Girls Play Fashion Police

Published: October 26, 2007, 11:55 am

I'll never forget the tyranny of the Benetton sweater. That and those necklaces with three or four gold balls in the middle (attabeads? Add-a-Beads - thanks Fanny!) were all the rage in eight grade. Benetton sweaters were NOT cheap -- one sweater cost around $80, which felt like $8K when I was 13. Luckily for me, this was when I was working on getting kicked out of Harpeth Hall, an all-girls school in Nashville my parents thought would curb my rebellion. Since Harpeth Hall required us to wear uniforms except on "Duds Days," I could skate by with one or two Benetton sweaters. And while I remember making fun of a classmate who was so into horses she wore a shirt with an airbrushed image of her horse every Duds Day, I don't remember girls berating other girls for wearing the wrong designer. Fast forward to the days of Teen Vogue and kiddie couture, where girls tormenting other girls for wearing the wrong brand has become another way for "mean girls" to bully. From this Wall Street

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