People With Bunny Ears

A fun duo — dancing, celebrating, or twinning. Send the little dancers when you and your bestie match, move and pose as a unit; for partying alone, a solo dancer fits better.

The costume started as a work uniform: Chicago's first Playboy Club opened in 1960 with “Bunny” hostesses serving drinks to male members. Japan adopted the look for club and bar hostesses; a Japanese dictionary cites the term “bunny girl” in a 1966 novel, and the outfit later became a recurring costume in anime and manga.

Before 👯 was one Unicode character, two Japanese phone carriers matched up their own pictures: KDDI's bunny-eared woman's head and SoftBank's animated line of dancers. Together they meant a showgirl, which is why the emoji mixes costume and dance.

Why did old 👯 look like ballerinas?

Apple's first bunny ears were tiny.

Many viewers read the pair as ballerinas in headbands. With iOS 8.3 in 2015, Apple drew the ears roughly 200% bigger so the bunny finally read as a bunny, and some users then called the design sexist.