Teen's biting criticism of Shobhaa De body shaming Kate Middleton.... Kickass

Ekta Sharma
Apr 23, 2016
2 min read

Shobhaa De is more popular for her columns & nasty comments than her books.

When the royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton visited India, their every little move — what they wore, what they ate, where they went — was seen through a microscopic eye. Each dress worn by the Duchess was scrutinised critically. And one popular writer in India was absolutely not impressed with Kate’s choice of clothes – Shobhaa De. She chose to express it in rather caustic words that many felt was unwarranted and created quite an uproar on social media.

Ms De accused Kate of having ‘no curves’ and thanked her stylists for not advising her to dress her in a sari. She even attacked her sense of style and called her choice of clothes 'boring'.

Following is what Ms De had to say in an opinion piece:

Kate has skipped wearing a saree. Her waist is perfect for crinoline ball gowns from "Gone with the Wind". But a saree needs curves. A saree demands a derriere. Kate has none. Thank God, some misguided fashion guru has spared her and us so far.

And now, a nineteen-year-old’s response to De’s opinion has gone viral on social media. The teenager slammed the popular writer for body-shaming the duchess and impressed many with her biting criticism.

Here is Sneha Roy’s ‘fitting’ response to Shobhaa De:

The ‘Superstar India’ writer did not stop there. She even spoke about every single outfit the Duchess wore during her India visit and labeled them not up to the mark.

Britain's Prince William along with Kate the Duchess of Cambridge arrive for a charity ball at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai on Sunday. | PTI

Starting with the very first Jenny Packham gown Kate wore for the dinner night with the biggies in Mumbai, De wrote, “Kate would look gorgeous in a sack. Does that make the dress gorgeous? Nah. Honestly, there is a busy gali right behind the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, which is crammed with beaded, chaka chak outfits much like this one. It has always catered to Arab tourists and used local embroidery-walas to create glam abayas that made sure the ladies stayed appropriately covered up. Perhaps Kate’s stylist mixed up the destination. Honey, the Duchess was in Mumbai, not Abu Dhabi.”

Speaking about her Anita Dongre dress, De wrote, “More Anokhi and Fab India; a bit of Fashion Street too.”

The writer also mentioned about Kate’s outfit that she wore at the lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She wrote, “Narendra Modi’s pristine white, smartly fitted ensemble, stylishly set off with a baby pink bundi jacket made a bigger statement than Kate’s pheeka wishy-washy aqua dress. Her expression was equally listless. There wasn’t a touch of saffron in sight. It was so theek hai as to be boring.”

Personally I love Kate's Style....