tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post9014518134476965463..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Fashion and the Economic Downturnhabladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-86420268359557766912008-10-12T16:48:00.000-04:002008-10-12T16:48:00.000-04:00Well, I'd agree that the fashion industry is alway...Well, I'd agree that the fashion industry is always out of touch, but I find the WaPo article incredibly condescending. Being "well turned out" is how I'm capable of helping my community? The victory I'm capable of is looking 'pretty'? The way I make the future brighter than the past is through... brighter lipstick? Ugh. The WaPo seems to be stuck in the regressive time its describing - at habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-37980709460230279592008-10-12T16:16:00.000-04:002008-10-12T16:16:00.000-04:00I think that women, in general, do want to look an...I think that women, in general, do want to look and feel pretty. Sales of lipstick do go up with the fall of the economy. I didn't intend this article with the hipster irony that you interpreted, but am glad that it multi-tasked behind my back. My point was that the fashion world is out of touch, but has always been. <BR/><BR/>The theory is that women splurge on lipstick because they can't affordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-89321490602486411522008-10-12T15:37:00.000-04:002008-10-12T15:37:00.000-04:00Oh, is this meant to be a critique of the WaPo and...Oh, is this meant to be a critique of the WaPo and NYT articles? Because they're selling the public on the gender-essentialist idea that women are pre-programed to want to be pretty in the lean times and defending the ridiculous - and often exploitative - fashion industry, which is - as you say - just a business? Sorry, I missed that point the first time I read it.habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-41036794457311771082008-10-12T15:20:00.000-04:002008-10-12T15:20:00.000-04:00...this idea is aptly named "The Lipstick Theory"....<I>...this idea is aptly named "The Lipstick Theory". Women want to look and feel pretty, especially when the money falls short.</I><BR/><BR/>I don't buy it. What does the economic crisis have to do with primping? If you are the sort of man or woman who likes looking dapper in the good times, then you're the type who likes looking dapper in the hard times. If not, you'll choose some other habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.com