Apparently the doyenne of fashionable American maternity wear, Liz Lange had this to say to People about Jamie Lynn and dressing up her bump:"She's a young girl, so I would want to keep [her look] innocent."
Um. Right. She's clearly had sex and she's pregnant. What part of 'innocent' should she be trying to pull off?
"I think little cute dresses and jeans with tight-fitting tee shirts. ... She's 16, and I'd like to see her look her age. Britney was into cowboy boots with little dresses. That was her style. I'd like to see Jamie Lynn go a little plainer. [No] belly baring for her!"
I find these comments so bizarre, especially coming from a woman that made the pregnant belly the centrepiece of a maternity outfit. Lange's comments are almost shockingly incongruous with the veritably oppressive cultural enticements for pregnant women to dress like walking sex. I mean pregnancy is the most 'sexed' state of being a woman can embody in her lifetime. A pregnant belly is visible evidence that you have had sex. Just because Jamie Lynn is sixteen why is there still a sentiment that someone should be trying to protect her from the big, bad world of sex when she's already been a happy customer long enough to get knocked up? 'Looking her age' suggests that Jamie Lynn should be trying to re-capture the virginal status that is so often attributed to 'respectable' young women. The comment about 'no belly baring' similarly suggests that the exposure of her sixteen year old body would be too sexual, even though she is telling everyone she has had sex just by virtue of being pregnant!
2 comments:
I don't hink its about keeping her look innocent. Lets face it. 98% of teens have sex before they graduate, so why should different standards be set just because shes a celebrity??? Does that make her non- human or something?
I am liking what the other comment said. Most teens have sex somewhere between age 16-18. Did you have sex when you were a teenager? If you did, you were lucky you didnt get pregnant. You are still guilty of having sex but you were just a lucky one who didnt have to worry about getting pregnant.
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