Comments on: Brandistan http://dervala.net/2006/10/31/brandistan/ A love letter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dervala http://dervala.net/2006/10/31/brandistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 Dervala Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:50:49 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=776#comment-1636 :-) I can absorb or I can photograph, Jerry. Not both, unfortunately. :-)

I can absorb or I can photograph, Jerry. Not both, unfortunately.

]]> By: JerryT http://dervala.net/2006/10/31/brandistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 JerryT Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:34:11 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=776#comment-1635 Very nice travel photography. Sounds like you almost wore out the camera. ;) Very nice travel photography. Sounds like you almost wore out the camera. ;)

]]> By: Lillian http://dervala.net/2006/10/31/brandistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Lillian Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:14:33 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=776#comment-1634 "What does it mean when Charismatic Shopgirls and Lively Hairdressers and even Elegant Gothic Lolita are willing to find the money for a $3,000 purse, or ten—and join a quarter of a mile queue for the privilege of paying for them, as they did when the latest store opened?" Smacks of high school peer pressure to me. But it makes sense for a culture that, from way over here in North America, appears to celebrate cute and conformist. While that's possibly oversimplifying, it's interesting to wonder what forces are at play here. “What does it mean when Charismatic Shopgirls and Lively Hairdressers and even Elegant Gothic Lolita are willing to find the money for a $3,000 purse, or ten—and join a quarter of a mile queue for the privilege of paying for them, as they did when the latest store opened?”

Smacks of high school peer pressure to me. But it makes sense for a culture that, from way over here in North America, appears to celebrate cute and conformist. While that’s possibly oversimplifying, it’s interesting to wonder what forces are at play here.

]]> By: Ivan http://dervala.net/2006/10/31/brandistan/comment-page-1/#comment-1633 Ivan Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:52:41 +0000 http://dervala.net/?p=776#comment-1633 Glad to have you back again/ As usual, wonderfully observant! Glad to have you back again/ As usual, wonderfully observant!

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