in 2004. In 2010, it banned the niqab, the full-face Islamic veil, in public places such as streets, parks, on public transport and in administrative buildings. in April 2021, there was widespread outrage on social media after the French senate voted to ban the hijab for Muslim women under the age of 18 — something that netizens haven’t forgotten yet.
