Announced by NYLON MAGAZINE, Khuraira has created a "a shimmery bronze that works with many skin tones and even more outfits" to honor the first mom!
I'm terribly intrigued by the impact this woman has on the fashion industry...
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
Is this influence in fashion to the benefit of the First Lady? Do you think it takes away or adds to your expectations of MO in the White House?
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I think particular gendered norms are totally produced when it comes to talking about the "First Lady." When the imagery of a woman in the white house is conjured, it's most often accessory, both literally and metaphorically, to the big boys running the house. The fashionization of Michelle Obama isn't different. Her as an emergent fashion icon is definitely framing her in the "runway" of past first ladies.
ReplyDeleteBut the interesting thing about this whole fashionizing Michelle is how her race is being created, mainstreamed and reproduced for an American audience. I think the fashion industry is definitely about reproducing and recreating fashion in efforts to reinvent "girl power" and feminisms. But it's reshaping the expectations we have of the first lady.
Not only should she be wholesome, fierce, she must also have bronze cheeks. A woman, any American girl could aspire to be.
Thank you for writing! you know, I'm really unclear of what a real women's revolution will end up looking like, since all the images of strength in relation to womanhood are reactionary, at best. There is definitely room to insert a process that should allow women to express every aspect of themselves, but what does this look like in the world we share? i struggle with this idea.
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