Harper's BAZAARさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Harper's BAZAARInstagram)「“One day, when I was in the eighth grade, my mother came home with a big black trash bag full of Gap clothes—hand-me-downs, from a family whose house she cleaned on Wednesdays,” writes @jdeleonwriter. “Some of the clothes were ugly. There was one maroon and navy-blue striped sweater; I didn’t even like it, but I wore it once a week because it was Gap.” As a Guatemalan-American, the desire to fit in with her preppy classmates fueled the writer’s obsession with the brand. The stitched logo felt “like a badge” because “I wanted to be like the rich, straight-A, preppy girls who did gymnastics after school and attended sleepaway summer camp. Like a white girl,” she writes. It was a piece of armor that she felt might protect her from the question: “Where are you from?” In reality, the question still followed her everywhere. “I would stand there, mumbling something about ‘Here, but my parents are from Guatemala,’” Leon writes. “It was true. But every time someone asked me the question, it felt like I was explaining my face to a stranger.” Keep reading at the link in bio. #SundayLongReads」5月29日 1時10分