ldt065: Why the Consumer is Being Ripped Off by the Fashion Industry

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 · 5 years ago

#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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