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Fashion Theory According to RHONY

Prompt No. 17: Balsam Farms, bildungsroman, boredom

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Jesica Elise
Dec 18, 2023
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Fashion theory is tedious. Sifting through the hot takes of dead white men from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what with their convoluted prose and tendency to belabor every point, requires a certain zeal. Out of that devotion comes an understanding of fashion’s role as a reflection of current social and political ideals; the acceptance …

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