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Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fashion influencer slammed for 'tacky' outfit... would YOU wear it?
A New York City influencer is being slammed by her followers for wearing an outfit that made her 'look like a pirate' during a recent trip to Paris. Brigette Pheloung, 28, gives fashion and beauty advice to her millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok. However, an outfit she wore on recent trip to Paris with her twin sister has many accusing her of committing a fashion faux pas. Pheloung - who goes by Acquired Style - took the controversial selfie while staying at the Ritz Carlton Paris, where rooms cost as much as $2,383 per night. She wore a white ruffled blouse, black Capris and strappy black heels while getting cocktails at the hotel's Bar Hemingway. Her outfit immediately drew comparisons to Captain Jack Sparrow and Jerry Seinfeld's 'Puffy Shirt' episode. 'Captain Jack Sparrow dupe,' one person said. 'Come on.. it was right there,' said another along with a picture of the Seinfeld episode. 'This brought back memories of the time I wore an oversized burgundy wrap headband and my sister called me Captain Jack for years after that,' said another. Others slammed her trying to bring back Capri pants. The bottoms (also known as pedal pushers) are longer than shorts but shorter than trousers with a hemline that typically ends at the midcalf. 'This would look better with a maxi skirt instead of f*****g capris,' one person said. 'Please tell me capris are not making a comeback,' said another. 'Last time I wore 'petal [sic] pushers' was in 5th grade,' said a third. Pheloung recently made headlines for weighing in after New York City influencers were dubbed 'boring.' In March, one candid TikToker slammed New York City social media influencers - setting their world aflame. 'I'm just gonna say it - I hate all of the New York influencers,' began Bridget, who goes by the username @martinifeeny on TikTok, in a video that has since received nearly two million views. 'I think they're boring as f*** and they're all carbon copies of one another,' she continued. 'They all look like they shop at Revolve. They're all just basic – but they're skinny and pretty so stuff looks cute on them – but boring. 'No hate. They just bore the f*** of me. Does anyone else agree?' Instantly, influencers seemed to take her unfiltered opinion to heart, with some commenting under her video and posting responses on their own TikTok pages to their millions of followers. Pheloung, along with her twin sister and fellow influencer Danielle, weighed in - even though Bridget hadn't named any particular influencers as 'boring.' She did a 'duet' with the TikTok issuing her response, gesturing to the camera with a sarcastic wave and a kiss at the 'boring' barb and jumping for joy when Bridget described NYC influencers as 'skinny and pretty.' The 28-year-old New Jersey native has grown an online following for showcasing her trendy outfits, filming GRWM ('get ready with me') videos in her sleek high-rise apartment, and posting content about being an identical twin. Most famously, she's gone viral for her yearly tradition of wearing extravagant fashion ensembles to her family's Thanksgiving dinner. But this time, the internet wasn't overwhelmingly on her side.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TikToker Who Slammed 'Boring' N.Y.C. Influencers Claims She Got Fired from Job Over Viral Rant
After slamming N.Y.C. influencers for being "boring" in a video uploaded on March 7, TikTok user @martinifeeny shared an unfortunate update with her followers about one month later. In the TikTok video posted on April 3, user @martinifeeny — who revealed her real name is actually Bridget — said that she lost her job after the original video was posted. She shared the news in response to a comment from another TikTok user. "Don't let them bully you... acquired style felt seen by this so you're absolutely correct," read the comment she was responding to in her recent upload. (@acquiredstyle is the username of a popular N.Y.C. influencer Brigette Pheloung). Bridget explained in the clip, "Do you guys want to know what's crazy? Yeah, I lost my job because of that original video. I worked for the biggest luxury fashion brand in the world." She adds, "That's why I was bored because they're obsessed with those girls." Related: Influencers Break Silence After Woman Slams Them as 'Boring' and 'Basic' in Viral Rant "It's crazy, it's like the only people they work with," the TikToker continued. "But yeah, god forbid you like speak your mind to your 90 followers at the time. You get clipped... crazy right? Anyway, stay boring I guess. Because if you're not and you speak your mind, clipped! Done!" Although she didn't explain why she was fired, Bridget teased she'd "be happy to share" more details in future posts. Bridget (@martinifeeny) and Pheloung (@acquiredstyle) didn't immediately reply to PEOPLE's request for comment. Drama swirled online after Bridget posted the original video calling out N.Y.C. influencers. "Im SOOO bored by all these influencers lol," she captioned the clip of her rant. While she didn't explicitly mention any influencers by name, social media users began to connect the dots. Related: Sophia La Corte, Halley Kate and Reed Williams Are Going Viral for Their Love Triangle Drama: Here's What to Know "All right, guys, I'm just gonna say it, I hate all of the New York influencers, I think they're all boring as f--- and they're all carbon copies of one another. They all wear the same exact f------ bracelet. They all have the same exact f------ hand chain that someone else influenced them to get," she said in the video. Though she added a disclaimer of "no hate," Bridget proceeded to call out the influencers for being "basic" and buying clothes from the same places. "I feel like they should be the influencees, not the influencers," she added. "I don't know, not even the New York ones. Just like all … these girls. They all get panic attacks. They all shop at Revolve," the original clip concluded. "Yeah, boring. Let me know if anyone agrees." Related: Alix Earle Pausing Hot Mess for 'Foreseeable Future' — Alex Cooper Says Her Unwell Network 'Has Nothing to Do with' It Users quickly let their opinions be known as they flooded her comment section. Bridget not only started a conversation on her post, but opened the topic up for discussion across social media and beyond. Some influencers who felt singled out even responded directly — Pheloung being one of them, stitching the rant in a since-deleted video that saw the 27-year-old creator silently mocking the original. She has 1.5 million followers on TikTok and upwards of 798,000 Instagram followers. After Bridget's hot take on "boring" N.Y.C. influencers took social media by storm, she spoke with Vulture about the shocking response she didn't expect to receive upon posting the video to her platform of "like 90 followers" (which has since grown to over 4.4K followers to date). Read the original article on People
