Comments on: We Are All Mods Now

By: P

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:01:05 +0000

“I only wish I could tell you why the period’s become so popular, or which of our own attributes we recognize in it.”

Well…it could be that nostalgia for the ’20s, ’40s, ’50s, and late ’60s-70s have already been marketed in recent memory, and if want to sell products, you have to come up with a “new” angle…even (especially) if you’re product is artistic…

By: NoahK

NoahK — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:51:07 +0000

Ooh, I really like that explanation, Dara!

By: Dara

Dara — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:54:02 +0000

Noah: I’ll buy that.

I think it’s not implausible to say that an emphasis on proper appearance and image is characteristic of both that era and this for men and women, but more constricting and detrimental to women (for the usual reasons regarding power imbalance).

By: NoahK

NoahK — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:29:40 +0000

A return to anti-feminism should be part of it. I know all three cousins’ weddings I’ve been to, the woman changed their name (trivial example, I know). But I think it’s really a big part of it.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:08:09 +0000

So long as long stringy hair and hundreds of black turtlenecks don’t return.

By: Eve Tushnet

Eve Tushnet — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:54:01 +0000

I’m certain there are even earlier examples, but when you said “first celebutante” I couldn’t help but think of the Mitford sisters….