This week's listener questions touch on the inspiration for today's Long Weekend candle release, thoughts on wood wick candles, relaxation techniques when travel and social calendars start to fill up, finding motivation when you feel drained, running various social media accounts in various voices, moving back to your hometown, Love Island, cheugy trends that deserve a comeback, all-time favorite airports (and my least favorite airport), go-to drinkware, favorite Tumblr follows, and more.
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  Podcast artwork by Alfonso Ruiz and Tristan Pigott
  All music by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0


New Candles, Finding Motivation, Hometowns, and More Listener Questions

Hosted by Will deFries and Barrett Dudley, Retail Therapy covers the ever-changing landscape of online trends, aesthetics, style, shopping, and (of course) shifting vibes. What's in, what's out, and what everyone might be talking about at your next group dinner.

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A look at "bromakase" aka bros making nice restaurants into decadent money-fueled endeavors, Randy is now America's premier sundress expert, off-the-path golf apparel and equipment companies, mini cocktails (shots?), a new spritz of the summer entry, Scandinavian sleeping, being sober curious, young men loving expensive cologne, wishlist items, and more.


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Retail Therapy 076: Bromakase Dinner After Golf

A look back on our favorite (and least favorite) looks from The Met Gala that was, Liam Gallagher "living as a monk" in the English countryside, Bukayo Saka's Aime Leon Dore x New Balance boots, why the price of wine is soaring at restaurants everywhere, "That's that me espresso," articles of interest, wishlist items, and more.


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Retail Therapy 075: Overpriced Wine at The Met Gala

Could chartreuse emerge as a potential Drink of the Summer candidate? Do we need to be joining chess clubs or pickle ball leagues in an effort to meet people? What went in to Will's mullet? What's going on with Mark Zuckerberg's style? And finally, where do we stand on slogan-heavy graphic tees? Answers to those questions and more, plus some articles of interest and wishlist items.


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Retail Therapy 074: Hobbies, Mullets, and Chartreuse

Breaking down 11 spring trends from the GQ team, a discussion surrounding the putrid act of reselling dinner reservations, breaking down Aime Leon Dore's golf release, the Bode x Nike checkout process, some recent collaborations of note, what our butter shelves look like, and some wishlist additions.
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Retail Therapy 073: Spring Trends and Restaurant Resellers

This week we dive into Coachella (its style, its celebs, its relevancy), review some recent spring purchases from Abercrombie & Fitch and Rowan, the unhinged Instagram of Balthazar owner Keith McNally, the most polarizing shoe trends of 2024 (via Back Row), dumbphones, the way Elordi carries double coffees, New Balance loafers, wishlist items, and more.


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Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries
Watch all Retail Therapy episodes on YouTube: www.youtube.com/sundayscariespodcast



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  Barrett Dudley on Twitter: www.twitter.com/barrettdudley
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New Candles, Finding Motivation, Hometowns, and More Listener Questions

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