Things are stable for a long time then suddenly changes. Punctuated equilibrium can also explain social and technological changes. Things can change gradually and rapidly at the same time. Fashion can evolve and change slowly, adapt and then can be completely changed overnight.
Wigs, powered or not, were worn, as prescribed by fashion, by men from about 1650 to 1800. There was gradual change in the shape, size, and color. Then there was sudden change as wigs completely fell out of fashion.
A similar process has happened/is happening with men's suits. At one point men of all classes wore suits, to the ball park, to picnics, even if they were complete and total slobs. Men would wear jacket and ties waiting in a soup line. Chaplin's character, the Tramp, mostly wears a jacket and tie. Now the voluntary wearing of suits and ties has declined. Worn now primarily when dress codes are enforced.
I decided to rewatch Spiderman (2002) because of the unnecessary relaunch of the franchise. Weirdly for a movie only a decade old seems already to be from another era. A decade ago, when there were lan cafes, I saw ads this movie at the lan cafe I used to go to. Spiderman was filmed before the iPod when only a third of Americans had cell phones.
Here are some of the things I noticed are depict a world of last century and not the time we live in now.
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| Old style camera with film |
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| Want ads on paper |
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| Cathode Ray Television |
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| Payphones |
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