Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Shoes to Be Featured in ‘Fashions from the Frontline’ Exhibit

Rep.- elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign shoes will soon be part of an exhibit.

According to CNN, which first reported the story,  the battered shoes the New York Congresswoman-elect wore during her campaign will be on display as part of the Cornell Costume Collection.

The exhibit titled “WOMEN EMPOWERED: Fashions from the Frontline,” opens on Dec. 6.

Ocasio-Cortez’s fashion choices have been both the source of comment and derision, however, the worn tennis shoes were actually tweeted out by Ocasio-Cortez herself as a way to show how much she hustled to win the primary.

According to the Cornell Costume Collection, the “shoes represent the hard work, dedication, determination, and commitment of the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.”

 

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We can’t think of a better example of fashion from the frontline: U.S. Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York’s 14th district has loaned us her first pair of campaigning shoes. “I knocked doors until rainwater came through my soles,” she tweeted back in June. These shoes represent the hard work, dedication, determination, and commitment of the youngest woman ever elected to Congress ??? Thank you @ocasio2018 for being part of “WOMEN EMPOWERED: Fashions from the Frontline.” ??? Exhibit opens December 6 (with reception 5-7 PM) on Level T of the Human Ecology Building ✨ #frontlinefashions #cornellcostumecollection #campaignshoes #alexandriaocasiocortez #empoweredwomen

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