Crime and Chaos, an investigation by The Digital Fairy
An inquiry into the arresting aesthetics of the content crimewave
From arson-adjacent aesthetics lighting up fashion week to the rise of surveillance-chic and petty crime PR stunts, a content crimewave has nicked our attention.
Digi detectives launched an investigation to determine the motives behind our culture’s current obsession with crime and chaos — from a collective return to the 2000s obsession with celeb mugshots and female revenge to the permacrisis of our times and the (actual) crimes committed by those in power. We interviewed a few of the field’s finest fashion-forensic minds and compiled the evidence, results of our probe, and verdict on what’s next for the content crimewave in an investigative report. Download the full unclassified document here.
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