Fashion heightens the felt presence of the present moment

Evidence

Fashion always occupies the dividing-line between the past and the future, and consequently conveys a stronger feeling of the present, at least while it is at its height, than most other phenomena. What we call the present is usually nothing more than a combination of a fragment of the past with a fragment of the future. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 723

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the blasé attitude and urban present-centeredness in The Metropolis and Mental Life — both describe modernity’s intensification of the present against a weakening past. — connects to: Rapid fashion change signals nervous exhaustion in an era — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 722; The weakening of permanent convictions drives modern consciousness toward fashion — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 724; Sensation anchors awareness in immediate present presence — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 242 (+1 more)

Related

• The weakening of permanent convictions drives modern consciousness toward fashion (similarity 0.89)
• Rapid fashion change signals nervous exhaustion in an era (similarity 0.88)
• Fashion recurs cyclically because old forms regain the charm of difference once forgotten (similarity 0.84)
• Fashion dictates styles with no objective, aesthetic, or practical justification. (similarity 0.80)
• The permanence of change itself grants passing objects an illusion of duration (similarity 0.80)
• Modern society’s weak judgment makes fanatical conviction socially magnetic (similarity 0.79)
• Fashion arose to reconcile individual identity with mass-produced industrial aesthetics (similarity 0.79)
• Fashion is abandoned by a class once it diffuses to other classes (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Sensation anchors awareness in immediate present presence #corroborates (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 242
• Fashion recurs cyclically because old forms regain the charm of difference once forgotten #expands (0.55) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 743