Cool Britannia

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British cultural phenomenon cultural movement

Cool Britannia was a mid-1990s British cultural moment marked by renewed national confidence, contemporary art, fashion, and especially Britpop music, symbolizing a stylish, modern image of the UK.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cool Britannia canonical	2
Cool Britannia cinema	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British cultural phenomenon ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ
associatedWith	10 Downing Street parties ⓘ Alexander McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ Blur NERFINISHED ⓘ Britart NERFINISHED ⓘ British fashion designers ⓘ Britpop NERFINISHED ⓘ Britpop bands NERFINISHED ⓘ Cool Britannia room at 10 Downing Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Damien Hirst NERFINISHED ⓘ Geri Halliwell’s Union Jack dress NERFINISHED ⓘ New Labour NERFINISHED ⓘ Oasis NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulp NERFINISHED ⓘ Spice Girls NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Blair NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracey Emin NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Jack imagery ⓘ YBAs NERFINISHED ⓘ Young British Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ media hype ⓘ “Cool Britannia” headline in Vanity Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ “Cool Britannia” slogan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource	British press NERFINISHED ⓘ international magazines ⓘ
endTime	late 1990s ⓘ
follows	Thatcherism NERFINISHED ⓘ post-punk era ⓘ
genre	popular culture ⓘ
hasCause	economic recovery in the 1990s UK ⓘ global success of British music and fashion ⓘ growth of creative industries in Britain ⓘ
hasEffect	commercialization of British culture ⓘ increased global visibility of British pop culture ⓘ promotion of London as a creative capital ⓘ rebranding of the UK as modern and stylish ⓘ renewed British national confidence ⓘ
hasPart	British comedy ⓘ British design ⓘ British fashion ⓘ British film ⓘ British nightlife ⓘ British television ⓘ Britpop NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary British art ⓘ
hasQuality	London-centric ⓘ commercialized ⓘ modern ⓘ optimistic ⓘ stylish ⓘ
influenced	branding of London as a global city ⓘ later discussions of UK cultural policy ⓘ perceptions of British soft power ⓘ
location	United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject	British identity ⓘ creative industries ⓘ youth culture ⓘ
opposedBy	critics of commercialization of culture ⓘ some left-wing commentators ⓘ some traditionalists ⓘ
significantEvent	election of New Labour government in 1997 ⓘ international marketing campaigns for UK culture ⓘ media promotion of Britpop ⓘ
startTime	mid-1990s ⓘ
temporalLocation	1990s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Britpop → culturalContext → Cool Britannia ⓘ

Knebworth Park 1996 → associatedMovement → Cool Britannia ⓘ

British film industry → notableMovement → Cool Britannia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cool Britannia cinema