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This seems like the sort of thing many here might appreciate. The Polo ads at the end give me serious nostalgia vibes for the small northeastern liberal arts college I would visit as a kid in the early to mid 90s:
Weighing up authenticity, origin, environmental impact, and indeed privilege (to name just a few) are all things we as the consumer do with more regularity than ever before.
I’m a union electrician, and I don’t care. Why do you? Real question.
Edit: I’ve decided that my comment was more about purchasing than style, and so deleted as I no longer feel it as relevant.Well, some of us do anyway. The consumer is hydra-headed.
I largely side with @UrbanComposition in all this:
I think there are clear examples where style needs to take into account origin, and being conscious of it is relevant. Ralph Lauren and the use of Native American iconography and heritage for example is relevant to the world we are all aware . There are of course many more.
The question perhaps in terms of this particular discussions is whether you feel class to be a relevant factor to appreciate or dissect. Id argue that class is a huge under appreciated lens on culture at the moment, even though it seems strangely unexamined in the great culture wars of 2020/21 .
In my opinion income , inequality and the associated identity this creates have a large bearing on how we view many discussions, including this one.
This seems like the sort of thing many here might appreciate. The Polo ads at the end give me serious nostalgia vibes for the small northeastern liberal arts college I would visit as a kid in the early to mid 90s:
Some amazing pants.
Derek - what is this summer tweed ive heard mentioned in connection with you a few times now?
I don’t remember why precisely Derek said he deletes old articles BUT if it’s a server cost thing, I’d be happy to throw some money his way if it meant articles could stay up (but also obvs no pressure if there are other reasons why articles go away)