Ocasio-Cortez Mania Has Hit Peak Insanity With Museum Display

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has created a buzz that is unprecedented for a freshman representative.

The 29-year-old rookie in the world of politics has attracted followers who hang on her every word and believe in everything she says, even when it is apparent that she has no idea what she is talking about.

But the latest does of Ocasio-Cortez mania is beyond belief even for liberal sycophant standards.

A museum at one of the most prestigious universities in New York has created a display featuring her shoes, WPIX reported.

New York congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she won her seat in the US House of Representatives because of all the doors she knocked on.

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And she’s got her shoes to prove it.

The 29-year-old’s first pair of shoes she wore on the campaign trail are now making fashion history as part of the Cornell Costume Collection, in the exhibit titled “WOMEN EMPOWERED: Fashions from the Frontline.”

The exhibit, which will debut on December 6th, calls on women to submit items of clothing that have empowered them in the past. Other items include collars from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a gown from suffrage activist Olivia “Livy” Langdon, a skirt owned by Janet Reno and the inaugural suit of Texas governor Ann Richards, among others.

Back in June, Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a picture of her pair of shoes: beaten, worn-out and with hole-filled soles.

“Here’s my 1st pair of campaign shoes, ” she said. “I knocked doors until rainwater came through my soles. Respect the hustle. We won (because) we out-worked the competition. Period.”

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

Some folks are saying I won for “demographic” reasons.

1st of all, that’s false. We won w/voters of all kinds.

2nd, here’s my 1st pair of campaign shoes. I knocked doors until rainwater came through my soles.

Respect the hustle. We won bc we out-worked the competition. Period. pic.twitter.com/RbpQMYTiWY

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 29, 2018

Cornell University described the project.

As part of the 2018 Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial, the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection will launch an exhibition titled Women Empowered: Fashions from the Frontline on Dec. 6, 2018. This groundbreaking fashion exhibition chronicles how women strategically use fashion for empowerment and collective upliftment.

Graduate and undergraduate students in Professor Denise Green’s course Anthropology of the Fashioned Bodyhave spent the semester interpreting the meaning of the “frontline” and researching individuals, movements, and material culture associated with women’s empowerment.

“In formulating the overall concept for the exhibit, we found ourselves repeatedly returning to the idea of physical spaces where empowerment might occur: the sports arena, the street, stage, academy, and the government,” says Jenny Leigh Du Puis, Cornell graduate student and member of the curatorial team. “In each of these public spaces, women have used fashion to overcome obstacles, become visible, and share their voice.”

From activists to politicians, artists, designers, athletes, scientists, organizers, mothers, and everyday unsung heroes, Women Empowered is curated according to the physical and public spaces where women’s bodies have carried messages of empowerment.

“Fashion has far too often been misunderstood and misrepresented as superficial. The garments and accessories in this exhibition show the very opposite: fashion is a highly visible and forceful medium that commands attention and communicates possibilities,” says Denise Green, assistant professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design and Director of the Cornell Costume & Textile Collection. “Feminism and fashion have the potential to go hand in hand, and the pieces in this exhibition prove just that.”