I’m browsing H&M and these choices look so random…

We’ve got Claude Monet and Van Gogh - sure, i love their paintings as much as the next person, but a T-shirt usually celebrates people or groups who are still alive, right?

And then “university of michigan” - why is faux university paraphenilia considered stylish?? Hell this is a bigger question than my original one. I’m shopping in Britain and the brand is European, what significance does University of Michigan have on our lives?

The various band name t shirts make the most sense, but for a while now there’s bee. The whole “oh you like Band Name? Name 3 of their songs.” attitude, so i see it dying off

Not intended as advertising btw.

  • altkey (he\him)@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    Sometimes I wonder about this too, since many of their pics look as random as your second hand store inventory. Many of them either look like random parts of past collections or designer’s portfolio, or a copyrightable copy of something they see as trendy today. E.g. the Michigan one doesn’t convey any message whatsoever but replicates the aestetics of said paraphernalia being popular on Insta, just like the slop engine would.