https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 08 May 2026 22:36:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday#post-101396 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:28:37 +0000 Alecia 101396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting piece. It seems that it's really about the lens in which you view the design. If you're thinking about it a contributing to an art then the use of modern would be incongruous since modern connotes a movement. If that's not how you view the work, then modern would not have that connotation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday#post-101346 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:55:32 +0000 garmenta 101346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've noticed that in fashion-speak, "modern" means "of the current moment" (and, by extension, not of a moment that was three or five or ten seasons ago). If we were wearing truly "modern" attire, we'd be stuck in the fashions of say, 1915. Paul Poiret (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Poiret" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Poiret</a>) was a great guy in the world of fashion, but I'd hate to wear his hobble skirt right now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday#post-101315 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:35:47 +0000 chewyspaghetti 101315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, there is a specific are of time refered to as the "modern era" in art and design, however if you look up the word 'modern' in the dictionary, it defines it as :</p> <p>1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past : contemporary b : of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time</p> <p>I think they are just being picky over semantics. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday#post-101313 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:02 +0000 RoseandJoan 101313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry, swallowed a dictionary tonight, I just find language fascinating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday#post-101312 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:25:03 +0000 RoseandJoan 101312@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All that came to mind when I read the article was etymology:</p> <p>"The origin and historical development of a linguistic form as shown by determining its basic elements, earliest known use, and changes in form and meaning, tracing its transmission from one language to another, identifying its cognates in other languages, and reconstructing its ancestral form where possible."</p> <p>language also evolves, words do change their meaning, therefore can the common usage of the word modern be considered incorrect? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/something-interesting-i-heard-on-npr-yesterday#post-101311 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:54:28 +0000 Vani 101311@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>On my way home from work yesterday I happen to hear this "article" on NPR: <a href="http://www-cdn.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=113795227">Reality TV's Thoroughly "Modern" Mistakes</a></p> <p>It came at the right time for me, what with all the talk about dated styles we have had going on here. I couldn't help but be glad we don't abuse the word on YLF. I will come back later to comment more but I wanted to post this before I forget </p>