https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:22:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741600 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:03:27 +0000 peacechick 1741600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Count me in as a proud Gen Xer. Douglas Coupland's Gen X really blew my mind when I read it during college and showed me how our world view differed so starkly from the baby boomers before us.</p> <p>Definitely Reality Bites is a classic Gen X film, but honestly I don't think it is very good. I want to say the music represents Gen X better. Obviously the grunge movement, but also a lot of the music by bands like Smashing Pumpkins ( Bullet with Butterfly Wings is my Gen X anthem - "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in the cage.") , Duran Duran, and musicians like Fiona Apple and Alanis Morissette.</p> <p>I think there is a strong cynical streak in us that makes us somewhat resistant to marketing. I remember carrying a worn out bag in school and being proud of how distressed it got. And also using a ziplock bag for a pencil case although maybe that is a bit atypical. But hey I grew up to be a brand loyal mad shopper too-- just give me good customer service and cut the sales talk! </p> <p>I'm also a huge Survivor fan and I'm enjoying the current season of Gen X and Millenials. Lots of generalized stereotypes of course, but I have to envy the optimism and lack of self-loathing that most millenials seem to have. I feel like my generation never had that. </p> <p>Lastly I also recommend this podcast done with an expert marketer about the differences between the generations. There is very little talk about the tv show as it was recorded pre-season. </p> <p><a href="http://robhasawebsite.com/survivor-2016-millennial-gen-x-generation-gap-jamie-gutfreund-podcast/" rel="nofollow">http://robhasawebsite.com/surv.....d-podcast/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741591 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:36:50 +0000 rachylou 1741591@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh UmmLila, if you have any patience at all (I usually don't, I confess), I'd love it if you clicked on the YouTube link in my post up there and told me what you think of the finger puppet ad. I spent a lot of time out of the US as a kid, but did school here... the music for the commercial is the German band Trio... their deadpan for their own video for the song I find hilariously perfect... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741541 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 03:13:04 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1741541@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm ... not sure what the finger puppet commercial is ... I fall in Gen &nbsp;X age-wise with a birthday in 1966, and am an Apple devotee, but there are a lot of cultural references I miss as a third culture kid who never lived in the US before 1982. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741540 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 03:08:40 +0000 Emily K 1741540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The last sentence just about sums-up the article -- "You could call this the sandwich generation, but there's a lot of meat in that sandwich." &nbsp;Honestly, I knew the term Gen X, but I never knew that they meant me.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741507 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:44:18 +0000 Windchime 1741507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's one of the more insightful articles I've read about our generation, Annagybe. I've always thought we are overlooked because the Boomers and Millenials have had so much attention focused on them that there isn't any left for us. And not only have we had to scramble to learn about tech, we also came of age doubting social security woud be there for us. And we have been forced to deal with sea changes in the world of work, such as the loss of long-term job stability and employer-provided benefits. I say we're creative, determined survivors! </p> <p>And as far as marketing to us? Hmm... I actually still read catalogs. But I also do a lot of website perusing AND enjoy brick and mortar shopping. And I definitely engage in occasional retail therapy to deal with the stresses of my Generation X life, so retailers might want to take notice! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741495 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:49:50 +0000 Angie 1741495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>VERY interesting. I'M PROUD TO BE A GEN X'ER.&nbsp;</p> <p>The best part was the end of the article. Gen Xer's have the MOST disposable income at the moment, and that should be reason enough to target us as a lucrative market. Targeting Millennials because of the overwhelming social media frenzy has become very boring, and I'm not sure it's even effective (I'm looking at you, Nordies). We grew up without the internet and have had to scramble to learn about tech, but we are a loyal generation who can and will spend money. Give us what we want and it's sorted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741470 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:10:36 +0000 Momo 1741470@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A small a proud Xer I am happy not to have stuff pushed down my thoT. Ignore me marketers. Thank you :-p<br /> I will just wear my black and slack around . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741459 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:59:22 +0000 rebekahphoto 1741459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a solid gen Xer, I thought it was an interesting read. I notice the push towards advertising a little more these days for us: most recently in the music in ads, especially cars. lots of early 80s new wave </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741309 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:52:31 +0000 Angie 1741309@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm out and about Anna, but look forward to reading this. I'm a Gen Xer through and through being born in 1970. And my parents are older than Boomers. We can high five again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741292 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:02:14 +0000 Anonymous 1741292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm somewhat brand loyal, but not nearly as much as I used to be. I'm on the tail end of the baby boomer generation, though, and honestly can't relate to my much older siblings who are lumped in the same category as me. There's too much of a generation gap for us all to like the same things. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741285 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:47:16 +0000 rachylou 1741285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The brand loyalty thing was news to me. I guess that's true about me. Hmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741266 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:30:16 +0000 chewyspaghetti 1741266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting article Anna- thanks for posting it. Yeah, I feel "left out" of most marketing....and in some ways it's a good thing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1741247 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:48:15 +0000 annagybe 1741247@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd forgotten about that ad. It is perfect. Not sexy, not flashy. And the chair was perfect.</p> <p>Also the movie Reality Bites. Which I remember at the time was supposed to speak to me, but still had trouble identifying with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1740974 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:03:48 +0000 rachylou 1740974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is... we have, if you ask me, a genuine sense of loathing. Marketers have to be very clever to get past it. Loathing and disdain doesn't mean we're unhappy, but it's private and protected. I mean, I sense the lack of anyone trying to make appeals about their products to me, but I can't imagine many pitches I'd accept. Except the finger puppet commercial. That's pretty much what I think, 'Da Da Da.' </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1740971 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:27:37 +0000 rachylou 1740971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We are a curious people! Nothing comes to mind when you think of us. Or, it's always wrong. Because people don't really bother to consider us. We are strong, silent, long suffering types carrying a lot of dead weights all around us. I think this explains Honda. Also, I think Volkswagon got us with that finger puppet commercial...</p> <p><a href="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdccNAOvPHg" rel="nofollow">http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdccNAOvPHg</a></p> <p>We're not gonna tell you 'cuz you're not listening. Mwahaha! :)</p> <p>I think the fashion free for all is spot on the money Gen X. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/interesting-take-on-gen-x#post-1740961 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 05:41:57 +0000 annagybe 1740961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So this is marketing in general but still interesting. I'm right in the middle of Gen X. This may also explain the donut hole in fashion. There's stuff geared towards boomers &amp; millennials, but the middle is eh.</p> <p><a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/5-reasons-marketers-have-largely-overlooked-generation-x-170539" rel="nofollow">http://www.adweek.com/news/adv.....n-x-170539</a> </p>