Omnivore taste among tastemakers collapsed boundaries between music, fashion, and art

Evidence

Pharrell and Nigo built their friendship on broad omnivore tastes, and their partnership razed boundaries between music, fashion, and art. They had spurred a new global aesthetic that would reshape aspiration and consumer behavior. As Nigo observed, “In America nobody ever used to line up to buy sneakers, but now it’s starting to happen.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 102

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly instances the ‘omnivore monoculture’ concept — the flattened universal taste that erases subcultural boundaries the reader must define and rebut.