V&R Chapter 7 uses Kolnai to inquire into the morality of both luxury and fast fashion. Over at Law & Liberty, I have a post on Kolnai’s thought overall and give examples to back up his claim that hierarchy and privilege is not merely found in establishment but ordinary pursuits: http://www.libertylawsite.org/2018/06/14/establishment-of-nobility-and-modernity-the-thought-of-aurel-kolnai/
V&R loves vintage and this small company in Indiana makes retro style mopeds and small bikes. V&R Chapter 5 also defends the claim that Max Scheler’s idea of the estate — craft, local, family, history — is the most moral model of a firm. Janus matches these attributes. The company has a high quality video…
Lovely vintage feel to the 2018 World Cup poster. Evokes the cool Art Deco original from the 1930 Uruguay World Cup. Here’s a good article on the current intersection of footie and fashion: https://fashionista.com/2018/06/world-cup-soccer-fan-apparel-clothing-market Now, how will England do?
H&M’s latest is an interactive mirror that takes pictures of you and also offers fashion suggestions. The business idea is to integrate being in a shop and digital sales. Just watch the video embedded in the article for the idea: https://www.retaildive.com/news/hm-tests-voice-activated-mirrors-at-nyc-flagship/525296/. It is an interesting example of conservatism in fashion. Psychoanalytically, the mirror reaffirms the…
In the original post I used the ethical theory of the Scottish philosopher W. D. Ross to assess whether Anne Wintour’s effort to rehabilitate Marchesa was ethically justified. It is not. New information has emerged on how the company’s financing is tied to a company of Weinstein’s (https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-harvey-weinstein-secretly-involved-in-marchesa-his-wifes-fashion-label-8). This further cements the complicity involved. …
Momotaro is a Japanese company making jeans ranging in price from $250 to $2000. Craft and handwork goes into them all and the denim in the most expensive jeans is made on hand-operated looms (“Japan Reinvents the Bluejean, for $2000,” WSJ, June 6th, 2018: behind paywall, sorry). I do not know the exact business…
*The following is a wonderful theoretical take on the theological significance of the Met Gala and the themes of V&R generally. It is by my good friend Dr. Chris Wojtulewicz, who has been a guest-blogger here before. Thank you, Chris, and I hope you all enjoy. As with so many things which seem in…
If there is a television drama that runs close to the themes of V&R it is Granada TV’s Brideshead Revisited. Closely tracking Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant novel, the 1981 adaptation by the north of England television company is commonly regarded as one of the best TV programmes to have come out of Britain. I have…
We hear all the time that privilege is bad. It is not. For why, see V&R Chapter 7 on Kolnai. Establishment is alive and well in fashion and if you like your Gucci and YSL, or if your tastes run to vintage Levis or second hand Savile Row, you do not want it otherwise. …
Prince Charles is, in effect, an advocate of Max Scheler’s estate (V&R Chapter 4). A well-known defender of the countryside and farming, he is also an architecture critic and over the last few decades has been responsible for the development of a model village, Poundbury. The cognoscenti were, of course, snide about his effort…