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ICYMI, blue beaded or braided bracelets are the new pussy hats. White women can wear them to show which side they’re on. There are many places to buy them, but women who care the most should buy them from black women owned businesses.
The Blue Bracelet Was Meant to Be a ‘Safe Space.’ It Became a Battleground.
The trend first bubbled up on TikTok. “Fellow white women, how are we signaling to each other now which side we are on?” said Libby Louwagie, a creator who goes by Libby Rae Lou, in a video the day after the election. More than half of white women voters had picked Trump at the polls, while Black women voted overwhelmingly for Harris. Louwagie suggested that blue friendship bracelets—like the ones fans made and wore for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour—could be a way to communicate like-minded Democratic values. To date, her video has more than four million views. Louwagie did not respond to requests for comment.
Now, women around the country are making and buying blue bracelets and sending their kids to school wearing them. Beaded or braided but always blue, the bracelets are meant to be a symbol of unity, proponents say. Vendors on Etsy, TikTok and other platforms sprung up to meet the demand, with thousands of bracelets selling in just a few days.
https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/d...a8111?st=asjBW8&reflink=article_copyURL_share
The Blue Bracelet Was Meant to Be a ‘Safe Space.’ It Became a Battleground.
The trend first bubbled up on TikTok. “Fellow white women, how are we signaling to each other now which side we are on?” said Libby Louwagie, a creator who goes by Libby Rae Lou, in a video the day after the election. More than half of white women voters had picked Trump at the polls, while Black women voted overwhelmingly for Harris. Louwagie suggested that blue friendship bracelets—like the ones fans made and wore for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour—could be a way to communicate like-minded Democratic values. To date, her video has more than four million views. Louwagie did not respond to requests for comment.
Now, women around the country are making and buying blue bracelets and sending their kids to school wearing them. Beaded or braided but always blue, the bracelets are meant to be a symbol of unity, proponents say. Vendors on Etsy, TikTok and other platforms sprung up to meet the demand, with thousands of bracelets selling in just a few days.
https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/d...a8111?st=asjBW8&reflink=article_copyURL_share
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