Pugh, 26, chose a sheer tulle gown for the Valentino couture show in Rome on Friday (July 8) and posted pictures of the look on social media, referencing Instagram’s ban on pictures of female nipples in her caption. “Are they technically covered?” The Lady Macbeth actor wrote, before congratulating “absolute genius” Pierpaolo Piccioli – Valentino’s creative director – for an “amazing night” at his show in Rome. However, Pugh was later forced to respond to “commentary” about her outfit in a separate Instagram post on Sunday (July 10) after “so many of you wanted to aggressively let me know how disappointed you were in my ‘little t** ’, or how I should be ashamed of being so ‘broad-breasted”. Sharing more photos of the ensemble, Pugh said I was “not a wink nervous” about wearing the dress “before, during, or even now after” being embarrassed. “What was interesting to watch and see is how easy it is for men to completely destroy a woman’s body, publicly, proudly, for all to see,” the British actor wrote, adding: “It’s not the first time and it certainly won’t be the last time a woman hears what’s going on with her body from a crowd of strangers. “What is disturbing is how vulgar some of you men can be.” Florence Pugh in Valentino (Instagram/@florencepugh) Pugh told her followers she’s comfortable with “the intricacies of my body” and content with “all the ‘flaws’ I couldn’t bear to look at when I was 14,” before calling out social media users for shaming her. . “I have lived in my body for a long time. I am fully aware of my breast size and am not afraid of it,” she wrote. “What’s more worrying is… Why are you so afraid of breasts? Small? Large? Left? Correctly? Only one? Maybe none? What. Is. So. Terrifying,” Pugh hit back at her critics. “My mission in this industry has always been to say ‘this and that’ whenever someone expects my body to morph into an opinion of what’s hot or sexually attractive,” she said. Florence Pugh says she is ashamed of her decision to wear a see-through dress (Instagram/@florencepugh) Addressing Instagram users who left disparaging comments on her post, Pugh wrote: “Grow up. Respect people. Respect the bodies. Respect all women. Respect people. “Life will get a lot easier, I promise. And all because of two cute little nipples… Oh!” she concluded, directing those offended above her nipples to the “last slide” of her carousel post in which she has covered “that inch of darker skin”. “#Ffreethef*nipple,” Pugh captioned, using the hashtag topfreedom. Pugh has previously spoken out against criticism of her relationship with Zach Braff, 47, after fans assumed they had split earlier this year when photos surfaced online of Pugh hanging out with her Midsommar co-star Will Poulter in Ibiza. In her Instagram story, Pugh hit out at “trolls” mocking Braff over the pair’s 21-year age difference after the Ibiza photos surfaced. “There’s no reason to drag people into it,” he wrote at the time. “No matter what you think about who I should or shouldn’t be with, at the end of the day if you’re complimenting someone by trolling another person… you’re just bullying.”
