Jezebel: little girls

How Should The Obama Daughters Be Dressed?

Dodai — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:40:00 EST

Fashion-wise, American girls are careening between Meth Belly Pirate Slutoween costumes, bedazzled jean jackets worn with heels and blush and tramps-in-training T-shirts. Since Sasha and Maila Obama are about to become the most visible American girls in the world, WWD wonders, what should they wear?

The style bible asked several children's wear designers to imagine inauguration ensembles for the First Daughters. The styles range between colorful skirts and classic, full-skirted dresses — there's even a black velvet pinafore of sorts — but all of the sketches (except for the Bonnie Young evening gowns) seem rather old-fashioned.

(At left, a design by Lucy Sykes; center, a dress by Olive Juice; right, coats by Best & Co.)

Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, are modern young ladies, not porcelain dolls. Yes, they should look classic, yes, they should look appropriate. But isn't there something antiquated or passé about a little girl in a dress with a Sound Of Music bow at the waist? Clearly, velour pants with "Juicy" emblazoned across the ass would not be appropriate. But. If their father is running on a platform of change, couldn't that be represented in Sasha and Malia's style?

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"Inside, girls face a dazzling constellation...

Sadie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:15:00 EST

"Inside, girls face a dazzling constellation of Barbie-labeled outfits and trinkets, watch Barbie DVDs on a flat-screen TV or choose their preferred Barbie hairdo. A rear door leads to the high point: the Casa de Barbie, complete with life-size Barbie bedroom, Barbie costumes and makeup counters, even a catwalk for showcasing Barbie couture or staging a Barbie disco." This, boys and girls, is the world's first Barbie store, a paean to Mattel's fifty-year-old fashion doll. [LA Times]

The Baby Borrowers: Sometimes Little Girls Are Less Sugar, More Spice

Tracie — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Last night on The Baby Borrowers, the teen parents were given their new assignment: Preteens! (There should be like scary, dun, dun, dun music after that.) They weren't so much preteens as just like, actual kids. But there was one little girl, in particular, named Hannah, who was a hellion. She screamed, she was insolent, she was violent toward her little sister, she was mean to her teen parents, and she was overall, kind of demonic. Interestingly, her antics led to a discussion as to which gender is more difficult to raise: wild, energetic, destructive boys or dramatic, back-talking, attitude-having little girls. Clip above.