Icons in Vogue

It's amazing to me how cultural icons can be reinvented over time. We see tons of Che t-shirts here in HK and Mao has become an icon that seems somehow more like a great uncle than a Communist leader. We even have bust of Mao in our living room, granted it is a red velvet Mao, kind of Andy Warholesc.



This is a scan of a magnet that I found a couple of weeks ago and bought for some friends in KC. Translated, the Chinese means "running for the revolution," but for most consumers like myself, this product was sent not for its created purpose but rather as a piece of shic and cool China. The China that can be whatever to whomever and is the new play thing of the art world and consumer styles.