Welcome back to the Bimbo Industrial Complex! Today we delve into maximalism, minimalism, and whether less really is more (more materialistic, more rooted in white supremacy, etc. etc.). We pay our respects to our roots with a deep dive into Man Repeller and its (in)famous founder Leandra Medine and trace Tik Tok fashion back to its gaucho pant roots...

Required reading:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/03/the-pitfalls-and-the-potential-of-the-new-minimalism?source=search_google_dsa_paid&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI65Xx4vHr6wIVivOzCh2RDgd6EAAYASAAEgIVEPD_BwE

https://pure.solent.ac.uk/en/publications/boredom-and-reinvention-for-the-female-gaze-within-personal-fashi-2

http://www.tiara.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/amarwick_fashionblogs_ICWSM_2013.pdf

https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/leandra-medine-says-she-always-thought-she-was-poor.html

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/21287045/refinery29-black-employees-man-repeller-cosmopolitan-who-what-wear-vogue

Music credit:

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/the-lowdown

License code: PPH9FBEMASHOI7PB

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/in-the-now

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NB: All opinions are our own and this podcast is for humorous and fun analytical discourse only!