In May, Olivia Rodrigo wore a babydoll dress to perform at a concert in Barcelona and the internet lost its mind. Was her dress indeed \"paedobait\"? Was it unnecessary? Or are we, as ever, taking things wildly out of context?
Vicky and India delve into the complex and political history of babydoll dresses and moral panics, as well as the horror movie phenomenon that is Obsession, and the return of 90s it-magazine The Face.
Links to read more!
The babydoll is back – and so is the moral panic, The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/may/21/the-babydoll-is-back-and-causing-all-manner-of-moral-pontification
Olivia Rodrigo’s Baby-Doll Dress Was a Rorschach Test, The Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/babydoll-dress-olivia-rodrigo/687206/
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