Fashion's Alt-Right Flirtation
Is it possible to co-opt the aesthetics of extremism without also espousing its ideology?
American fashion is currently facing the same identity crisis many hyper-online edgelords found themselves in eight years ago as the line between ironic versus authentic endorsement continues to blur beyond all recognition. Much like how Pepe the Frog helped make alt-right ideals more palatable to the masses that ushered Trump into office in 2016, fashi…