Almost as soon as she said, ‘I have a very big cameltoe.
‘It’s just the way my body is made and I wish I didn’t care, but I really do,’ she says. ‘She paved the way and made me realise I’m not the only person in the world to have one.’ Campbell is so self conscious of her own camel toe that she will only wear a skirt on stage to prevent any trouser mishaps.
‘Khloe Kardashian was the first person I ever heard speak about camel toe,’ says comedian Grace Campbell, who’s written extensively about sexual and bodily shame in her debut book Amazing Disgrace. They even practically begged her to cover it by buying a Camel Toe Concealer – effectively a reusable silicone insert akin to ‘chicken cutlets’ for bras. In Keeping Up With The Kardashians, hers became a classic plot line when she named it Kamille the Camel as she batted off relentless digs from her sisters. The only celebrity role model (of sorts) we have for embracing camel toe is Khloe Kardashian. Blocking this is a yeast infection waiting to happen, amirite? There have been calls for designers to ‘do better’ when designing the crotch are for women’s clothes, but how about we just get over it? But the piece of fabric in your undies is there for a reason: to make them ‘breathable’. Last year, a camel toe hack went viral on social media showing women how to cut up bra inserts and put them into the underwear flap. Compare this to the men’s coverage - like Cosmopolitan’s Celebrity Bulges We Love - and Houston, we have a big old sexist problem. In a quick Google search, you’ll find page after page of the worst celebrity camel toes or ways to prevent it, even from the last few years. In 2009, Marie Claire called camel toe ‘the most humiliating clothing disaster we know of’. Soon after, ‘camel toe’ appeared in the Urban Dictionary and the 00s fashion press ran with it as yoga pants and leggings became the dressing norm. The term ‘camel toe’ has been around since the ‘90s, but became more widely popularised in 2001 by the “Camel Toe Annie” skit on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where a woman wearing spandex pranced around with an over-the-top crotch bulge.
Where’s our Camel Season? And come to think of it, why on earth are we okay with comparing our vulvas to a spitting, stinking animal anyway?! Petition to make ‘v print’ a thing, please. Remember that Alex Pettyfer mirror selfie? The paparazzi shot of Paul Mescal running topless down a street in teeny shorts or Tion Wayne’s viral snap? The world is routinely sent into a frenzy by the sighting of men’s nether regions, with memes marking Grey Sweatpants Season as the epitome of titillation. For men, the celebrated bulge or ‘dick print’ gives glorified sex symbol status.
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