So many of fashions critical trends of our age; sneakers becoming the norm in every scenario, the collapse of tailoring, 360º streetwear, seem predicated on the dissolution of capitalism's final barriers; that the role of the adult is nominally different to the role of the child
the figure of the algorithm is crucial to this victory of capital over us. Youtube, Alexa, Google, fight a daily ground war to make The Adult obsolete as guardians, curators, informers. In its place, the adult and the child merge; as Viewer and Consumer, and so too their uniform
The nuclear family model is obsolete. The New American Family is a home of five Consumers and one Adult increasingly responsible for determining its obligations, viewing habits and consumption; The Adult is a chimera of its smart devices.
