Virginia Knight is a writer and fashion historian living in Asheville, North Carolina. Her longform work has appeared in Racked and The Fashion Studies Journal and was chosen as a finalist for the 2023 Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Contest. Find her on Twitter at @‌virginiak_.

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Hair and Teeth

By VIRGINIA KNIGHT

The brown braid of a bracelet could be leather, not obviously hair until you get up close.