I got really curious about Friedman and her viewpoint and found this in depth interview with her from last year. To stop myself over-sampling the whole article I will just say I like her because she's a social critic.
"For me now, fashion is simply an incredibly useful way to talk about
identity and politics and pop culture, possibly the most useful way
because it changes all the time and reflects changes around it. My
feeling now is that if people dismiss it, they're not getting something."
http://www.racked.com/2014/8/2.....-interview