, thanks for sharing.
"Today, as high fashion moves closer to mass media — with brand-hosted YouTube channels, films, huge spectacles — there is pressure to simplify." Sums it up well.
"Holland Cotter, an art critic for The Times, wrote, “We’re in an age of remake culture, an epidemic of re-enactment fever.” " Everyone loves the music metaphor of sampling. But I'd say creatives were always bricoleurs, just not so obviously, since now we have quick access to see where their flintstone came from; might have been less transparent pre-Internet.
I have a book recommendation for you and anyone else:
http://www.amazon.com/Brand-New-Jane-Pa ... 1411223744I'm reading this right now, about half-way through, and some of the brands it references are old at this point but it's still an interesting and relevant read.