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...being pigeonholed as such. “We were all kind of aware of the stereotypes around it,” Ma says. “Most of the girls I talked to didn’t want to be the Southern debutante who has the huge poufy ball gown dripping with her mommy and daddy’s diamonds and does the Texas Swan Death curtsy...
Though Ma maintains that money is not the defining characteristic of debutantes, girls debuting in New York typically spend anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 on their dress. Most scour bridal houses and popular designers like Vera Wang to find the perfect gown. Gyllerstrom remembers that getting into her dress “was a big production...It looked like this huge Scarlett O’Hara/French Revolution dress. The train was so long they bustled it up under the dress and the way it had to be tied was so complicated that all the ties were numbered...
...Cambridge is the site of the longest and most divisive town-gown battle of recent years. The struggle over the government center made its way to the Cambridge City Council this month and shows no signs of letting...
...Charlie White’s photograph “Friday Night,” a tanned, blond housewife in a dowdy, powder blue night gown, aggressively kneads a raw shank of meat into the pristinely white carpet of her suburban home. Her furrowed brow, clenched teeth, and planted thighs represent a hostile determination. In an opening night lecture, Charlie White suggested that this woman is pounding a part of herself into the floor...
...think we’re all very, very concerned with how we can protect the neighborhoods,” said City Councillor David P. Maher, who chairs the town-gown committee...