No, though I find this is a common misconception. There are a few good interviews with Gustav Temple where he explains it in some detail:
http://www.zyworld.com/albionmagazineonline/society2.htm
http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2004/oct/interview_gustav_temple.html
http://www.zyworld.com/albionmagazineonline/society2.htm
http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2004/oct/interview_gustav_temple.html
What is the link between Chappism and situationism?
When we tried to "Civilise the City" in 2001, that was a form of situationism, in that it was a public performance of an aesthetic ideal
At the risk of puncturing the mystique of it all, I would say both the magazine and its readers strike a humorous, tongue-in-cheek pose to make a serious stand against what they perceive as the banality and homogenisation of popular culture and fashion. By celebrating the English eccentric gent and exaggerating him somewhat, the result is a radical counterculture figure that flies in the face of bland teenage fashions whose purpose seems to be for everyone to look the same. Nowadays, middle-aged men with handlebar moustaches and tweed suits, smoking pipes, cause more of a sensation on urban streets than the, non-peacocking, youth.
Tiller said:I always thought the Chap magazine was a group of Situationist who were making fun of the old Young Fogey movement.