This week, we’re bopping our heads through the last weeks of summer— to the tune of Eurodance! We reflect on the high BPM European dance music that soundtracked the ‘90s and 2000s, from hits like “Barbie Girl” and “I’m Blue” to CGI-characters-turned-chart-toppers like Gummibär and Crazy Frog. We discuss the controversy around Sweden’s supremacy in music production, Eurodance aesthetics as a blueprint for Mass Bushwick, the Euro-exoticism of Albanian pop stars, and more.

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'Why Don't We All Go Bonkers?' – The Rise and Fall of Happy Hardcore

SNAP! – Rhythm is a Dancer 

Albanian pop star conspiracy Twitter thread

Green Day’s Anti-Sweden billboard

Flat Pack Pop: Sweden’s Music Miracle – BBC 

Why Backstreet Boys 'I Want It That Way' Lyrics Are so Confusing

The Soviet Spy Who Invented the First Major Electronic Instrument – Smithsonian Magazine

Planet of the Bass Official Music Video

The Eurodance Encyclopedia

Freestyle Disco Dancing Championship

In this episode, we discuss the past, present, and future of one timeless category of T-shirt design: the BOLD STATEMENT TEE. From Katharine Hamnett and House of Holland to Anna Bolina and Jaded London, we decode the social and political bygones permanently etched onto masses of XL blanks. We talk human billboards, wearing your Instagram caption on your sleeve, truism thirst traps, dropshipping scandals, and more!

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Katharine Hamnett profile - The Guardian

Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go MV

Queen’s 1985 Rock in Rio performance

Anna Bolina Interview - i-D

Anna Bolina knockoffs callout

stomach of your dead soulmate

House of Holland’s 10th Anniversary - Harper’s Bazaar

Henry Holland’s DIY Tutorial - Teen Vogue

Jaded London Tik Tok ad

Jaded London’s graphic tees

OGBFF profile - Fashionista

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In this episode, we discuss the past, present, and future of one timeless category of T-shirt design: the BOLD STATEMENT TEE. From Katharine Hamnett and House of Holland to Anna Bolina and Jaded London, we decode the social and political bygones permanently etched onto masses of XL blanks. We talk human billboards, wearing your Instagram caption on your sleeve, truism thirst traps, dropshipping scandals, and more! 

Links:

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Katharine Hamnett profile - The Guardian

Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go MV

Queen’s 1985 Rock in Rio performance

Anna Bolina Interview - i-D

Anna Bolina knockoffs callout

stomach of your dead soulmate

House of Holland’s 10th Anniversary - Harper’s Bazaar

Henry Holland’s DIY Tutorial - Teen Vogue

Jaded London Tik Tok ad

Jaded London’s graphic tees

OGBFF profile - Fashionista

Following the passing of icon of effortlessness and honorary Frenchwoman Jane Birkin, we examine the mythology of the French girl — from the culture of chic aphorisms that surround her (Don’t be afraid of aging! Wear a black bra under your white blouse!), her philosophy as a form of IDGAF-ism, and how the most beloved representatives of French style aren't even French at all. Plús, we discuss Franco-American relations, the French girl digital media microeconomy, the subtle art of the basket bag and... le goûter!!

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How to be Parisian Wherever You Are (full book!)
Alexa Chung's farewell to Jane Birkin
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong: Why We Love France But Not the French
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (NYT review)
Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization by Richard Kuisel
The French Way: How France Embraced and Rejected American Values and Power by Richard Kuisel
Jane Birkin Vogue France interview (2018) 
Language policy in France
"Fashion Foreplay" by Holly Brubach (NYT on French dating profiles in 1995)

In this week’s episode, we three devise a plot to revive one of the most iconic female archetypes in Western culture: the Bond Girl! We discuss the merits of a tropical, action-packed lifestyle, debate the gendered impact of the James Bond franchise, and unpack the taxonomy of the bikini marketplace, all while conferring with actual Bond Girl Caroline Munro (The Spy Who Loved Me) and her lovely daughter Iona Munro. 

Links:

Caroline Munro’s Filmography

Bond Girls: Body, Fashion, and Gender by Monica Germana

Daddy, or The Death of Fantasy by Sam Kriss

Femininity, Seriality, and Collectivity: Rethinking the Bond Girl

Growing up a Bond Girl 

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The Broquette saga continues as we enlist the help of world-renowned Broquette expert and veritable style icon Naomi. We discuss Barbour lifetime guarantees as a metaphor for privilege, joggers as the death of Southern frat boy culture, and viral PowerPoint presentations about sorority girl sexcapades, all while Naomi recounts her Greek life experiences at Duke University during the dog days of Bro culture. 

Links:

Karen Owen Sex Scandal

Karen Owen PowerPoint

Korean “High Teen” aesthetic

Sorority Freak-Out Email

Americancore

Follow Naomi on Instagram !

The Broquette saga continues as we enlist the help of world-renowned Broquette expert and veritable style icon Naomi. We discuss Barbour lifetime guarantees as a metaphor for privilege, joggers as the death of Southern frat boy culture, and viral PowerPoint presentations about sorority girl sexcapades, all while Naomi recounts her Greek life experiences at Duke University during the dog days of Bro culture.

Links:

Karen Owen Sex Scandal

Karen Owen PowerPoint

Korean “High Teen” aesthetic

Sorority Freak-Out Email

Michael Shannon Dramatic Reading of Delta Gamma Letter

Americancore

Follow Naomi on Instagram !

In this ambitious follow-up to last year's viral Blokette episode, we hereby announce the second coming of sporty-cute style: Broquette, an All-American, booze-soaked celebration of athleticism, youth, and hedonism. We chart the rise and fall of Bro culture and explain how Bros invented the media landscape of the Internet as we know it. Through discussions of white rappers, boat shoes, Greek life, and more, we predict that sleaze is on the decline and raunch is on its way back up.

Links:
Thousands of College Kids Paid to Work for a Viral Party Kingpin. What Could Go Wrong? - The New York Times
How to trick people into thinking you're good looking - Jenna Marbles
I Love College - Asher Roth
Jordan Belfort - Wes Walker feat. Dyl
Dude, Here's My Book - The New York Times
The Four Basic Aspects of Being a Bro - NPR
All ERL Collections - Vogue Runway
The Label Giving Prep a Saucy Makeover - Vogue (Raimundo Langlois profile)
The Rise of the Portmanbro - Oxford Dictionaries

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What do skinny vanilla lattes, cheese cubes, and dodgy tattoos of Chanel logos have in common? They’re all fashioncore, darling! For the 50th episode of Nymphet Alumni, we summon the spirit of fashion itself — 𝓯𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓮 — first coined by none other than Megsuperstarprincess during her 2021 podcast appearance. Armed with a lifetime of vocal fry and metaphorical martinis with extra olives, we discuss the impact of fashion media from America’s Next Top Model to Audrey Hepburn’s Funny Face. Topics du jour include fashioncore disciples as the last of those bound to dutifully slay, fashioncore as the cure to the false promise of quiet luxury, Sasha Baron Cohen as the fashioncore voice of a generation, and more!

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Pinterest

Links:

Elena Velez’s NYT Style profile

Too Funky by George Michael

Bruno “That is so pre 9/11”

ANTM Compilation

SATC Compilation

Rian Phin Fashioncore Take

Support Megsuperstarprincess for more Fashioncore:

The F List

Le Hipster Portal 

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What do skinny vanilla lattes, cheese cubes, and dodgy tattoos of Chanel logos have in common? They’re all fashioncore, darling! For the 50th episode of Nymphet Alumni, we summon the spirit of fashion itself — 𝓯𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓮 — first coined by none other than Megsuperstarprincess during her 2021 podcast appearance. Armed with a lifetime of vocal fry and metaphorical martinis with extra olives, we discuss the impact of fashion media from America’s Next Top Model to Audrey Hepburn’s Funny Face. Topics du jour include fashioncore disciples as the last of those bound to dutifully slay, fashioncore as the cure to the false promise of quiet luxury, Sasha Baron Cohen as the fashioncore voice of a generation, and more!

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Pinterest

Links:

Elena Velez’s NYT Style profile

Too Funky by George Michael

Bruno “That is so pre 9/11”

ANTM Compilation

SATC Compilation

Rian Phin Fashioncore Take

Support Megsuperstarprincess for more Fashioncore:

The F List

Le Hipster Portal