ALAÏA: A micro-essay on The “Modern Venus” and her homegirls

We, as a society, are not talking about boleros enough and that’s a fact. As a teen of the aughts the concept is deeply triggering given the clutch this particular silhouette fabricated in a knit or scalloped variety had on late millennial girls desperate to cover their arms. (Is that still a thing? If you’re young and reading this pleassseee let me kno…