Comments on: FashionProp – One Revolutionary Style That Fits All http://blog.fahrenheit.com/2009/01/14/fashionprop-one-revolutionary-style-that-fits-all/ A Blog About Art + Design Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:10:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Arlene Wienr http://blog.fahrenheit.com/2009/01/14/fashionprop-one-revolutionary-style-that-fits-all/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Arlene Wienr Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:32:57 +0000 http://blog.fahrenheit.com/?p=134#comment-9 Excellent post. Reminds me of the saying that things in history happen first as tragedy and then again as farce. I'm old enough to remember when Nixon went to Communist China, a country that the U.S. had treated as a pariah for decades--and Bloomingdale's sold Mao jackets. A fashion item. My head spun. Many "looks" and other features of movements are stripped of context and adopted by fashion. I think punk, for example, had specific roots in Britain's situation. Excellent post. Reminds me of the saying that things in history happen first as tragedy and then again as farce. I’m old enough to remember when Nixon went to Communist China, a country that the U.S. had treated as a pariah for decades–and Bloomingdale’s sold Mao jackets. A fashion item. My head spun. Many “looks” and other features of movements are stripped of context and adopted by fashion. I think punk, for example, had specific roots in Britain’s situation.

]]> By: Jesse http://blog.fahrenheit.com/2009/01/14/fashionprop-one-revolutionary-style-that-fits-all/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jesse Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:11:19 +0000 http://blog.fahrenheit.com/?p=134#comment-8 I was just listening to WNYC's Brian Lehrer show on podcast last night and he was interviewing NYT's Michael Cannel about the intersection of design trends and economic health. Worth a listen: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2009/01/06/segments/120281 I was just listening to WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show on podcast last night and he was interviewing NYT’s Michael Cannel about the intersection of design trends and economic health. Worth a listen:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2009/01/06/segments/120281

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