It makes me think that, in some places, some people would be entirely incapable of dressing certain ways WITHOUT the internet, including us! In the case of punk clothing, as you pointed out, kids can simply go online, find the same clothes all of their friends are wearing, order it, and it's on their doorstep within the week. For us, the hat store has sadly gone away, and many of us wouldn't have access without the Internet being there for us.It's become easier, largely because of the nature of the internet making it much more viable to service a niche market big enough to be profitable when geography matters so much less, to find a one-stop shop that will cater to "your" look, and very quickly you start to get more uniformity. London punks, New York punks, West Coast start to look the same. On the one hand I appreciate the ease and convenience of this era, on the other, I miss some of the creativity. But it's easy to miss the stimulation of tiems when it was much harder and forget that maybe I just wouldn't be able to find the clothes I want to wear but for this globalisation. I think it's been foru or five years nowsimce I last bought some trousers in a shop; to get them not only the cut I want aesthetically, but to even have a high enough waist to be remotely comfortable, needs must I go online.
Not at all! High schoolers have been posing as the "cool look" long before us, and I'll assume they'll be doing it long after us.Pretty much the same with the middle class suburban kids who were posing as punk or goth. (I'm probably dating myself horribly.)
I'm rather fond of this General Sherman meme.Whenever I see someone post that flag on FB I usually reply with something like this (and I have several that are similar):
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