CULTURE

The Difference Between Dated and Retro

Things can’t become cool again until the “poors” have dropped them

Michelle Teheux
Ellemeno
Published in
7 min readJan 8, 2024

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Photo by Phebe Tan on Unsplash

A couple of years ago, my daughter proudly showed me her new mid-century modern chair — an orange upholstered seat supported on bare wooden legs.

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Michelle Teheux
Ellemeno

Lover of literature. Former newspaper editor. Fascinated by everything. Contact: michelleteheux@gmail.com. To buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/michelleteheux