A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

(of the miniskirt)
The kids couldn’t give you a single reason why they wear it. The mini skirt is a corporate costume; kids today, in putting on a mini skirt, are in roles… not their private selves. When you are in a role you put on your audience, like Mae West who put on the role of the female impersonator, like Tiny Tim…
“Miniskirt Tribalism,” interview in Rags, 1970, p 23
Year: 1970
Compiled by William Kuhns
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