The important point about ads and fashions can be stated in a word. Fashion is the popular substitute for art. It is a constantly applied stimulus to our natural sluggishness. A kind of social tonic. From this point of view fashion is the life-blood of advertising.
“The Age of Advertising”, in Commonweal, September 11, (1953), Vol. 58, No. 23, p 557
Year: 1953
Chapter:
Advertising
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan