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L’étoile Spring Fever 2006 Volume 2 Issue 1 Agoraphobia 42 Tree bark bodice by Melanie Ree Lychee by Emily Johnson Earrings Painting by Amelia Biewald L’étoile Spring Fever 2006 Agoraphobia 43 Top - Princess Warrior by Abigail Meyers Skirt by Molly Roark Skull necklace, worn on wrist by Mother Daughter Ring by Darcy Designs

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TreebarkbodicebyMelanieReeLycheebyEmilyJohnsonEarringsPaintingbyAmeliaBiewald

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Top-PrincessWarriorbyAbigailMeyersSkirtbyMollyRoarkSkullnecklace,wornonwristbyMotherDaughterRingbyDarcyDesigns

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DressbyLaurenSchadNecklacebyNatalieLucas

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PhotographybyAmyPierceArtDirectionbyMollyRoarkPhotographyAssistant-CharlesMillerHairbyJenHughesHairColorbyBrentCampMakeupbyTrucNguyenPropStylist-GinaReidStyleAssistant-EstherParkArtworkbyAmeliaBiewaldModel-Erin

Oppositepage:DressbyDianevonFurstenbergNecklacebyNatalieLucasHandmadeneckruffsbyMelanieRee

RomanPolanski’s1965filmRepulsionhadCatherineDeneuveplayingCaroleLedoux, abeautiful but repressed youngwomanwho left toherowndeviceswhenherfamilygoesonavacation,descendsintoapsychoticstateassheisconsumedbyclaustrophobia. Deneuvesharedthesamepatrician façadeandicymannerismthatmadeGraceKellyandTippiHedrentwoofAlfredHitchcock’sfavored actresses. This frigid type of beauty instills in the beholder not onlyadmiration,butanurgetouncoverandevendestroyitinasearchforsomethingdeeper.Atonceperfectlybeautifulandtragicallyflawed,Hitchcock’splatinumblondeexhibits“lotsofapparentreserve,lotsoftemperamentinprivate”.Sheis“icecoldtea,pipinghotsex.”

Thethemeofwomenbeingtrapped,–whetherphysicallyormetaphorically—isnotnew.19thcenturyauthorsCharlottePerkinsGilmanandEdnaSt.VincentMillayalsofeaturedwomenwhowereconfined—ifnotwithinspatialboundariesthenwithinsocietalconstraintsortheirownunquietminds.Gilman’sprotagonistin“TheYellowWallpaper”awriter,goesmadwhenforcedtoconvalesceafteralongillnesswithoutanoutletforhercreativity.

Dynamicsofhumaninteraction–especiallythoseoftheromantictypeidealizedinliterature,music,andart–actascatalyst,settingintomotionthetypeofemotionalchemistrythatchangeseachcharacter.Outsidethecinematicworldofresolvedintrigueandhappydenouement, l’étoile’sowncoolblondspendsherday insolitude,posingthequestion:whathappenstoourhiddenselvesifthereisnoonetheretodiscoverthem?

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