We define ourselves in the U.S. by clothes and haircuts in each time period. The track jacket is high school. The man wearing it is twenty-nine years old. Mac McGinnis, a full-length cutout, ten inches wide. The sunglasses on your Portrait With Sunglasses . . .
Fashion is ephemeral.
Any symbol of that thing that is really new in fashion instantly becomes mortal. I liked that. It's kind of like you've been practicing without a license. I mean people will get them. Illegal lofts were common.