consuming the girl - by Ava - bookbear express

Being a girl is all about knowing your references, which is why in Paris I walk for several hours each day and visit Lemaire, Dover Street Market, The Broken Arm, and about 14 different vintage stores, not even to buy anything, because these days I buy almost everything online, but just to look at the J.W. Anderson paw mules in person and see what the women around me are wearing. I always felt since I was a little girl that being female was about tracking down the correct, elusive objects. I remember being 14 and reading Tavi Gevinson’s blog and feeling frustrated with myself because she was convincing her parents to buy her, like, vintage Comme des Garcons skirts on Ebay and I didn’t even know what those were, I watched The Devil Meets Prada when I was 12 and didn’t recognize any of the brands. I don’t think it’s anything as simple as equating femininity with consumption but I do think that women are always the ones who are marketed to, and what they are marketed is an idealized versi

Being a girl is all about knowing your references, which is why in Paris I walk for several hours each day and visit Lemaire, Dover Street Market, The Broken Arm, and about 14 different vintage stores, not even to buy anything, because these days I buy almost everything online, but just to look at the J.W. Anderson paw mules in person and see what the women around me are wearing. I always felt since I was a little girl that being female was about tracking down the correct, elusive objects. I remember being 14 and reading Tavi Gevinson’s blog and feeling frustrated with myself because she was c