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Knowing that there is so much support that needs to be received by people who oftentimes are surviving on the very least, this message felt especially appropriate. About that tax the rich message: The idea to literally write it across Ocasio-Cortezs body came to James when she was thinking about how people want to objectify women, and separate them from their message. In a red-carpet interview on Monday night, Ocasio-Cortez shared that the dress was born out of conversations around being working-class women of colour at the Met, and that she and James felt they couldnt just play along, but wanted to break the fourth wall and challenge some of the institutions. The dress was, they both agree, always meant to be a conversation starter