All Caught Up: Lady Gaga x the Louvre, holographic glasses, crowdfunding travelers

BELLA IS BACK ON THE RUNWAY!

#EricAdamsIsOverParty is truly the best news of the week. Definitely a victory for rats (and the people of New York).

Also, who else is watching Industry? Industrialists, we are so up but I hope they don’t write Rob off!!!!

This week's picks include Brian Cox for Asics, new Warby Parker editions and the history of the fashion internet. 

Christina’s weekly scroll – 

1. #VotingSuitsYou. Love that Argent x WWAV brought this campaign back.

2. We haven’t hit the tip of the indie-sleaze iceberg… but I imagine we’re close.

3. I was lowkey surprised by how many brands actually showed up at the SWEAT tour... Tarte, Jacob & Co and more… Paraphrasing my bestie

   Gregory Littley
   : file this under ways Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour changed marketing forever.

4. F*ck the fruit! Brian Cox for Asics really… spoke to me.

5. Mikey Madison held a private screening of Anora for sex workers and strippers. Amazing. No notes.

6. Cannot stop thinking about The North Face x Cecilie Bahnsen.

7. Billie Eilish x Google Maps (lol). Obsessed with how the same company that is blaming its 48% increase in emissions on AI is trying to act ~ethically~ by pushing eco-friendly transportation and plant-based food options.

8. GAGA! Talented, brilliant, incredible… Mother Monster teased a song from her surprise Joker: Folie à Deux companion album, Harlequin, alongside her collaboration with the Louvre to promote its Figures Du Fou exhibition (Figures of the Fool).

   

9. People are traveling the world thanks to crowdfunding… Have you ever heard of FundMyTravel???

10. Meta is going all in on smart glasses. At Meta's annual Connect developer event, Zuckerberg announced Orion, a prototype pair of holographic display glasses that he claims has been in development for over 10 years…

Nikita’s weekly scroll – 

1. The fashion internet raised me and I felt 1,000 years old reading this retrospective of the fashion internet featuring good friends like

   Arabelle Sicardi
   . I miss the early blog internet! We all had a chance! It felt special!

2. And, as a fast follow-up, everyone who likes fashion wants to understand the business of fashion. But why?

3. It’s fun to think about Industry and Succession influencing fashion but I actually think the longer tail of corporate fashion being back in is a not-so-hot economy and fascism. But let’s pretend it’s prestige TV. That feels better from a being able to sleep at night perspective. (Also an interview with the creators of Industry here if you want.)

4. Nobody is ever really canceled in fashion. 

5. Fun Warby Parker collabs (sorry, editions!) Zaya Wade, Natasha Lyonne!

6. After two students who attended Cannes filed a sexual assault complaint against a ‘consultant,’ Cindy Gallop unveiled her seven-step plan for men in AdLand to end sexual harassment.

7. Congrats to my friends at ASH (hey

   Allegra Lorenzotti
   ! 👋) on their Jolie collab!

8. Sorry that my newsletter section is just Bella Hadid corner but BELLA IS BACK ON THE RUNWAY. 

9. After this piece on taste that went viral on the tech side of Twitter,

   Reggie James
   wrote a response. I like his framing of taste; that taste is the personalizing of culture.

10. Y’all know I am skeptical about an unhinged TikTok strategy but… I am into this ‘lore’ angle Nutter Butter is taking??? cc:

    Rachel Karten

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Christina’s weekly report:

READING: The email LinkedIn sent “clarifying” why they inexplicably deleted my account for the second time this year 👍 (It has been restored.)

EATING: Plant protein granola w/ maple mylk.

PLAYING: What’s The Time Where You Are?

OBSESSING: I am thoroughly enjoying the HOTD references I'm catching in my GOT rewatch.

RECOMMENDING: Stocking up for Hurricane Helene!!!

TREATING: Nutella chocolate chunk and vanilla ice cream sandwich from The Baked Bear <3

Nikita’s weekly report:

READING: For the second week in a row, let’s not talk about it. I promise you will understand why in due time!

EATING: Truffle chicken salad with Craize jalapeño lime crackers.

PLAYING: Hitting play on my Ladder workouts.

OBSESSING: Moo Deng <3

RECOMMENDING: Arranging for petsitting like six months in advance.

TREATING: Myself to logging out at 6PM.

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