AVANT-GARDE VANGUARD

But her outfit choices work to do more than just provoke – they’re ultimately comments, performance art pieces, on the male gaze upon the female body, which has been, since time began, internalized and used against us in dictating our style choices. The little black dress, once a symbol of a subtle, modest kind of sophisticated sexuality, and which gained par- ticular popularity in the early twentieth century, is made gro- tesque by Fox - repulsive to male eyes. She demands to be looked at. For eyes – the gaze – to be on her. Not for pleasure, but to challenge and undo our precon- ceptions of feminine fashion. Considering that Fox had been an artist prior to her conversion to acting, showcasing her work in various New York galleries, it is no surprise how expressive, poetic, and radical her looks are. And in one of her more fa- mous Tik Toks she says, “just so you guys know, ageing is fully in. Dirty girl, ugly, not wearing clothes that fit your body type. And if I see one more product with the label ‘anti-ageing’ on the front, I’m suing. Getting old is sexy. Because being pretty and young and in your twenties is the trenches.” she goes on. She wants to see bellies over the tops of jeans, girls being able to wear whatever they want regardless of their shape or status – and without the judgment that we’ve been conditioned to tune into.