Designer [...]

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Someone asked in another forum

> The word 'designer' has evolved rapidly from a term for custom-made
> clothing to standard products that just have an expensive name sewn on
> them, and recently to customized products, notably 'designer genes'
> for engineered babies and 'designer education' for self-directed
> study, etc.
>
> I would like to use the term 'designer religion' in a story set in
> 1984. I'm afraid it would be anachronistic, though. I've heard the
> term used recently to describe a system where you choose beliefs that
> are compatible with your personal and political beliefs.

I mentioned that designer jeans (Jordache &c.) were available
c1979, but that I didn't know when we segued into designer-genes,
designer-religions and what-all.

Anyone have some more concrete information?

Sal
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