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#1 2009-10-05 08:34:56
- Hard Bop Hank
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American Costume, 1915-1970
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Someone mentioned the word "costume" recenty...
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#2 2009-10-05 15:17:05
- Big Tony
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Re: American Costume, 1915-1970
Costume is used by interweb people as a negative word, but in fact if you look it up it means nothing more than the mode or dress typical for a time period.
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#3 2009-10-05 15:46:28
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: American Costume, 1915-1970
That's true! It's definitely not about fancy dress, and it doesn't even have to be "period costume"... it's just what you wear!
Hower, nowadays there are all these associations...
It's also used much more in the context of women's clothing, but it used to be also a common menswear term.
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”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#4 2009-10-06 02:21:17
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: American Costume, 1915-1970
True.
Real life & the Internet are such different places... But I'm sure you've all noticed this, Gentlemen... 