EDITOR’S NOTE
Happy Sunday. Tomorrow’s my birthday — and the internet, it seems, already got the memo. Early gifts include:
This $17 storage gem basically creates an instant closet wherever you want one, without taking up much space. RIP to my clothes-chair problem.
Looking stylish when it’s 90 degrees and the sidewalks are melting is possible — and these eight outfit ideas prove it. The fourth is exactly the unbothered, I-summer-in-Nantucket woman I want to be.
My favorite ice cream brand just released three new flavors, and if Cosmic Brownies were the best thing to happen to your elementary-school self (same), get to your grocery store ASAP.
The latest Trader Joe’s home obsession has arrived — and it looks more like Anthropologie than TJ’s. Even better? It’ll make you think you’re on a beach in Capri.
After what’s felt like a decade of radio silence, my Forever Style Icon Katie Holmes has reemerged in a linen tank top that I’m about to copy.
— Melissa Goldberg / Senior Editor / Washington, DC
🧶 Crochet isn’t just taking over your footwear — it’s coming for this other accessory too. And it’s much cooler than the one you had from Limited Too.
💁♀️ The key to pulling off fashion’s new favorite hairstyle? Doing 10 times less than you already do. Finally, our time to shine.
☀️ Polka dots, you had a good run. But the print that’ll be everywhere this summer is a very specific type of stripe — which is giving circus tent, but in a ridiculously chic way.
🩴 If you thought the flip-flop revival was…painful, we regret to inform you an even more controversial sandal is making a comeback. What did our toes do to deserve this?
🎨 Blue and orange may be having a moment — but this is the color combo stylish people will actually reach for all summer. Does it remind us of a certain Popsicle? Yes. But is it surprisingly wearable? Also yes.
The Royal Wedding Watch™ is officially on. Sure, speculation about the nuptials of the decade (no offense to the Bezoses) started approximately 0.2 seconds after Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce dropped that joint Instagram post, but the past week sent it into overdrive. In what was interesting timing, your English teacher came out for Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, where she sat courtside at Madison Square Garden not with your gym teacher, but with her Haimsmaids (do you think Alana will make Bride Tribe tees?) and Mariska Hargitay. Perhaps she wanted to be part of the greatest Knicks win ever? Or maybe she just needed to tour her wedding venue?
If the latest rumors are to be believed — and that’s a big if — Tayvis will exchange vows (praying for you, KillaTrav) at MSG on July 3, in front of at least 1,000 of their closest friends (meaning, the odds look good for this royal). Now, while a Midtown Manhattan arena might not scream “Pinterest-ready venue,” these two are loaded and can probably turn it into whatever they want (evidently, a little tasteful drapery can go a long way). And crucially, it’s incredibly secure, offering unrivaled privacy and protection from the prying eyes (and helicopters) of the paparazzi — one of many compelling reasons it’s being called “the smartest idea in the world.” Of course, not everyone is sold (this man is not wrong) and some think this is all an elaborate smoke screen concocted by the couple (read: Tree Paine) to throw off the press and Swifties everywhere. Other rumored locations include Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, Richard Branson’s private island in the British Virgin Islands, and places ranging from Kansas City to the Cotswolds — according to the prediction markets, which are unsurprisingly going big on this. Plus, there’s what has always seemed like the most logical option: a venue near Swift’s home in Rhode Island. Though at this point, who’s to say they won’t just elope at a Christmas tree farm? Honestly, that’d still be the wedding of the decade.
Prime Video dropped the Elle trailer this week, and respectfully, what in the Riverdale is going on here? Set in 1995, the Legally Blonde prequel series follows a teenage Elle Woods, whose entire LA “It” Girl existence is upended when her family is forced to move to Seattle, where it appears every person is born a Nirvana fan with smudged eyeliner. Obviously, we have questions about how Elle’s never-before-mentioned side quest as a transfer student to the world’s most emo high school factors into the original movie’s canon. Specifically, if she already experienced being a fish out of water, would she genuinely not have owned anything black by the time she got to Harvard? And better yet, isn’t this just the same plot all over again? Those weren’t the internet’s only complaints: Many of the costumes are spiritually giving Shein; Elle’s hairstylists seemed to have learned nothing from those viral CBK screen tests; and how do these people have such iPhone face? Finally, while we appreciate the butterfly clips, Trapper Keepers, and that landline phone, was anyone really making iced coffee their entire personality in the ’90s? All of which is to say: What, like it’s hard to make a prequel to an iconic movie?
Tom Brady, the man who has eaten a total of one strawberry in his life, just launched a coconut-water line. Stale but fine, right? Wrong. Because take a look at the name. Gayle King, he’s all yours.
The only thing worse than your best friend dating your ex? When your ex-boyfriend turned best friend dates your daughter. That special kind of nightmare is exactly what unfolds in Alice and Steve. Hulu’s “wrong-com” series stars Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement as the titular middle-aged Londoners, whose decades-long friendship implodes when Alice discovers Steve slept with — on her couch, no less — and is now seeing her 26-year-old daughter, Izzy (Yali Topol Margalith). As Alice attempts to break up the couple, her behavior quickly escalates from cringeworthy to unhinged (think: what may be the most excruciating dinner party in recent TV history). None of which is surprising, given the show comes from Sex Education’s Sophie Goodhart, who told Variety, “I love comedy that makes you squirm a little.” Sophie, we think you meant “a lot.”
Dae Cactus Fruit 3-in-1 Styling Cream
Caroline, senior commerce editor, here. I actually look forward to wash day, because it gives me an excuse to load up my hair with masks, treatments, and oils, then slick it all back into a bun and finish it off with this styling cream. It feels soft and lightweight — not sticky or greasy — but it’s still heavy-duty enough to tame the stubborn baby hairs along my hairline and neck. Plus, the scent is packed with notes of citrus, orange blossom, and vanilla, so it’s subtle but warm, like a pitch-perfect early-summer day. In fact, I love this stuff so much, I convinced my team to give it an award.
TOGETHER WITH ALLY BANK
In this episode, comedian Jazmyn W tackles your messiest friendship and money questions about:
Destination wedding gift etiquette
Acceptable housewarming gifts
How to navigate an expensive bachelorette invite
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Skimm’d by: Julia Reinstein and Melissa Goldberg. Fact-checked by Jordan Mamone.
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