From the Group Chat: Caviar Nails, 2026 Predictions, and “Pluribus”

EDITOR’S NOTE

Happy Sunday. Two things I haven’t done this week? Figured out what day it is or put on hard pants. I have spent a lot of time thinking about 2026 resolutions and predictions, though. Thanks to this neuroscientist-approved way to think about my goals, I know they’ll stick. (But let’s check back in on “Quitter’s Day,” OK?) Beyond swearing that I will get dressed for work (these warm, winter-inspired outfits help), here’s what else I hope this year brings:

• Another never-saw-them-coming celebrity couple to root for? Fingers crossed this rumored new duo makes it out of the St. Barths ballroom and onto the Dancing With the Stars Live tour stage. (I predict perfect 10s for TB12’s foxtrot.)

• Perfectly lazy “French Sundays” that cost much less than a vacation but always include Camembert.

• A Reese’s-inspired version of this ridiculously simple “Billion Dollar Ritz” dessert that also comes together in exactly seven minutes.

— Kylie McConville / VP, Editorial / Queens, NY

🍕 This expensive cuisine is now a kids’ birthday staple. Um, our pizza parties from the ’90s would like a word.

👀 Move over, navy. This vibrant blue hue is taking over as the chicest color for your 2026 wardrobe.

👖 There’s another surprising denim color trending — and it might be even easier to style than brown.

😮  Don’t panic, but Bella Hadid just single-handedly resurrected the pants/boots combo you spent all of middle school wearing.

💅🏻 The “caviar nails” trend looks (and sounds) expensive — but it’s easier to achieve than you think.

If you would’ve told 2025 us that Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau would hard launch on Instagram, gay hockey smut would take over television, and the world would unite around the papal conclave, we would’ve spit out our protein Diet Coke. Yet here we are. So while we won’t pretend to have any clue about what’s actually going to happen in the coming year, here are the pop culture moments we’re predicting (read: manifesting) for 2026…

• After Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s respective bachelor and bachelorette parties (a Showgirls-inspired Vegas romp for her, Six Flags for him), the two will tie the knot March 13 at exactly 13:13 pm (military time, for obvious reasons) on a ridiculously tall platform stage (the invite will make a joke about reaching New Heights). Tree Paine will act as officiant, Swift’s three cats will be ring bearers, and guests will include Sabrina Carpenter — who will recruit Andrea Swift to help her move past her “Manchild” ways.

• That same day, Tom Holland will casually slip in a Des Moines Register interview that he and Zendaya have already been married for over a year. 

• The biggest headline from the 2026 Met Gala? No, not that Nicole Kidman pioneered the revenge tattoo — which, naturally, will be crossed-out lyrics to Keith Urban’s “Gemini” (if you know, well, you know). But that The Devil Wears Prada 2 cast showed up wearing their fictional Met Gala outfits and stayed in character all night. Meaning, Meryl Streep will silently judge everyone’s red carpet gowns, Emily Blunt will only eat cubes of cheese, and Anne Hathaway will hunt down Sarah J. Maas for the next installment of A Court of Thorns and Roses. For the twins, of course.

• We’ll finally be blessed with not one, but two of The Most Elusive Albums in History: Yes, Lana Del Rey will actually release Stove (the album previously known as Lasso and The Right Person Will Stay), while Rihanna will drop R9. We R thrilled.

• Madelines will become the new Sallies after Lily Allen opens her tour in Glasgow on March 2, with Aimee Lou Wood christening the lingerie-forward role.

• Apologies to parents and math teachers everywhere, but 8-9 will emerge as the successor to 6-7.

• As a 57th birthday gift, Jeff Bezos will buy Erewhon for Lauren Sánchez Bezos (guess the Met Gala wasn’t enough), making the rent-priced smoothies available for same-day delivery via Amazon Prime.

• After the success of her musical comeback, Hilary Duff will deliver the Lizzie McGuire reboot millennials were promised in 2020. It’ll pick up 25 years later, with Lizzie as a high-powered publicist managing Miranda’s singing career and fighting over clients with Kate, who’s also a publicist and (unhappily) married to Ethan.

• Last but not least, after much speculation, Charli XCX will officially be cast in season 4 of The White Lotus. She’ll play a bratty (sorry, had to) 20-something who’s forced to go on the trip per instructions in her billionaire dad's will. Upon arriving at Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, she discovers she has an older sister (played by the one and only Helena Bonham Carter), threatening her entire existence — and, more importantly, her inheritance.

Drumroll, please: These are the stars you'll be obsessed with in 2026 — if you aren't already. First up is Havana Rose Liu, who, to paraphrase one of our greatest philosophers, started from the bottom(s) and now she’s here. Expect to see the 28-year-old alongside Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas in the musical comedy Power Ballad, opposite Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti in Jesse Eisenberg’s next film, and, if we’re lucky, in a Laufey music video. Another contender for your new favorite Cool Girl With Three Names™? Chase Sui Wonders, who’ll once again steal the show as the “absolute savage” Quinn in The Studio’s second season and appear in the ridiculously star-studded psychological thriller I Want Your Sex. Speaking of stacked casts, prepare for Adolescence’s Owen Cooper to move to the big screen — first in the already polarizing Wuthering Heights adaptation, then in Tom Ford’s Anne Rice project with Colin Firth, Hunter Schafer, and...Adele. Meanwhile, on the small screen, Ashley Padilla and her Kristen Wiig levels of physical comedy (see: this sketch about bad haircuts) will be our sole reason for watching SNL’s post-Bowen Yang era. And will Raye (of “Where is My Husband!” fame) and Olivia Dean (of “Man I Need” fame) find the love they’re singing about? TBD. But they’ve already found a place in our hearts — and our 2026 concert budget.

Caroline, senior commerce editor, here — with a bite-sized cheat sheet to the year’s most accessible, totally noncontroversial trends.

Triangle scarves. Or, the little “scrap of cashmere” that could. Whether your vibe is French Girl chic or Strega Nona-core, this is one of the simplest ways to make your look feel current.

Burgundy. The cherry red of recent years? It’s giving way to its richer, more sophisticated cousin. You’ll find the moody shade on everything from bags to jackets to shoes — all of which you should pair with sculptural silver jewelry, according to a stylist friend.

Stovepipe jeans. Sleeker than baggies, more forgiving than skinnies, this highly specific iteration of straight-leg jeans looks polished with any shoe you throw at it. 

Brown suede shoes. No, your black boots aren’t going anywhere. But brown suede — in loafers, mules, or even sneakers — has that effortless, lived-in vibe the fashion set is loving this year.

Oversized bags. Succession may be long gone, but ludicrously capacious bags are cooler than ever. Good news for your 16-inch work laptop. 

Cross the eeriness of Severance with the otherworldly dark humor of The Good Place — and you get Pluribus, the 2025 breakout show from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. The Apple TV sci-fi series follows Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), a wildly successful yet highly dissatisfied romance writer who becomes one of a handful of people worldwide immune to an alien virus that turns nearly all of humanity into a giant, irritatingly happy hive mind. Dubbed the “most miserable person on Earth,” Carol takes it upon herself to figure out how this happened and how to fix it. Oh, and if you’re wondering why we’re talking about Pluribus a whole two months after it premiered? Both the show and Seehorn’s performance scored Golden Globe nominations — so watch now, and you’ll be ready for the famously boozy awards show on January 11.

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