“As a tomboy, I didn’t want this body. I did not want a girl’s body,” Twain confided to host Bella Freud on the Fashion Neurosis podcast.
“I felt like I was cursed because men would look at me longer than they should, and there were so many awkward moments in being a voluptuous girl. So, I resisted it,” the Up! singer said about her insecurities before making it big in music.
It was during the iconic 1999 Man! I Feel Like a Woman! music video that Twain experienced a fashion awakening, slipping into a sizzling black corset, miniskirt, fishnet stockings and thigh-high boots that helped make her one of music’s hottest names.
“I resisted it until I started making videos, and Man! I Feel Like a Woman! was like, ‘Oh, now…’ I’m like, ‘Oh, this is way too much fun,'” she added. “You can actually tailor things to your body shape.”