@paulg True for art in general (fashion, music, etc). There is no formula to define "good", so most people have herd mentality.
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@fashiongiik No, that's not true. http://paulgraham.com/goodart.html -
@paulg Maybe because of the demographic of people who like fashion?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZSbK_SMkf0 …
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@paulg fashion is the art of exploiting the faulty behaviour of legacy evolutionary hardware outside of its spec’d domain for profit. Ugly. - 1 more reply
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"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." - Oscar Wilde
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@paulg Curious feature of X, where X can be fashion, politics, business models, ... -
@jstogdill@paulg theres an interesting parallel to performative sentences like "I name this ship X" -- act of saying youre doing it does it -
@jstogdill@paulg also, "I now pronounce you man and wife", "I beg you", etc.
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@paulg PAUL, TRUST ME: you know nothing about fashion. LMAOThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg In 25 years they'll realized you tricked them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg the same happens in the arts no? The IVm chord didn't make any sense until the Beatles over use it and became good-soundingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg 'Trick' is an interesting word to choose. Fashion industry might like 'convince' or 'ignite enthusiasm'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Perhaps less the raw number of people and more the cumulative amount of influence they wield.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg trendsetting!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg finally an explanation for bell bottoms!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg A suit that looked good on James Bond in 1962 would look good in any era. It may not be trendy, but it is good.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Your essay on Good Art is equally relevant to good fashion. JNCOs were wildly popular, but they weren't good.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg That'd be creating trends, not fashion. :) Like art, great fashion is about speaking to people's taste, which are not as malleable.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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