What 20 Years of the Influencer Economy Taught Me About Voice, Luxury, and Losing the Plot I watched Examining 20 Years of Fashion’s Influencer Economy expecting another familiar conversation about authenticity, platforms, and content. Instead, it felt like a quiet reckoning with how fashion media, influence, and luxury slowly drifted away from their original meaning. What stayed with me most was how unintentional the influencer economy really was at the beginning. Early fashion bloggers were not building brands or chasing monetisation. They were writing because they had no access, no permission, and no stake in the system they admired from a distance.…