ldt065: Why the Consumer is Being Ripped Off by the Fashion Industry
#065 - [ Why the Consumer is Being Ripped Off by the Fashion Industry ] [ xod ]
This tfile could easily be alternatively named:
'Why the fashion conscious public are idiots'
OR
'Fashion Industry: EXPOSED!'
OR
'xod is bored and filling our heads full of garbage theories'
But, it wasn't.
Why? You may ask..
Because.. The one I chose seemed to best suit the topic. So there..
I have come up with a flow diagram that seem's to demonstrate the trend of 'mainstream' highstreet fashion over the past few decades.
I'll leave you with the 4-step flow diagram; you can work it out from there i'm sure. This diagram run's clockwise and has, and will form a continuous circle lasting for decades..
(1)
_ 'THE IN THING' _
/ \
/ \
/ \
/ \
(4) 'RETRO IS COOL' 'SO LAST SEASON' (2)
\ /
\ /
\ /
\_ _/
CONSIGNED TO
GARBAGE, THRIFT
STORES, CHARITY.
(3)
There is no set time limit between stages. Usually the difference between steps 3 & 4 is a number of years, even a number of decades. But it does happen with the majority of fashions eventually.
New Becomes Old Becomes Retro Becomes Cool.
New -> Old -> Retro -> Cool (and start again)
New -> Old -> Retro -> Cool (and start again)
New -> Old -> Retro -> Cool (and start again)
New -> Old -> Retro -> Cool (and start again)
1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thats the 4 step fashion theory of retro cool.
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