The ethnic patterns, colors and embellishment of the 1960's and 70's appear to be having a fresh say in the present age of rigid big-brand conformity.
"Where Thatcher created that dearth of culture with her policies, and filled the high streets with brands, conformity, and mundanity, what you got is young kids looking to fill that void, which can only be a good thing".
The success he made of his brand of non-conformity should fill all would-be wanderers with hope.
People, he says, are searching beyond the conformity of large brand goods, "looking for a different kind of luxury".
The Sex Pistols were last seen playing Las Vegas, and lending their name to a brand of unisex perfume ("fighting conformity and disregarding aromatic conventions, it leaves a fresh, restless bite of lemon, sharpened and intensified by a defiant black pepper").
In this age of conformity and big brands, individualism is a delightful rarity.
For many, brand is a dark force bringing control, conformity, corporatism and crassness.
Marketers who resolve the tension between ego affirmation and conformity deepen the role their brands play in life.
Registered horses are marked with a stylized "N" brand on the left side of the neck, signifying conformity to the breed standard.
Yes, a certain dot-com conformity appears to be spreading in the naming and branding of technology companies.
