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Current Talk '08 I / Re: "lemon or cream?"
« on: May 22, 2008, 07:09:19 PM »
Well, the distinction with Sebastian was that he was a pyschic - someone from the fringes of "accepted society" - and some small leeway (though not much) would have been granted to the "eccentric" who could supposedly provide a valuable service - and that service would be the only reason Sebastian's mode of dress would be tolerated. But honestly, if one looks at what people really wore (or didn't wear) at Haight-Ashbury, as opposed to what TV shows depicted them as wearing, Sebastian's "threads" were conservative by comparison - he was dressed as an establishment version of anti-establishment. No doubt the real anti-establishment got a good laugh from his clothes - particularly his accessories - some of which probably looked to many in the audience like they were better suited for a science fiction character.