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Stripper Chic

I guess it is possible to have some trends pass you by if you are not watching closely.

And I have apparently missed out on stripper chic:

Of course, for many girls who buy it, stripper-inspired fare isn't actually about disrobing in public or even having sex but about cultivating what writer and sexpert Susie Bright calls "the essence of titillation," a coy yet brazen, look-but-don't-touch sexual persona.

I guess mostly because I haven't done any of these things:

Teenagers of the new millennium have grown up watching college students give lap dances on MTV's The Real World; they've listened to Christina Aguilera's album Stripped; they've taken cardio strip class at the gym, perused the mall for thongs and flavored body glitter, played video games that feature strippers on their Xboxes and GameCubes, and watched endless music videos for which strip clubs and the denizens thereof provide the mise en sc�ne.

Alison Pollet and Page Hurwitz detail many aspects of the marketing of stripper chic goodies to teens and preteens.

What message is your junior high daughter sending with her latest outfit?

Posted by Steve on January 6, 2004