Topic: Jean Shrimpton

On Friday, Jessica Pauline Ogilvie filed a brief on the sometimes disturbingly hyper-sexual–or at least misleadingly sexually sophisticated–representation of teenage girls in the fashion world. She chose a photo of high schooler Lindsey Wixson pulling down a pair of Wayfarers in standard Lolita-allusion. She could have just as easily linked to this video of Wixson in a revealing cut-out Versace gown, while Donatella herself looks on and coos over Wixson’s “sexy” and “gorgeous” look. More »