Please Mind the (Chanel) Gap

Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year?

Good morning! Sorry for missing last week’s newsletter — I was very overwhelmed with work and moving, and I can’t say that’s changed. But I do honor this little commitment every week and it feels nice… so let’s get into it :)

This week’s picks include the ACUVUE twins, Color(s) of the Year and unplugging from the discourse.

Christina’s weekly scroll—

1. A wheel of cheese has signed with UTA.

2. TikTok Shop is now the size of eBay.

3. ‘Rage bait’ named Oxford word of the year. Remember:
   

4. Club Chalamet admin reveal.

5. Being hot is now… a job requirement.

6. Poppi continues its push into gaming.

   @byjoychen

   

   JOY on Instagram: "HOLIDAY AVATAR GAME FOR @drinkpoppi 🎄🎁❤️
   
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7. Sports betting is changing sports culture.

8. Turns out smooching goes back 21 million years.

9. Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is... white! Specifically, ‘Cloud Dancer‘ white. WGSN, on the other hand, is giving it to ‘Transformative Teal.’

10. San Francisco filed a landmark lawsuit, suing 10 companies that make ultra-processed foods, comparing these food companies to ‘big tobacco’.

11. Boy Room got a sibling: Girl Room! And it’s hosted by Owen Thiele!

    

12. YouTube says it will be less safe for kids under Australia’s social media ban.

13. “Ban phones from every school, movie theater, library and third space you like — we will never be able to travel back in time, or to an alternate reality, where this technology was never created, where it was never put in the hands of every person on earth. Before long, we’ll have to accept that the same thing is true of artificial intelligence. Refusal isn’t an option. Adaptation, however, is.”

14. ICYMI… Druski and Timothée Chalamet held talent auditions in NYC. Lmao.

15. The ACUVUE twins are BACK!!!

16. Cannot stop thinking about this tweet.

17. They put my man Shadow in black Timbs.

    @timberland_jpn

    

    Timberland JAPAN（ティンバーランド） on Instagram: "「セガ」と２回目のコラボレーションが実現！…

Nikita’s weekly scroll—

1. Personally, I’ve never once been on this platform and thought — I really enjoyed hearing from that brand here. Just saying.

2. I mean… are we surprised?

   Fashion Twitter is mad Daniel Roseberry Dressed a MAGA heiress.

3. If you haven’t tapped though Matt Stasoff’s deck this week, WYD?

4. A lot of being on the internet is just being mad at a guy you made up in your head and frankly… sometimes you must do less of that.

   What unplugging from the discourse did to my brain

5. It’s always really sad to see a business shut down, but also refreshing to see a founder write such a thorough post-mortem.

6. When I had my own studio, I always wondered if I should have been a studio or a person freelancing, and personally, I chose a studio.

7. Everyone is either fawning over the Chanel show or feeling pretty… meh about it. I just think the economy is bad and everyone is pretty sensitive to that fact.

   My most controversial fashion take

8. Athletes are going broke because of bad investments and family matters. Sad, fascinating stuff.

9. An incredible deep dive on allllll things Rachel Zoe.

10. Wow…

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Christina’s weekly report:

READING: The Art & Science of World-Building, plus —

A weird medieval gift guide

EATING: Elavi protein brownie c/o all day menu by air milkshake.

PLAYING:

OBSESSING: Over Anthony Bourdain’s lost Li.st’s.

RECOMMENDING: Where Winds Meet!

TREATING: Myself to a custom bezel for my Samsung Frame TV.

Nikita’s weekly report:

READING: Trying not to throw up just from the opening lines of this.

Late Empire Life Extension

EATING: A Sakara breakfast.

PLAYING: Tate McRae, according to my Spotify Wrapped somehow.

OBSESSING: Over being moved out of this unit already.

RECOMMENDING: Sleeping more.

TREATING: A big slice of pizza.

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