We can all agree that whether it is an earthquake, epidemic, or elimination of human privacy by an Internet corporation, disasters aren’t fun. However, who ever said they didn’t have to be stylish? Disasters are inevitable and largely out of the public control, yet we do have agency over how we react to disasters. According to the clothing group Bosai Girls, fashion is the key to bringing the sexy back to havoc. Some of their products include friendship bracelets that can be turned into dental floss and clothing lines, backpacks that will withstand a stabbing knife (so you can keep your everyday essentials safe), and adorable shoes which have removable heels for when that ominous force is hunting you down. Similarly, one of the many reasons Mae has found peace amongst disaster and does not question the Circle is because with every human right taken from her the Circle seems to give her some cute article of clothing. Take the bracelet that the fashionable doctor gives Mae— sure it will track her and maker her personal health record public to the world, but it is just too cute! Mae instantly loves it saying, “the bracelet was beautiful, a pulsing marquee of lights and charts and numbers” (156). I mean, I want a bracelet that lights up, and a rose represents Mae’s pulse—roses are always classy. The Bosai Girls have made a bracelet for when you have lost your basic belongings to a natural disaster. On a similar note, the Circle made a bracelet that makes world domination seem less Mad Max and more District One of the Hunger Games. Sure District One is under a tyrannical dictatorship, but having some pretty hot parties too. CNN reports on Bosai Girl saying, “her generation is ‘bored’ with the ordinary disaster drills, she said: ‘So, we need to draw their attention’”. Therefore, younger generation’s attention can be drawn through what Bosai Girls describe as ‘Chic Disaster’. One difference between these two fashionable disasters is how the Disaster Chic offered by the Bosai Girl’s products costs money. In contrast, the Circle only requires a user’s review of the product or publicity of the product. In The Circle Mae gets free sneakers, Levi’s, sports bras, and phone cases from the sample room. She even is able to get changes of clothes when she stays overnight at the Circle. So perhaps world domination doesn’t have to be the end of the world. If anything, it’s the start to a fashion renaissance. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/24/health/bosai-girls-disaster-relief-japan-intl/index.html
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