tasteslop, n.Trivia

Trend ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠forecaster Emily Segal defined "tasteslop" in a May 2026 essay for her firm Nemesis, arguing taste is a socially validated relation, not a property of objects.

Segal ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠was prompted by an AI-generated "good taste" moodboard stuffed with standard luxury markers like Rimowa luggage and Aesop products.

Segal ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠co-founded K-HOLE, the trend-forecasting collective behind the 2013 report that popularized "normcore."