Eric Demay

Status Brace : “Fake or non-functional bejeweled braces bought by teenage girls from a street market in one of the poorer districts of Bangkok. [...] My assumption is that purchase motivation is driven by a mixture of decoration, experimentation, and status – showing off that one’s parents can afford to pay for this kind of dental care.” I think it has maybe something to do with portraying innocence as well, like the young and sexy girls depicted in japanese mangas.