I was looking for deals at Express over the holiday weekend and found a new line of Fitted Men's Collared Shirts called the MK2 (perhaps introduced the MK1 sometime in the past few years, maybe around the time we started the Iraq War).
The catalogue reads:
"Strength. Valor. Style. Military specs get a modern update. Refined details and at ease comfort create the perfect uniform. Strong in tradition. Modern in style. Cut slimmer through the shoulder, chest and waist from versatile cotton stretch fabric." (1)
Do you think that military-type clothing falls into fashion in and around times of war (or recession)? Regardless of what you say I'm going to still buy this shirt.
1) Express Fashion Website, MK2 label. Accessed November 29, 2009. http://www.express.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=18917
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ReplyDeleteWhat does this really have to do with anything anyway? What's the significance of MK2?
ReplyDeleteIf your first hypothesis were true, military clothing would always be in fashion in the U.S. (ha!).
ReplyDeleteToo bad google trends doesn't go back to the mid-1900s. I would guess military fashion is correlated more with democratic presidents than with times of war or recession. This hypothesis pertains more to the rhetoric used by republicans during these times.
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ReplyDeleteTouche.
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