Tag: fashion critical theory

  • The Slow Cancellation of Culture

    The Slow Cancellation of Culture

    In decades past, popular culture felt fresh and innovative. For a high school student during the latter half of the 2010s, exploring culture was exciting. Reminiscing on this era, I’m flooded with memories of discussing leaked streetwear collaborations with friends in the cafeteria and concealing my phone in my English class to compete with full-grown…

  • Maxis, Mead, and Misanthropy

    Maxis, Mead, and Misanthropy

    In this atomized age, the strive for simplicity can be seen through the adoption of neo-traditionality, which is visible in many unconnected aspects of popular culture. Fashion trends like cottage or Catholic core, lifestyle trends like traditional diets, homesteading, or embracing religion—by grasping at these straws, one may just be able to find a sliver…

  • The Aesthetics of aggression

    The Aesthetics of aggression

    This is a paper I wrote for my clothing & society class that I figured I should upload here as I’ve been very inactive The combat boot’s rugged construction and aesthetics of aggression have permeated many unassociated subcultures and were crucial in the formation of their infamy. From punks to biker gangs, these aesthetics gave…

  • ESCAPISM in fashion

    ESCAPISM in fashion

    In 2023 the future is uncertain, and it seems as though everyone is just sitting around to see how the world will end. Will it be climate change? An irreparable economic crash?  Will it be a nuclear war? Is Jeff Bezos going to team up with Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Bernard Looney to turn…