Wash ,'War Stories'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I finished 1Q84, which was...puzzling. Most of it was unsettling, and there's some bits where it's hard to separate out the Japanese author's intent vs. the translation.
But anyway, the important bit is that yay, now I can start my Night Circus reread.
These are fun - silly photos of "serious" writers (quotes mine) - [link]
Edward Gorey! Now I love him all the more.
Edward Gorey! Now I love him all the more.
Heh. He used to go to the New York City Ballet (he saw every performance for over 20 years) wearing a raccoon coat, sneakers without socks, earrings and rings on all his fingers. In the early sixties.
He was (of course) also a huge Buffy fan.
Early 60s were, as far as I know, the only time raccoon coats were a major men's fashion item.
Early 60s were, as far as I know, the only time raccoon coats were a major men's fashion item.
Shows how much you know! They're stereotypically associated with the 20s and the flapper era.
Learn something new every day.
It's only a wiki away.
But it's standard for not only 20s pop culture to show college men in raccoon coats, but it was such a strong association that it perpetuated as the male flapper equivalent for decades to come in cartoons and whatnot. (Along with straw boaters and ukeleles.)
So, for Gorey to be wearing it in the 40s and 50s and 60s was an extreme affectation.
That's as close to the stereotype of the young 1920s male as you can get.
Not an affectation in the 60s, at least not a lone affectation. It was a 57 fad be cause of Crockett series, and briefly a an affectation of the transition between beats and hippies. You could see tons of raccoon coats in 62. Was the first fashion excess I ever noticed at age two and three. As late as 67 Mad Magazine was still making fun of raccoon coats.
