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Subject: Re: Why is 'wetlook' actually called 'wetlook'

Date: Wed 13/08/03 08:15:17 GMT

Name: AnthonyX

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I could never figure it out either. I first encountered the term "wetlook" as something that looks wet even though it isn't... usually fashion items like clothing. Funny thing is that I never really understood why someone would value a wet look, even as I was exploring and enjoying wet clothing.

Why do we call it wetlook? The only explanation I can offer is that it was arbitrary. The term WAM (wet and messy) covers more territory, so in order to label our specific interest in wet clothing, apparently suggested "wetlook", and it stuck. I think the rationale was that it is about wet, and for the most part, guys just look. I think that correct or not, that rationalization is pretty weak. Personally, I don't like the term "wetlook" because it was originally coined for a different purpose (simulating the look of something wet), and it isn't intuitively very obvious that it means what we are using it to mean.

Why don't we just start calling it what it is: wet clothing?

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Why is 'wetlook' actually called 'wetlook'

By Eric - evyked@iname.com Wed 13/08/03 00:27:05 GMT

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'Cos, I mean, latex for example looks wet, so it can be

wet look, but wet clothes ARE wet... Hmm, I've confused

myself now.

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