The obsession with bows feels like a side effect of how women, in large part, have embraced the hyper feminine recently. It was meant to be a year of the recession but instead it was the year of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, Beyonce’s Renaissance Tour, and the Barbie Movie, generating billions of dollars and effectively boosting the economy through the spending power of women.
One friend told me she thought ribbons were actually sort of democratic. You can buy some cheap ribbon, tie it in your hair or on your bag and achieve that high fashion “Miu-Miu-Simone Rocha-Sandy-Liang core” look without spending more than $5. Another told me she liked how now, if you step outside the house with a bow or a ribbon somewhere on your outfit, you’ll get a handful of nods and smiles from girls you don’t know on the street who feel it gives them a sense of community.
But I’m still sitting here, with a Chanel bow pinned to the back of my hair while I am writing this and as I look at my bow studded mules that I wore for the dinner last night, very much enjoying it, while trying to grapple with what it all means. Thank you for reading!!
Happy New Year!! May this year be filled with fun, happiness and prosperity!!
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That’s the end:)
