My inner tween can’t control herself because print is making a comeback!! With all the negative feedback around online dependence and overconsumption, and the harrowing fact we’re all starting to realize in that digital is NOT forever (MTV’s archive wipe), physical media is ripe for a resurgence. The Drunken Canal was so ahead of the curb when they started their grassroots print mag, and my heart warmed at the eighth graders that wrote The Ditch Weekly. The Cut and Nylon also recently announced they’d be bringing back print editions of their papers.
Sounds like Jeff Bezos also heard the news that Frog Club is in trouble. He spent $1000 for the “Chef’s Kiss Special” - in case you missed it, kissing the chef without consent is number 10 on the list of ways to get 86’d from the restaurant. Too bad there’s no phones allowed inside.
Daisy Edgar Jones is the surprise it girl de jour and I couldn’t be happier. Earlier this year she switched stylists to work with Dani Michelle, who also styles Kendall, Hailey, and Rosie HW. The Chloe looks she’s been spotted in first caught my eye (especially after there was lots of speculation over whether they would translate off the runway), and she’s been on a groove ever since. I guess I need to see Twisters now. Sigh.
Lots of fashion ranking movement lately. ON has overtaken the samba as the new it shoe, Gucci’s sales have dropped 20%, Loewe has surpassed Miu Miu on the latest Lyst Index hottest brands ranking, while Skims is overtaking some top high fashion brands.
Speaking of dated media making a comeback, US weekly just published a very 2000s-esque Olsen twin tell-all.
Is there some secret baby name company that’s profiting off the news? Just today Dazed and Vogue published pieces about the wild world of celebrity and influencer baby names. I get it, Lovely and Giraffe ARE weird names, but I didn’t know we were all so passionate about it.
Mark Zuckerberg is just at the beginning of his style revolution. He’s been making waves for his style meta-morphosis (good one), and is taking it one step further by reportedly looking to buy a stake in Supreme’s new parent company. Okay so this might be more business-aligned since the company does make AI powered glasses, but there could be ulterior motives here.
The days have been getting shorter, and so have mens shorts. Short shorts aren’t going anywhere. Just today a friend of mine reported getting a SSENSE notification declaring it “Thigh Guy Summer”, and Paul Mescal continues to make waves. editors note: I’m dying at this story about where to spot him in London. I could have written this.
The hottest new place to stay is in a motel. I blame Miranda July for this.
will be giving her two cents on modern etiquette rules, and I think it’s just what we need. While I did love that Fran Lebowitz and LSD piece, I simply cannot relate to being in the tricky spot where there’s “15 people there to do the laundry where you are staying”. Although I wish I could. Excited to see what faux pas I’ve been committing!
How did I miss this piece on Ballerina Farm? Thankfully my tiktok feed is FULL of people’s opinions on it. Straight off the back of a positive trad wife moment with Nara Smith’s DIY bag, we get an unfiltered look into Hannah Neeleman, aka Ballerina Farm. If you’re not familiar with Hannah, she’s a Juilliard School graduate ballerina (hence the name) who decided to make the leap over to influencing and motherhood, with 8 kids and 9 million instagram followers. This piece really pulls the curtain back on her life - here are some takeaways:
She doesn’t have childcare help. This is important because apparently everyone assumes popular trad wife influencers all have nannies. Her husband says she “sometimes gets so ill from exhaustion that she can’t get out of bed for a week.”
Her husband is the worst. In my opinion. Just read this:
“Back then I thought we should date for a year [before marriage],” she continues. “So I could finish school and whatever. And Daniel was, like, ‘It’s not going to work, we’ve got to get married now.’ ” After a month they were engaged. Two months after that they were married
Aside from being the worst, he’s also the heir to the JetBlue fortune. Which is probably how they achieved their pseudo-homemaker lifestyle and this kitchen range. My dreams were crushed the day I found out it was $20K.
was on and it was great. Full stop.
Vanessa Friedman declares the end of gossip. If you’re not caught up on the fashion world as of late, there’s been quite a bit of movement amongst creative directors. With that comes the inevitable chatter: who will replace them/why did they leave/where will they go next/etc… She makes a really great point in that “as fashion itself has become entertainment, designer turnover has itself become a spectator sport” and the discourse is less about the craft itself, which she argues will emerge in the ways it’s meant to in due course.
I really enjoyed this post in . Long live the era of the scammer deep dive!
I fear I must get some sleep or I’ll also be stuck in bed for a week. Goodnight!