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Our obsession with nostalgia is driving a trend revival spiral
I’ve come to think there’s a Cultural Doppler Effect.What sounds right in the moment feels different and dated to a time and place later on. This is true of fashion, design, music, beliefs, literally everything.
The Cultural Doppler Effect is what makes “retro.” As past cultural waves wash over us, their context is not as they first appeared. They... See more
The Cultural Doppler Effect is what makes “retro.” As past cultural waves wash over us, their context is not as they first appeared. They... See more
The cultural Doppler effect
there is an accelerating trend.” It is “faster to reach peak popularity,” and then there is “a faster drop again.”