Dior, Delevingne, and Lora DiCarlo, the sex toy company the model co-owns, have all remained tight-lipped surrounding these serious allegations of theft, yet Matatas says she’s hopeful the star will ultimately acknowledge her work. “As a small business, I don’t have a lot of resources to defend this, despite owning the trademark,” the artist explained. “So, I hope Delevingne sees the value in supporting creators, because it takes nothing away from her outfit to do so.”
Purportedly ripping off a small creator, however, is far from the only issue with Delevingne’s statement look. The phrase “peg the patriarchy” is perfectly acceptable in an educational environment, accompanied with proper context and a wealth of informative resources about pegging, sex, and sex-positivity, which Matatas offers in spades. Yet broadcasting “Peg the Patriarchy” from the Met Gala steps without a single f—ing scrap of context has some seriously bad implications, including negatively altering the expression’s important meaning.
“If someone doesn’t know what this means, you’re gonna have to look it up,” the Suicide Squad star told Vogue’s red carpet correspondent, Keke Palmer, when asked about the text on her vest. Although Delevingne later added that “it’s about women empowerment, gender equality — it’s a bit like, ‘Stick it to the man,’” her explanation skimps on critical nuance. With this lack of context, several social media critics interpreted the message differently than likely intended, viewing it as spreading the false messages that pegging is bad …