Cool vs Stylish

[Zerase]

Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist virtuoso and practically the inventor of gypsy jazz. And as someone said, cigarettes are bad for your health, but you look pretty cool smoking them.

 

[comrade]

I skimmed a few readings after listening to that interview. Walker's NPR interview is interesting in that it gives you a glimpse into her book, which explores the aesthetic of Black Cool. She also talks about the commodification of cool, and how cool as an aesthetic is used to sell products. Yet, the consumer anxiety around not owning the "correct" cool things is itself not very cool.



"Those two books made me think about whether cool as an aesthetic has different expressions, but the main thing that links them across cultures is the idea of sangfroid (basically composure"

As in "cool under fire"