> There is a big difference! The Catholic school uniformity comes
> explicitly and unabashedly from above and as a result often instills the
> life-long disgust for authority in right-minded individuals. The
> corporate standards of fashion, by contrast, are imposed from above just
> as the Catholic school uniformity is - but they are cleverly disguised
> as "individual choice." As a result, people slavishly follow them
> without even knowing that they are being remotely controlled. Worse
> yet, they defend the corporate yoke as the epitome of "individual
> freedom," as it is often the case in the US.
I find it hard to believe that my high school in rural PA in the late 80s/early 90s was the unique location and time where a large percentage of the teens did dress in fashions not involving brand-names. There were goths, punks, and hippies; the group that shopped in retro stores and second-hand stores; they whose entire attire came from the parking lots of Grateful Dead shows. My friends and I bought clothes from a mil-surp place that had lots of Eastern European and Soviet fatigues and t-shirts.
These groups combined, equaled if not-outnumbered the Ralph Lauren, Benetton, Guess?, etc. wearers....
Matt
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