In a swift motion, she pulled off the tights and removed the dress without looking at its price tag. She didn't think about money much, but every so often, something like the tights reminded her how different her new life was from her old…. Yes, she was a star, and stars had to wear Big Five labels. She looked down at her leg, now covered in a mess of holes and slashed fabric. The music changed to a thumping dance beat and splintered her thoughts. She'd loved whizzing around her neighborhood on those blades full of tiny ball bearings, the pavement smooth underfoot, the wind in her face… Ivy sat in the dressing room, half dressed, lost in the memory. After falling hard and often, she'd gotten the hang of it, and eventually learned all sorts of tricks like skating backward and stopping short. She recalled the moment of finally, finally bringing them home from the store, strapping them on, and tottering up and down her sidewalk.
Her parents had paid for half, and she had saved her allowance for two months to cover the other half.
It had been the price of her first pair of slicers. In an instant, she remembered why that number felt significant to her. But one hundred fifty-nine dollars for tights. Her record label, Warwick, paid for her clothing even if it didn't, her salary could easily cover her shopping sprees. She so rarely glanced at price tags these days. She caught it between her thumb and forefinger to double check that she had read it correctly. She was rounding her knee when she caught sight of the price tag dangling off the waistband label.
She carefully gathered one of the tights' delicate legs in her fists, stuck her toes inside, and pulled the fabric over her ankle and calf. Just try them on."īack inside the dressing room, Ivy sat down on the bench. Ivy's personal shopper lifted the tights delicately with her manicured fingertips and handed them to her. Ivy learns that a young competitor is creeping up the pop charts behind her. In this scene, Ivy and her entourage of teen assistants called "nymphs" are shopping in the flagship store of one of the Big Five fashion houses. At 16, they have reached the peak of their stardom and are facing an uncertain future, causing them to join forces and rebel against their culture's fixation on the next hot thing. They pop chewable strawberry "placidophilus pills" to dull unpleasant thoughts and remind each other to "Stay young." The novel follows two girls: Marla Klein, who approves rapidly changing seasonal lines for a high fashion label, and Ivy Wilde, a manufactured pop star who popularizes the looks. In this youth-obsessed world, teenagers dictate trends in industries such as fashion, music and film. Elaine Dimopoulos shares an excerpt from her new release, Material Girls.Įlaine: Introducing Material Girls, a hybrid of Brave New World and Project Runway.
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