Tuesday, December 11, 2007

THE POVERTY OF STYLE

above, Best Buy Cosmetics
below, The World of Vintage T-Shirts on Melrose


At Best Buy Cosmetics in downtown L.A. style transgresses social structure. Best Buy caters to a clientele that is mostly poor and homeless, selling raglan tees leftover from the eighties for six dollars apiece. Eight miles away on Melrose, similar shirts can cost hundreds of dollars.

No comments: