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

• Substack
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• X/Twitter

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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.