I think I’m a square
Five-year-old Lotte Pickard loves her pink fishnet stockings her strappy sandals, which she says, are sexy. “I like to look sexy,” the little girl explains.
Disturbed yet?
Recently reports have been turning up about frustrated parents, who are trying to buy clothes for their pre-teens. But they are having a tough time because it seems clothing makers are cranking out provacative clothes aimed at the children. But Roberta Caploe, editor, of teen magazine, Tiger Beat, doesn’t see any problem, “I don’t think it’s about trying to look older, I just think they are just trying to dress like stars they think are fantastic.”
One of the best documentaries that I’ve ever seen is The Merchants of Cool. This PBS Frontline special demonstrates how life imitates art and shows how a phemonenon such as 5-year-old girls wearing fishnet stockings and saying, “I like to look sexy” happens.
This trend kind of reminds me of the study Philip Morris conducted that sought to convince the government of the Czech Republic that smoking has positive economic benefits for the country: the more smokers who croak mean government savings in public health care costs. These are two perfect examples of total flagrant disregard for people and basic human values. So how should we respond to this kind of corporate behavior?
Read more about this new trend in pre-teen fashion:
ABC News
CNN