Harry Styles slams Candace Owens after she mocked his Vogue shoot in a dress and called for the return of 'manly men’ | The US Sun

HARRY Styles has hit back at Candace Owens after she slammed him for wearing a dress on the cover of Vogue.

On Wednesday, Styles uploaded a photograph of himself eating a banana in a powder blue suit and a ruffled shirt with the caption "Bring back manly men."

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Harry Styles is the first male cover star of US VogueCredit: Vogue/ Tyler Mitchell

Owens had used the same words when she blasted the shoot last month before doubling down on her criticism of Styles.

The right-wing controversialist was slammed following her Twitter tirade, but hit back writing: "Sorry, I'm not sorry."

Pro-Trump author Owens, 31, lashed out over photos of ex-One Direction heartthrob Styles, the first man ever to grace the front of US Vogue.

The Watermelon Sugar singer, 26, is pictured in a series of frilly frocks and a kilt, while telling the mag's December issue: "There’s so much joy to be had in playing with clothes."

Candace Owens insisted she was not sorry for her comments on 'manly men'Credit: Getty Images - Getty

Her comments sparked a furious backlash onlineCredit: Twitter

Owens retweeted the cover to her 2.7million followers, adding: "There is no society that can survive without strong men.

"The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence.

"It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men."

She was hit by a furious backlash, including from House star Olivia Wilde who told her: "You're pathetic."

Several people hit out at Owens for her comments about the pop starCredit: Getty Images - Getty

Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood tweeted: "I think you’ve missed the definition of what a man is. Masculinity alone does not make a man."

But Owens appeared to revel in the controversy, and said the title of her next book should be Bring Back Manly Men.

She joked on Twitter: "Wait until they find out that I also think women should be feminine — and I enjoy cooking for and taking care of my husband. DEFCON 1."

And she retweeted a bizarre mocked-up image of Bill Clinton in a dress, posted by Donald Trump Jr. She added: "Us gender-normative bigots just don’t get it."

Owens lashed out at Styles in a tirade to her 2.7million Twitter followersCredit: Twitter

Actress Olivia Wilde joined in the backlashCredit: Twitter

Earlier she hit back at Twitter users who shared pictures of music icons Iggy Pop, Daivd Bowie and Kurt Cobain wearing dresses.

Owens wrote: "PSA: Mining pictures on the internet of men in dresses is not going to suddenly make me attracted to men in dresses."

"I’m impervious to woke culture. Showing me 50 examples of something won’t make it any less stupid."

Alongside her tweets, Owens also posted an Instagram story hinting at an outlandish theory that "all of this is just part of a bigger plan to take down the West".

She said: "We have a lot going on in America right now and I feel like the one thing we really didn't need, is this.

"Do you think anywhere in Russia or China or anywhere in the East men are wearing dresses and heels, just a serious question?

"Hide your kids, hide your wife.""

She then refused to apologise in a follow-up tweet on Monday.

She said: "Since I'm trending I’d like to clarify what I meant when I said 'bring back manly men.

"I meant: Bring back manly men. Terms like 'toxic masculinity', were created by toxic females. Real women don’t do fake feminism.

"Sorry I’m not sorry."