Eau contrere! Women and black clothing are redundant words ;-) "Carolyn Segal takes this up in a report from the Modern Language Association, "Dressed to Impress" (Chronicle of Higher Education, January 26). At a session on "`narratology' and melancholia" she noticed that the woman next to her was dressed as she herself was: "black coat, black scarf, black sweater, black pants, black boots; from one of her two black bags she extracted a black case that held reading glasses with black frames." A quick pan of the room "revealed that every other woman but one at the session was dressed like us; the entire fashion report on what women wear to literary conferences can be summed up in one word: black."
So it is at the occasional cocktail parties and benefits we attend. Segal wonders about the "reasons for the globalization of black clothing," especially among women. "Black connotes seriousness, an absorption with higher concerns than sartorial choices; it carries the symbolism of the outsider; it really does make dressing simpler; and it's flattering to every complexion." And then they also say black is a slimming color. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yuri > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EOS Trite matter > > black is a male thing, ergonomics was secondary. manufacturers would > gladly collect the premium them boys paid for it. the same is true for > cars: black is a statement of success from a marketing perspective. > control freaks love it. how do you explain the fact that nearly all > camera bags and backpacks up to just recently were black? the industry > is changing slowly, but it does.. > * * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
