Fashion is just TikTok now

“We are no longer sitting in a restaurant, ordering our own meal,“ Alexandra Hildreth explained of the this tension materializing in fashion, of those who are dressed “by” the algorithm versus those who are informed by other inputs. The same can be said of ideologies, of approaches to the world. “We are at an all you can eat sushi conveyor belt, wh... See more

A generation’s currency is measured in trends, the moments that make an era mouthwateringly memorable. Only these fads are no longer dictated by a handful of tastemakers. Instead, what gets crowned as cool is often determined by how well a trend appeals to the rhythms of a specific platform. An idea’s artistic or cultural cachet depends on how easi... See more

I’ve been thinking a lot about what is (or is not) a trend . Merriam-Webster defines “trend” as “the general movement over time of a statistically detectable change.” If fashion publications are all eagerly covering a particular item or style, thus causing a “statistically detectable change” in how much coverage something is getting, does that make... See more