Fashion blogger Nadia Aboulhosn: ‘I want to show all sides of my life’

In a cyber world where being a fashion blogger is measured by the number of Chanel Boy Bags you own and first-class flights you take, the Arab-American style blogger Nadia Aboulhosn is a breath of fresh air. Instead of prancing around Paris for fashion week or lining up all of her high heels for a photo shoot, Aboulhosn ensures that her social-media platforms are devoid of fashion frivolity and exude a different kind of energy.

Humorously non-glamorous, Aboulhosn’s I-don’t-care attitude is clear from the outset. A recent photo on Instagram shows her sporting nose strips and bleaching facial hair, with a caption that reads: “Face hair bleach and blackhead session, followed by shaving 95% of my overly hairy half-Arab body.” Another shows her imitating Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda lap dance on her cat. “I make it a point to take plenty of pictures of myself with no make-up on, when my hair isn’t done and when I’m wearing my glasses,” says Aboulhosn. “I try to show all sides of my life so people understand that there is still a human behind social media.”

Not to mention that her body isn’t a size-zero, stick-and-bones shape that has become representative of the fashion industry. Though many would label her as a plus-size, she claims that at a size 14-16, she’s on the “cusp” of being plus-sized, and recommends that the term should be done away with altogether. “I generally don’t like labels like ‘plus size’. I feel like it’s just a way to separate people,” she explains.

Aboulhosn, 26, was born to a Lebanese father and American mother and spent her childhood in Florida, before moving to New York. She started blogging in 2010, and has since modelled and campaigned for Stylist Magazine, Addition Elle, American Apparel and Boohoo.com. She has been touted as an “Instagram star” by Stylist Magazine and today has more than 180,000 followers on the social-media platform, with anywhere from 5,000 to 15,000 likes per post. While many of her posts are quite risqué and provocative, Aboulhosn does, like other fashion bloggers, post photos of her daily looks a few times a week. Her outfits of choice include bralette tops with high-waisted skirts, cut-out bodysuits, plunging V-necks, power jumpsuits and white skinny jeans. She also posts photos of herself wearing bathing suits and lingerie, often opening the door to negative comments from followers. “People talk about how fat and ugly I am,” she says. “Sometimes I get comments about how I’m conceited or that I’m not a good role model because I dress half-naked.”

Original article by Hafsa Lodi

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