- It's difficult to imagine today, but not so long ago plenty of guys would balk at the idea of wearing bulbous sneakers - That's not to say fashion's volte-face toward loudness should be an unequivocal cause for celebration (no one needs to see any more Amiri or Philipp Plein), but for a lot of guys, the "bad taste" movement has let them discover ... See more
- In 1964, Susan Sontag defined camp as an aesthetic “sensibility” that is plain to see but hard for most of us to explain: an intentional over-the-top-ness, a slightly (or extremely) “off” quality, bad taste as a vehicle for good art. - Camp is artificial, passionate, serious, Sontag writes. Camp is Art Noveau objects, Greta Garbo, Warner Brothers... See more
- Since it entered the English language in the late 19th Century, the term has been subject to various interpretations, and there still doesn’t seem be a consensus. - Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay Notes on Camp is the inspiration for the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art gala and accompanying exhibition. In it, the late writer and filmmaker wrote: “To sn... See more