I find all your commentary on fashion fascinating, but this discussion of the shark iconography is really intense.
I was born after WW2, but heard many conversations of the adults around me. I've had decades to see world cultures evolve and experience many crosscurrents.
Today, on one hand, young Japanese adopt the motif of US warplanes, while over here, I noted the rapt attention to the revival of Shogun (the costumes being in themselves a significant factor, not least the Englishman assuming Japanese garb, etc.)
What might that say about transitions in both cultures?
I think it is also somehow relevant that the setting for both are times of warfare, yet each speak to a certain attraction of one culture to another. My hope is that it represents shared appreciation even as our world seems more divisive.
I find all your commentary on fashion fascinating, but this discussion of the shark iconography is really intense.
I was born after WW2, but heard many conversations of the adults around me. I've had decades to see world cultures evolve and experience many crosscurrents.
Today, on one hand, young Japanese adopt the motif of US warplanes, while over here, I noted the rapt attention to the revival of Shogun (the costumes being in themselves a significant factor, not least the Englishman assuming Japanese garb, etc.)
What might that say about transitions in both cultures?
I think it is also somehow relevant that the setting for both are times of warfare, yet each speak to a certain attraction of one culture to another. My hope is that it represents shared appreciation even as our world seems more divisive.