Two fashion bloggers and close friends have gone viral for making a powerful statement about body positivity by posting several videos of themselves wearing the same outfit.On January 24, 28-year-old Denise Mercedes, who is a size 14, shared a TikTok in which she and her friend 26-year-old Maria Castellanos, who is a size two, switched into the same outfits.The clip, which received over 1.5 million views and more than 160,000 likes, has sparked a number positive comments and similar TikToks that have become equally popular.The two friends then followed up on the success of their first video with two more in February, one of which received a whopping 35 million views.and would come to mark a movement they have since called "Style, Not Size" —a campaign to promote all body types in fashionable clothing."For us, it was trying to get rid of negativity ... Everything on social media is, 'This is how you’re supposed to look,'" Castellanos explained."We’re giving you a hand and telling you to be yourself".The feedback the two have gotten has been overwhelmingly positive, they said.
Some have told Mercedes, for instance, they wished they looked like her.The ultimate goal, however, is to see "women just be themselves," Castellanos said