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after school weekend edition
Welcome back to After School Weekend Edition, a not-so-brief trends debrief for paid subscribers. Your support keeps this newsletter going!
In today’s letter:
The two AI virtual try-on apps taking over my feeds (TikTok and Twitter, respectively!)
The athleisure dupes turning Costco into a fashion-y hotspot
Damning proof Gap still doesn’t get Gen Z
The item being hailed as the “fashion world’s hottest garment” and a “Gen Z phenomenon”
Predictions for the sneaker of 2025
A theory on the Ugg reign and when it will end
Going deep on Gen Alpha beauty brands
Why girls on TikTok are rubbing bananas on their face
The kids want websites! (“I miss interacting with real people and not just observing”)
Plus everything else that happened in style, beauty, and culture and what I’m buying, reading, and listening to. But first, my favorite TikTok of the week:
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My body is not an especially easy one to dress (does anyone feel as though theirs is?), and I’m constantly ordering things that look so good on the 5’11 model that look so dumb on 5’3 me.
