From: "Dave Coull" <coull2-AT-btinternet.com> Subject: "anarchist fashion" Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:39:01 -0000 Chuck0 wrote > If lifestyle anarchists exist, they would be > those anarchists who dress in anarchist fashion > and live anarchist lifestyles. "Dress in an anarchist fashion" ?????!!!!! I remember reading in some magazine which Keri had bought about a fashion designer who claimed "I'm a bit of an anarchist". Apparently all that this mindless oaf meant by this statement was that he dressed in an "outrageous" fashion. Well, such ignorant statements regarding anarchism are only to be expected from such a source, but it is (just a little bit) surprising to come across such confusion from yourself. Anarchism has absolutely nothing at all to do with how a person dresses. There is no such thing as "dressing in an anarchist fashion". I can remember the punk style of the 1970s, and how young punks would imagine that they were being "anarchistic" simply by dressing outrageously. A few of those young punks went on to discover what anarchism was really about, but many of them never did find out, and many of them are today solid respectable citizens with pretty conventional views. Fashion changes, even supposedly "anarchist" fashion. Fashion is a fickle jade, and attempting to keep up with fashion is a futile exercise. Anarchists dress how they happen to feel like dressing. For me, this means how I happen to feel comfortable. This may happen to be considered fashionable, or, more likely, not. But there is nothing worse than having a whole bunch of people attempting to show by their dress how individual they are, and yet all ending up looking as if they are wearing some sort of uniform. Dave C
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