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But the camera also judged your clothes with a function called âStyle Check,â using a combination of algorithmic analysis and human workers (recall Amazonâs faux-automated Mechanical Turk) to tell you if the garments matched or if the combination was fashionable.
Kyle Chayka âą Filterworld
Weâre seeing endings everywhere, in both obvious and non-obvious ways. Let me count the ways.Despite Trumpâs non-brand-approved appearance, McDonaldâs is failing as a major E. coli outbreak hit their (icky) onions (along with Burger King and Taco Bell too), sending shares down. Itâs not just the E. coli but one of the brandâs fry suppliers closed m... See more
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But todayâs rich donât generally wear the 2020 version of royal purple, something like parametrically fitted garments made of nanofibers embellished with synthetic mother of pearl (which might be the results of real growth). Instead, they wear $500 cotton t-shirts with inscrutable references and visual motifs pulled from a smörgĂ„s-moodboard that ma... See more
nemesis.global âą The Umami Theory of Value: Autopsy of the Experience Economy
(In The Death of Trends, Vox's Terry) Nguyen is examining a more abstract consequence of this rapid acceleration, which is that it saps trends of their subcultural context, reducing them to status symbols that represent status itself, like a trail of breadcrumbs leading to more breadcrumbs. Her piece is focused on fashion trends, or aesthetic ... See more