Streetwear’s absorption into luxury erased the boundary between the two

Evidence

The blending of European luxury houses and mass consumer brands with hip-hop and streetwear was another inevitable endpoint for the omnivore monoculture. Luxury brands that once represented the refined elegance of suits and ball gowns now trafficked in casual, logo-laden garments. As fashion journalist Vanessa Friedman observed, “Hoodies and sneakers and T-shirts have become so fully absorbed by the high fashion establishment that the line between streetwear and fashion has effectively disappeared.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 768

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete instance of the book’s defining concept — omnivore monoculture as the erasure of subcultural distinction.