The relationship to time in the history of taste and appearance is central\u2014the notion of being \u201cout of style\u201d fundamentally disqualifies all forms of the past. Yet aesthetic cycles, like the seasonal rhythms to which they respond, are not always linear: we enjoy recalling a silhouette or evoking a bygone era through a pattern or a fabric.<\/p>\n
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