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Is Anything Cool Anymore?

In Status and Culture, W. David Marx examines why contemporary culture feels uninspired, attributing it to the rapid pace of trend cycles driven by the internet and fast fashion, which have made everything seem simultaneously cool and mundane. The proliferation of past trends, overexposure to once-unique items, and the merging o…

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