All Caught Up: Gabbriette Burger, Charli XCX for SKIMS, Sneex

Don’t have to guess the color of her underwear!

Thirty-one freshly squeezed links ahead. I’m on PST the next week or so and let me tell you waking up to EST-timed emails is not it.

This week's picks include Alex Cooper leaving Spotify, Condé Nast x Open AI and the limits to brands acting like people.

Christina’s weekly scroll – 

1. Why is everyone obsessed with toys right now? I think that Amy, social media manager and Miffy enthusiast, said it best: “In a world that feels vastly out of control and is often very scary, it’s nice to have something that makes you smile and feel less alone.”

2. Don’t have to guess the color of her underwear! Charli XCX for SKIMS.

   Nikita note: SKIMS photoshoot is the new Vogue cover and I bet if SKIMS did print it would crush.

3. Sports 🤝 facial recognition. 

4. LEGO x Nike is happening. We can expect “co-branded products, content and experiences” coming in 2025.

5. Instagram is adding a Myspace-like music feature and tapped Sabrina Carpenter for the rollout.

6. Rick and Morty: The Anime?

7. Calvin Klein's Fall 2024 campaign stars Greta Lee.

8. Alex Cooper leaves Spotify for a $125M deal with SiriusXM.

9. With Ilia's expansion to Ulta, the brand is going mainstream.

10. The Nintendo Museum (opening in Kyoto this October) will let visitors play decades-old games using new controllers, smartphone cameras and more!

11. The Yu-Gi-Oh! x Hello Kitty Happy Meal is coming to America.

12. Oddli Swim is really, really good.

13. The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology have launched contests to… encourage people to find flaws in generative AI systems?

14. Feast down on Gabbriette x Great White. I can’t lie, the Spritz Noir sounds amazing.

Nikita’s weekly scroll – 

1. Open any ad agency website, marketer’s LinkedIn, etc and you’ll be met with something like ‘move at the speed of culture.’ Okay. Great one from our friends at

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   that talks about how cringy it is to hop onto every trend. 

2. Coca-Cola x Oreo… brand besties… None of these words are in the bible. 

3. What happened to dating? ‘Just talking’ relationships overwhelmingly benefit cis het men. In other news, water is wet. 

4. I talked about this on notes and I feel like Sneex are old news but… maybe a singular fashion girl could really crush the green ones? Idk man I hate them but I see it. Also imagine being a billionaire, heading to the lab for your next innovation and coming up with this.

5. The cities with the best and worst upward mobility. 

6. Part of me is like, this article is totally made up lmao. 

7. Emma Chamberlain gets a promotion at Chamberlain Coffee.

8. The limits to brands acting like people. 

9. Gap enlisted Troye Sivan for their latest campaign. 

10. Being a loser is mainstream and we should go outside more. 

11. The media products and pop culture that defined the Obama era. Felt old and insane reading this <3 Semi relatedly:

12. Kids are on X. I hate this because I know they’ll be on an alt-right pipeline ASAP.

13. Kamala’s campaign beat Trump’s in the very online game. 

14. New Nike x Phaidon print book. Looks like a good one, all about women’s apparel…

15. Your skin is better than you think it is. You’re just used to the beauty filter. 

    Christina note: This was a good reminder for me personally. Thanks!

16. Condé Nast x Open AI deal. Remember when I said publishers were after an AI data play? 

17. Stealing ideas is corny. THANK YOU. Christina and I have many sons on the internet and just know we see you. 

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Christina’s weekly report:

READING: Paddington and the Grand Tour. Hatchards Exclusive Edition!

EATING: Smarties and Squashies!

PLAYING: Pocket Camp–which is shutting down this November. I’ve been active for nearly 3,000 days…

OBSESSING: Can’t believe I saw Taylor Swift in London and manifested this *exact* show three days later.

RECOMMENDING: Finally watched both Dune movies and wow… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

TREATING: Thinking about sun hats a lot!

Nikita’s weekly report:

READING: Lots of RFPs.

EATING: Jammy boiled eggs.

PLAYING: Emily in Paris in surround sound at my parent’s house as God intended. 

OBSESSING: Cottage cheese. A bitch has protein goals…

RECOMMENDING: My mom has a pair of HOKA slides I’ve co-opted and they might need to come home with me.

TREATING: Tons of Dosa at my dad’s restaurant.

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