Charlie Watts - great Tailoring comments

[Gerry]

Actually, the once "revolutionary" streetstyle has become just as banal as the bourgeois style it has fought to do away with...

When Vivienne Westwood died I watched a documentary about her on TV that was reshown as a tribute. What struck me was just how contemporary the original Kings Road Punks now look. Westwood's once shocking ideas have been totally assimilated into mainstream fashion and nobody bats an eyelid these days. Exposed zips, T-shirts with slogans, ripped cloth... all normal.

[jruley]

Exposed zips, T-shirts with slogans, ripped cloth... all normal.

Meanwhile, someone walking around in a stroller and striped trousers is considered weird.  Or at least pretentious.

Deja vu all over again.  The French Revolution replaced silks and satins with what had been equestrian sportswear.  The cultural revolution of the late 20th century replaced the suit with what had been workwear.

When I was a boy, the ushers in our church wore boutonnières on their suit jackets.  Today I'm usher captain and wear a polo shirt with the church logo.