The Future of Nostalgia
There is a culture of recycling inherent within the fashion industry, but this struggle with a lack of originality is not exactly recent news. It would seem, as the same ideas are recycled and reused in fashion, that there is no "future", so to speak, but rather a continually repeating, perpetual present.
Fashion and the Other
A void between the two opposing views on fashion and the subscribers to such attitudes has emerged, where those who take the line that fashion is simply shallow and materialistic compete with those who take an enjoyment in creativity and make a partial link between identity and appearance.
 
Oh, Lolita!
Paedophilia is, by its nature, sound and meaning, the dirtiest of words. It is inexcusable, condemnable and outright horrifying in every case; so it's only natural to believe that modern society would refuse to condone it under any circumstance... but how about in the case of art?
Pheromones and Philosophies
Under the warm morning veiled through the shutters and another mug of tea abandoned outside the bed, I want to watch you as you sleep. But realise it would look creepy so I close my eyes quickly and shut them shut shut shut.