The Beckhams, UFOS, Conferences & Harringtons
Style is having a bad time at the moment. The Beckham’s, or rather the cultural phenomena they represent, have reduced style to a series of signals, a logo, a brand or a message to those around you that you have “loads of money” and you can afford to be stylish - in that brassy, cheap, peroxide kind of way.
However, style is ultimately an expression of our cultural aspirations and how we express these needs is rooted deeply in our internal drive to discover and connect with the extraordinary, the unusual, or the marvellous.
Here are three short stories illustrating my point. Read into them what you want…