Fuck off.

i dont know what you are trying to prove here flux???

and the europe thing is kind of Pretentious.....

Chris move over, your successor has arrived.

The queen is dead! long live the queen!

Think it's her attempt at sarcasm. Poor her x x

It's Emma Bovary dreams of Empire, F:lux, isn't it? A bit like Nick and Simon's brief, if you try hard.

La Sape? you mean shell suits and kappa trackies? Diadora trainers and ted baker shirts? Fred perry polos and a pair of farah slacks?

Its all the same, burberry is case in point of such a "Vestimentary Codes in Transnational Contexts and Urban Diasporas" to quote verbatim. In St. Moritz its ok to wear burberry but in urban diasporas or urban areas of ethnic and endemic populations it becomes a uniform of the uninformed. A piece of clothing to assume an identity not of the self but of a collective, its a symbol of status that you can shop at TK Maxx and have a bit of savvy, ken wit ah mean, likesay?

Fashion is a construct that is refashioned in peoples minds according to where they live and how their cultural norms show conformity, superiority or individualism are shown, so in my understanding of this essay I would see it as being a worldwide thing. Wether you live in a squat in lahndan or kooncil hoose in granton your perception of fashion is completely different.

I have never read the essay nor the novel of which it bases its theoretical context, can you explain it a little more for us all f:lux and tell me if Im on track or not?

Theres my starter for 10, i'll have p please bob...

Interesting idea Penny!

I'm not quite sure myself Maikeru and even if I were I haven't got time to talk about it now, but here's some extra info ( and in a form that's a bit more accessible).

http://www.ziff.or.tz/programme/atozdetail.asp?offset=30&title_id=561565047

http://opc4-ascl.pica.nl/DB=3/CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=1016&SRT=RLV&LNG=EN&TRM=ppn+230071139

What I find interesting is how diasporas actually hyperbolise cultural values & artefacts, fashion comprising one of many. Case in point are the orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill. They live a more extreme version of their own culture outside of it, most likely caused by feelings of distance & loss. That's my two cents, F:lux, is that intellectual 'nuff? Sorry for not mentioning shorts or pinks flags (although I do like Black Flag, you know, the Californian hardcore band.) x x

What about Pink Flag, the first album by Wire - http://www.pinkflag.com ?