Hello, hi and welcome to another episode of the Emma Gunn Show and an observation.

I am curious to know if you have also noticed this.

And I say you, because I'm assuming that you are of a similar age or a similar

disposition. And you may too have noticed that ambition has become an aesthetic. I was in London today,

I was walking around and I saw lots of young women sporting the same

look.

Now, let's just be honest, that is not a peculiar or bizarre thing.

That has been, that's fashion, that's style, that's trends, that is something that has

been happening for decades, for centuries, however long you wanted to go back.

But I think there is something about what I'm calling the slick back bun economy,

that I just think it just really stands out for me, and I'll tell you for why.

So, okay, just paint the picture.

You've got lots of girls wearing slick back, it's really hard not to say

slick black bun, so I'm going to try to really enunciate. Slick back bun. They've got the gold

hoops, usually quite chunky. There's usually a shoulder padded jacket or a Mac. There's almost like

a calm, deliberate tone and the projection of that aesthetic. And there's sort of the very

smart, like I said, Mac and Blazer, or there's the ath leisure wear and the baseball cap. But the

aesthetic is trying to say something. And I think what it is saying is I've got my life together

I've started to notice that success particularly for younger women now very much has a uniform

it's very clean it's very polished it's instantly recognisable and success is now an identity

and correct me if I'm wrong, but I just don't think

it has been that way in the past. It's not just a look, it's a language, it's a generation's way of

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