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Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Glamour isn’t beauty or luxury; those are only specific manifestations for specific audiences. Glamour is an imaginative process that creates a specific, emotional response: a sharp mixture of projection, longing, admiration, and aspiration. It evokes an audience’s hopes and dreams and makes them seem attainable, all the while maintaining enough di
... See moreDebbie Millman • Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
The state of being envied is what constitutes glamour. And publicity is the process of manufacturing glamour.
John Berger • Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics)
Sex between girls and clients is not the main point of having so many models in attendance; rather, it is the visibility of sexiness in excess that produces status. A high quantity of girls is visual testimony to the client’s importance; it enables him to show off an excess of beauty. The display of so many girls’ bodies is parallel to the displays
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