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y2k-aesthetic:

I learned something interesting a while back, while reading some academic literature on fashion branding and marketing.

These Tiffany toggle charm bracelets were HUGE in the early 2000s. That much I knew.

What I didn’t know was that they were TOO popular.

The bracelets, which were actually pretty affordable at like $150 or so, were discontinued because the company decided that their widespread popularity was leading to brand dilution.

Tiffany is, after all, a luxury brand. A big part of luxury branding is exclusivity – if it’s not exclusive enough, people won’t perceive a brand as “luxury,” as aspirational goods that signal social status and are therefore desirable.

So basically, Tiffany stopped making these because they can’t have the peasants running around wearing Tiffany. Can’t have the brand too accessible for normal middle class folk – gotta keep it as overpriced as possible to maintain the brand’s allure, lol.

boardingtheargo:

The ghost of Charles Bukowski

He has a

lot to answer

for. From his treatment of

women to his

drinking. From his

expectation of toxic

commitment to the craft, to

the fact that people embrace his

work at face value, never

stopping to think if he’s

depicting,

endorsing, or

condemning

his behaviour.


But at the top of the

list of his

artistic sins is

the idea that

anything can be

poetry, if you

write it

like this.

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