Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos

Material Girls

by Elaine Dimopoulos

In Marla Klein and Ivy Wilde's world, teens are the gatekeepers of culture. A top fashion label employs sixteen- year-old Marla to dictate hot new clothing trends, while Ivy, a teen pop star, popularizes the garments that Marla approves. Both girls are pawns in a calculated but seductive system of corporate control, and both begin to question their world's aggressive levels of consumption. Will their new "eco-chic" trend subversively resist and overturn the industry that controls every part of their lives.

Reviewed by Joséphine on

3 of 5 stars

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Actual Rating: 3.5 stars

Initial thoughts: Material Girls is a book that squarely put consumerism into question. It offered a satirical view into the fashion and music industry — glorifying them, while demonstrating the problems when too much power is given to them. I appreciated the struggles that Marla and Ivy went through, even though they were the envy of many others who wanted to be them. At the same time, I thought the characters and prose could have been a bit more developed. The plot was simple with a few twists, which ensured that the satire became the primary device of the book.

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