Ep. 60: Class and collection ft. Dani Loftus
This week on Tasteland we're joined by Dani Loftus. Dani is a founder, writer and investor focused on the digital evolution of culture. After founding content platform This Outfit Does Not Exist in 2021, she became a leading voice in the digital fashion space working with brands like Chanel, Dion Lee, and Google and writing for publications such as HUNGER, DIRT and Jing Daily.
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Dani
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Dani
01:00 Gimmicky martini epidemic
05:10 The return the hipsterdom
17:27 Happy victims
20:28 Fashion is fine art
28:18 Pandemic shopping habits
31:22 The Doji problem
38:58 The commodification of taste in fashion
46:52 Putting a watermark on humanity
51:22 Class structure in the UK vs US
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
