Saved by Keely Adler
Our obsession with nostalgia is driving a trend revival spiral
Overmining, extracting and under funding, are we killing culture?
morningfyi.substack.com
Part of our affection for places like this has to do with ‘90s nostalgia — a relatively recent past that feels extraordinarily distant. And it has to do with our interest at BBSP in identifying the moment when aesthetics that were prevalent , only to become passé *,* round the corner of reappraisal and somehow become more popping than ever .
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The Nostalgia Cycle Loop
Hope is the one virtue that requires imagination , in the sense that we consider the past and imagine a better future.
The nostalgic content being churned out via movies, books, even music(!) requires less imagination on our part because it comes from already-established world building. It’s easier to imagine the context aro... See more
Hope is the one virtue that requires imagination , in the sense that we consider the past and imagine a better future.
The nostalgic content being churned out via movies, books, even music(!) requires less imagination on our part because it comes from already-established world building. It’s easier to imagine the context aro... See more
kyla scanlon • The Nostalgia Cycle Loop
“We’re moving away from the need to say, ‘These items put together are an aesthetic,’ and moving towards a more fluid state,” Panzoni says. Instead of “grabbing” an aesthetic as a whole, consumers can take elements and incorporate them into their own style. “This shift is why we haven’t seen a micro-trend pop in a little bit,” she says.