Youth Fetish

References

(Neiman, 2015) ⇒ Susan Neiman. (2015). “Why Grow Up ?: Subversive Thoughts for An Infantile Age." Macmillan,

http://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/opinion/paris-extreme-youth
- QUOTE: ... will fashion's love affair, fetishisation even, of extreme youth ever end? No, it won't, at least for the time being. Youth is that brief time in life when idealism rules, unencroached by daily life. It is all about individualism and self-affirmation, which makes the young so eager for the fashion they consume so rabidly and blindly. For designers and fashion houses, it is natural to court this demographic, while convincing other age groups that the right shirt, or the perfect pair of skinny trousers, will bring back their carefree days. This is hardly anything new, of course. It is the basic approach behind the making and selling of fashion. Without this message, the whole fashion system would collapse. ...