An influencer has been brutally slammed online after she revealed that she sent her engagement party guests a list of dresses to buy to ensure they stayed on ‘theme.’
Popular designer and social media star Danielle Bernstein, 33, who is behind the popular fashion blog and brand WeWoreWhat, recently sparked outrage online after she made a shocking confession about how she controlled what people wore to her engagement party.
She got engaged toCooper Weisman back in June, and when it came to celebrating the news, she wanted everything to look perfect.
So she explained in a now-viral TikTok video that she picked out dresses that she felt were ‘perfect’ for their ‘theme and dress code’ and made a list with the links to buy them.
Guests were then told to pick out what they wanted to wear to their engagement party from the list and to buy it.
And while she vowed it made it ‘easier’ for the guests, her tactic was fiercely criticized by other TikTok users.
‘Something I did as an influencer for my engagement party that I feel like is a little bit different – I actually curated shoppable links to dresses that were so perfect for our theme and dress code for our engagement party to make it easier for my guests,’ she explained in the video.
‘As people bought something from the list I was able to take it off so that there are no matching moments,’ she vowed.
Influencer Danielle Bernstein, 33, has been slammed online after she revealed that she sent her engagement party guests a list of dresses to buy to ensure they stayed on ‘theme’
She got engaged to Cooper Weisman back in June, and when it came to celebrating the news, she wanted everything to look perfect
‘Made shopping for my engagement party so easy,’ Danielle wrote in a text overlay, adding in the caption,’Did the shopping for my guests if anyone wants something new! Should I share the curation publicly?!’
The video, which was shared earlier this month, gained more than 130,000 views, and many people rushed to the comment section to share their thoughts.
‘This is insane,’ slammed one user, while another wrote, ‘That’s so weird.’
‘Not the micromanaging,’ someone else sarcastically chimed in.
‘What if we just embraced individuality?’ asked a different person.
‘We’ve lost the plot,’ read a fifth comment, while a sixth said, ‘Wedding culture has gotten so out of hand.’
‘Dress code for an engagement party?’ another astounded user commented.
‘God forbid someone wears something they already own and don’t buy a new dress for a random event,’ someone else said.
So she explained in a now-viral TikTok video that she picked out dresses that she felt were ‘perfect’ for their ‘theme and dress code’ and made a list with the links to buy them
Guests were then told to pick out what they wanted to wear to their engagement party from the list and to buy it. But her tactic was fiercely criticized by other TikTok users
‘”Something I feel like is a little bit different,” yeah babes it’s different because it’s genuinely insane,’ quipped a different person.
Danielle started WeWoreWhat in 2011 as a personal blog where she shared photos that she took of NYC’s street-style.
After it gained popularity, she began releasing her own clothing and in 2017, the then-24-year-old landed a spot on Forbes’ 30 under 30 list.
Over the years, she has also dropped multiple autobiographies and has racked up millions of followers on Instagram.
However, throughout her career, Danielle has been plagued by scandals – including numerous claims that she copied other companies with her products.
Most famously, in May 2018, the influencer was accused of stealing the designs from brands like Foundrae, Retrouvaí, Bondeye Jewelry, and Tiffany & Co. after she released a jewelry collaboration with Lulu DK.
Instagram account Diet Prada posted a series of photos comparing Danielle’s pieces to those from the other brands, while pointing out the similarities between them.
The post resulted in Danielle coming under severe fire from people online, however, she insisted on her Instagram Stories at the time that the designs were inspired by her late grandfather and were not taken from the other brands. She later removed several of the products from circulation.
