John M. Stafford wrote:
> The word modernist was recorded at least as early as 1958 in Colin
> MacInesses' Absolute Beginners. Knowing humanity's penchant for lazy
> speech,
> I'm sure both terms came into existence at roughly the same time.
Cheers. The word post-modernist was recorded in the 1870s so we'll guess
that modernist is older still :-). And I'm not actually sure 'modernist'
is used in Absolute Beginners to describe the people (though that's what
certain characters were).
My point was that back in the early 60s there were other words doing the
rounds - stylists, faces, etc - for self-description - as well as mod.
If Stylist had been adopted I'd guess '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' would be
full of people saying 'how can you people be stylists when you have no
interest in style?'.
Personally I maintain that seeing as Mods pulled back purist jazz
modernist style (the one button suit, even no lapels at all, at it's
height), and then embarked on introducing British tailoring influences
and unnecesary detail (ticket pockets), and eventually moving on to
Regency double-breasted suits, the 'Mod' phase was a step back from
modernism anyway.
Say Modernist to most people and they might think of 30s art and lit,
50s design. Say Mod and they know you're talking about 60s, suits and
soul. Or maybe The Who, The Jam & Blur if they know a bit about music
but not enough.
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