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Aug 11, 2023
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Last summer, in some kind of identity crisis, I bought this pink sequined dress from Ganni because it was deeply discounted. It was probably somewhere around $100 at the time - I can’t remember exactly. When it arrived, I put it on for a while and tried to understand the kind of woman it could make me. I didn’t own anything sequined for one thing. I didn’t really even own anything pink. I liked the dress but I couldn’t imagine wearing it anywhere. It’s not very versatile. I returned it and a few months later bought a black nylon version of the same dress secondhand somewhere.

When I went to see the Barbie movie a few weeks ago, still half asleep at a matinee and surrounded by women in every shade of pink fast fashion you can imagine, I kind of regretted returning the Ganni dress. I was wearing a pleated black skirt with a safety pin in it and a white crop top and giant platforms - like I had escaped from a Hot Topic ad. No one said “hi Barbie!” to me.

The movie wasn’t that pink anyway…

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