The Mystery of Fashion

[C0ckney]

some of us like to go outside.

[Lorizael]

There are no advertisements in the woods (yet).

[molly bloom]

Men were once fashion 'victims' (and some still are of course) :

Who wants to flaunt their liripipe ?



Or fish out their codpiece ?



Is Victoria giving Albert's tight trousers a piercing look ?



Don't step on my blue suede poulaines !



This is the modern world :

[regexcellent]

In any case, freedom of speech protects advertisers and their right to post their messages where they want to, if they've paid for the space.

Banksy is against free speech. Not surprising for someone who also doesn't respect property rights.

[Sava]

In any case, freedom of speech protects advertisers and their right to post their messages where they want to, if they've paid for the space.

No. Sorry. It doesn't.

http://www.lawpublish.com/amend1.html

At least... not the way you think it does.

I'll quote relevant information because I have zero faith in your critical thinking and reading comprehension skills.

In Central Hudson, the Supreme Court set out the important four-part test for assessing government restrictions on commercial speech:

"[First] . . . [the commercial speech] at least must concern lawful activity and not be misleading. Next, we ask whether the asserted governmental interest is substantial. If both inquiries yield positive answers, we must determine whether the regulation directly advances the governmental interest asserted, and whether it is not more extensive than is necessary to serve that interest."

This four-part analysis endured to this day as the constitutional benchmark in commercial speech cases.

[regexcellent]

...that article says it does, in the way I think it does. c0ckney is not complaining about false advertising, he's complaining about the presence of advertising in general, as is Banksy.

[Sava]

...that article says it does, in the way I think it does.

Then maybe you need better writing skills? Because the things you say directly contradict reality.

c0ckney is not complaining about false advertising, he's complaining about the presence of advertising in general, as is Banksy.

I don't care about what c0ckney says.

[onodera]

In any case, freedom of speech protects advertisers and their right to post their messages where they want to, if they've paid for the space.

Banksy is against free speech. Not surprising for someone who also doesn't respect property rights.

There are no rights.

[The Mad Monk]

It should be okay if you have a giant rooster on your sign.

Sriracha Sauce

[Sava]

Sriracha Sauce

hipster ketchup

[Imran Siddiqui]

I try to give fashion designers the benefit of the doubt by thinking that the stuff you see in magazines and on the runway is really just a type of art, not stuff you're actually supposed to wear. It's not a type of art I appreciate or understand, however; My fashion begins and ends at Target.

Reminds me of that monologue in the "Devil Wears Prada" by Merryl Streep's character - what people are wearing today, the colors, styles, etc, come from fashion shows a few years prior to it. It's not a direct analogue, obviously, because fashion shows are designed to get people to notice certain colors or styles in an exaggerated way, but it does filter down over time.

[Lorizael]

The thing is, I simply don't care enough about fashion to bother. Yes, what's hip in the fashion industry will filter down to Target at some point, at which point I'll be wearing that--not because I like it, not because I'm trying to show off how much I don't care about fashion, but because it's an easy choice that requires essentially no effort on my part.

[The Mad Monk]

Imran watched The Devil Wears Prada.

[Elok]

Blame the homos. Typical.

Fine, I'll blame the Irish part of you instead. Lousy woman-hating micks and their crazy clothing ideas.

Better? If not, I can branch out to white people in general, it's always okay to blame the cracker.

[DaShi]

People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

**** that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

- Banksy

My god, it's like he was writing about me.