Woman Wants To Borrow Sisters Clothes but There's a Catch - Newsweek

A woman's hilarious way of trying to gain access to her sister's coveted wardrobe has left viewers online in hysterics.

Saffron Hewitt, 26, has gained viral attention after deciding that the best way she could nab some of her younger sibling's new style pieces would be by performing a TikTok dance trend. The lighthearted routine sees users film their best attempts at an interpretive dance, often to upbeat, atmospheric music. Saffron Hewitt's take on the trend, filmed by her sister Estelle Hewitt, 23, was shared to TikTok on October 17 under @estelleh__, and has since been viewed more than 12.2 million times.

The pair had shared the post under the humorous tagline that dance was a way for Saffron Hewitt to get her hands on her sister's wardrobe. Other TikTok users taking part in the trend have joked in overlaid texts that their dance was in aid of them getting something they ordinarily would not.

"People who know us would know that breaking out into dance is nothing out of the ordinary," Estelle Hewitt, who lives in Essex, England, with her sister, told Newsweek. "When I asked Saffron to participate in this trend, no questions were asked.

"The dance clearly was not choreographed and the video was posted after the first attempt, with zero editing."

Fortunately for Estelle Hewitt, her older sister works as a professional dancer, and was ready to give the trend everything she has got. Viewers were able to see Saffron Hewitt (@saffronstonex) jumping around the living room, impressing her sibling who was recording the moment with a mix of high kicks and spins.

To add to the humor of the situation, the siblings' pet dog, Frankie, walked into the room in the middle of the performance and stared at the dancing woman with a confused expression on his face.

An overlaid text on the video read: "Making my sister do an interpretive dance to borrow my clothes."

"Each dance move was perfectly in time to every beat of the music, I guess this is just the dancer in Saffron," Estelle Hewitt said.

The viral interest in the video has led to the pair creating two more clips, both in the "interpretive dance" trend style.

"To our surprise, multiple large companies were getting involved or requesting us to do interpretive dances relative to their brand," Estelle Hewitt said. "We filmed an interpretive dance to an ice cream truck tune for Magnum, and another interpretive dance to 'I got the power' in a big Tesco."

Tesco is a supermarket chain and retail company in the U.K.

The pair, who frequently squabble over each others' clothing, say that they have enjoyed reading all the funny comments that amused viewers have left under their posts. Their viral success appears to have come at just the right time too, as Estelle Hewitt's elder sibling had recently attempted to launch her career as a professional choreographer and catch the eye of wannabe dancers online.

"Our messages have never been so full," Estelle Hewitt said. "We find it incredibly ironic that Saffron has been trying for the last few months to make her professional debut with her choreographed dance TikTok's and yet this unplanned routine that lacks technique is the one that has gone viral!"

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Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom.

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Melissa Fleur Afshar is a Newsweek reporter based in London, United Kingdom.

Her current focus is on trending life stories and ...Read more