Nymphet Alumni

In the third installment of our Study Break series, we turn our attention to the world of sport, analyzing the Broquette SKIMS campaign and all things Olympics, including Ralph Lauren boater costumes, the radical European uncoolness of the Opening Ceremony, and our own creative styling concepts for Olympic athletes. We also discuss Mark Zuckerberg's rebrand, "Brat hangovers," and Kamala Harris's Loewe tomato girl potential. (Disclaimer: this episode was recorded July 28!)

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LINKS: 

SKIMS Summer Uniform Campaign

Nicola Coughlan for SKIMS Soft Lounge Campaign

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

How Team USA's 2024 Olympic Outfits Were Made By Ralph Lauren

Mark Zuckerberg personally fuels the rumors of his Supreme takeover

J. W. Anderson Gucci rumors

Alexi's Kamala-core Pinterest board 

Adam Lambert, ‘Moana’ Star Auli’i Cravalho Taking Over Lead Roles in Broadway’s ‘Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club’

Fragrances by Sabrina Carpenter

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In this week's episode, we're joined by Sophie Kihm, renowned baby name expert and editor-in-chief of Nameberry, the world's largest website about names. We discuss historical name influences from politics to Hollywood to influencers, the rise of the baby name snark forum, 21st-century name considerations like personal branding and SEO, and the overlap between trending aesthetics and name intelligence.

Links:
Nameberry on TikTok
Nameberry Newsletter on Substack
Sophie Kihm on Instagram
"How Gen Z is Your Name?" by Sophie Kihm for Nameberry
"10 Baby Name Trends of 2024" by Sophie Kihm for Nameberry
McKinli Hatch, the Internet's first viral baby name moment
That Name is a Tragedeigh Subreddit
Name Nerd Circlejerk Subreddit
"Why R U Mad at the Name Kayleigh?" by Kathryn Jezer-Morton for The Cut
Names + nicknames in a 1960s yearbook
"Luxury" name hate on Reddit

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In this week's episode, we're joined by Sophie Kihm, renowned baby name expert and editor-in-chief of Nameberry, the world's largest website about names. We discuss historical name influences from politics to Hollywood to influencers, the rise of the baby name snark forum, 21st-century name considerations like personal branding and SEO, and the overlap between trending aesthetics and name intelligence.

Links:
Nameberry on TikTok
Nameberry Newsletter on Substack
Sophie Kihm on Instagram
"How Gen Z is Your Name?" by Sophie Kihm for Nameberry
"10 Baby Name Trends of 2024" by Sophie Kihm for Nameberry
McKinli Hatch, the Internet's first viral baby name moment
That Name is a Tragedeigh Subreddit
Name Nerd Circlejerk Subreddit
"Why R U Mad at the Name Kayleigh?" by Kathryn Jezer-Morton for The Cut
Names + nicknames in a 1960s yearbook
"Luxury" name hate on Reddit

In this week's episode, we revisit the '90s does '60s phenomenon and discuss the parallels between the two decades—swinging youth culture and nightlife, technological optimism, design innovation—while also finding surprising similarities to our contemporary moment. We highlight the Austin Powers trilogy as this sensation's most brilliant high-camp cultural artifact, unpacking its satire of free love, modern masculinity, and British cheekiness. We explore Space Age fashion, the British Invasion(s), pop environmentalism, Volkswagen Beetles, iMac G3s, the Powerpuff Girls, and much more.

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Links:

https://pin.it/tXaQphpiE
Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute's "Groovival" Are.na Board
"Austin Powers-core" musical subgenre Tweet
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – fashion photography montage
Obituary of Pierre Cardin – The New York Times
Industrial designer Karim Rashid
"BBC" by Ming Tea – Official Music Video
Dressed to Regress: Interview with Austin Powers costume designer Deena Appel (1999) – LA Times
Deena Appel interview – From Tailors With Love
The Peacock Revolution: 1960s Menswear – Victoria & Albert Museum
Peter Bogdanovich on the lasting influence of Austin Powers in Goldmember – The New Yorker
‘A real stroke of genius.’ How Apple’s iMac G3 became an object of desire – CNN
AWOLTrends on Blobjects
Prada's spacesuits for NASA's 2025 Moon mission – Forbes
The Low Earth Orbit Economy – NASA
"Bye Bye Sixties" – Nancy Sinatra, Goldie Hawn, and Ruth Buzzi (1969)

In this episode, we dive into the history of pin-up and rockabilly fashion to analyze this aesthetic's continuous deployment in the 21st century pop landscape. We discuss the exaggerated gender dimorphism of the 1950s, the striking similarities between pin-up girls of the '40s and Instagram starlets of today, rockabilly's morbid legacy and the Overton window of obscenity, the decadence of Americana foodstuffs, and the raunchy, feminine stylings of Amy Winehouse, Katy Perry, and, most recently, Sabrina Carpenter.

Links:
Image board
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly (2001)
Rockin': The Rockabilly Scene by Andrew Shaylor
Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World by Michael Dregni
 Dave Hickey on Rockabilly in Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy  
Sabrina Carpenter "Nonsense" Outros Compilation
"What Happens When a Pop Star Isn't That Popular?" by Shaad D'Souza – New York Times
Sabrina's custom "Espresso" swimsuit vs. Marilyn Monroe's in How to Marry a Millionaire
Katy Perry performing "One of the Boys" in 2008
Rolling Stone on the backstory behind Katy's Teenage Dream cover
Rolling Stone review of Teenage Dream upon release in 2010
TASCHEN's The Art of Pin-up by Dian Hanson
Alexander Thompson's photographs of Mexican-American Rockabillies
Property from the Life and Career of Amy Winehouse – Auction Catalog
"A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past" by Ruth La Ferla – New York Times (2012)
Caroline Gnagy's Work*

*Full interview with Caroline Gnagy will be available here on Patreon!

In this episode, we dive into the history of pin-up and rockabilly fashion to analyze this aesthetic's continuous deployment in the 21st century pop landscape. We discuss the exaggerated gender dimorphism of the 1950s, the striking similarities between pin-up girls of the '40s and Instagram starlets of today, rockabilly's morbid legacy and the Overton window of obscenity, the decadence of Americana foodstuffs, and the raunchy, feminine stylings of Amy Winehouse, Katy Perry, and, most recently, Sabrina Carpenter.

Links:
Image board
Welcome to the Club: The Women of Rockabilly (2001)
Rockin': The Rockabilly Scene by Andrew Shaylor
Rockabilly: The Twang Heard 'Round the World by Michael Dregni
 Dave Hickey on Rockabilly in Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy  
Sabrina Carpenter "Nonsense" Outros Compilation
"What Happens When a Pop Star Isn't That Popular?" by Shaad D'Souza – New York Times
Sabrina's custom "Espresso" swimsuit vs. Marilyn Monroe's in How to Marry a Millionaire
Katy Perry performing "One of the Boys" in 2008
Rolling Stone on the backstory behind Katy's Teenage Dream cover
Rolling Stone review of Teenage Dream upon release in 2010
TASCHEN's The Art of Pin-up by Dian Hanson
Alexander Thompson's photographs of Mexican-American Rockabillies
Property from the Life and Career of Amy Winehouse – Auction Catalog
"A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past" by Ruth La Ferla – New York Times (2012)
Caroline Gnagy's Work*

*Full interview with Caroline Gnagy also available on Patreon!
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In this episode, we link up in Hell's Kitchen and transform into experimental theater critics in order to provide an unbridled review and aesthetic analysis following our patronage of the new Broadway revival of Cabaret, a musical with a captivating history and a surprising relevance to many of our favorite themes and subjects. We talk about the century-long meme of Berlin debauchery, Sally Bowles as a feminine archetype in her many iterations, Eddie Redmayne's viral Emcee performance (and its chilling implications), and the wildly imaginative costume design work of Tom Scutt, from sleazy boudoir ensembles to fascistic menswear.

Links
Go see Cabaret on Broadway!
Cabaret – "Wilkommen" performance at the 77th Annual Tony Awards
Cabaret (1972) starring Liza Minelli
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
March Vogue profile on the 2024 revival, feat. interviews with Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin
How a Broadway Theater was Remade Into a Queer Cabaret (interactive NYT article)
Playbill interview with set and costume designer Tom Scutt, featuring costume sketches!
Cabaret (2024) review in the LA Times
Cabaret (2024) review in the New York Times
Previous iconic Sally Bowles moments: Liza Minelli's "Mein Herr" and Jane Horrocks' "Cabaret"
Biz's essay "2016, 2017"

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In this week's episode, we don our polarized hippie glasses and go back in time to investigate the cultural legacy of the Grateful Dead and all that they represent: psychedelia, Pied Piper figures and their cult-like followings, cross-country motor travel, bootleg merchandising, musical improvisation, and more. We analyze the parallels between the infamous Summer of Love and the summer now upon us, with a special focus on the darksided undercurrents lurking through both.

Links:
Finding Authenticity in a T-Shirt – The New Yorker (on Online Ceramics) 
Owsley Stanley's website — The Bear Story
Owsley Stanley: The King of LSD – Rolling Stone
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, 1968 (full PDF!)
Grateful Dead 2015 Chacos collab
The End of Merch – GQ
Will the Grateful Dead Live Forever ... Through Merch? – Billboard
A Guide to Grateful Dead Iconography
How Fashion Became Obsessed with the Grateful Dead – WSJ 
Why, in 2018, is Fashion Obsessed with the Grateful Dead Aesthetic? – Fashionista
The Disembodied Body of Marilyn Monroe – Wendy Lesser

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In the sophomore edition of our Study Break series, we check in on a few of our cultural prophesies: on the Silly Boy front, we analyze the rise of LEGO-man rap sensation Ian, and on the Alt-Print front, we assess the threat of Katy Perry's new Bushwickified era. We also announce Shiloh Jolie as our nepo baby top draft pick in light of her recent Afrobeat activities, discuss the Frutiger Aero undertones of J. Cole's "Grippy," and mourn the dissolution of much-loved brands including Dion Lee, Mara Hoffman, and The Vampire's Wife.

Links:

Shiloh Jolie Pitt Dancing to Afrobeat

North West for ERL

The Vampire's Wife Shuts Down

Mara Hoffman Shuts Down

Dion Lee Raises Alarm

Marc Jacobs - Dear Bullies

The Curious Case of Underselling Arena Tours

J. Cole mixing "Grippy" by the sea

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In the sophomore edition of our Study Break series, we check in on a few of our cultural prophesies: on the Silly Boy front, we analyze the rise of LEGO-man rap sensation Ian, and on the Alt-Print front, we assess the threat of Katy Perry's new Bushwickified era. We also announce Shiloh Jolie as our nepo baby top draft pick in light of her recent Afrobeat activities, discuss the Frutiger Aero undertones of J. Cole's "Grippy," mourn the disillusion of much-loved brands including Dion Lee, Mara Hoffman, and The Vampire's Wife.

Links:
Shiloh Jolie Pitt Dancing to Afrobeat
North West for ERL
The Vampire's Wife Shuts Down
Mara Hoffman Shuts Down
Dion Lee Raises Alarm
Marc Jacobs - Dear Bullies
The Curious Case of Underselling Arena Tours
J. Cole mixing "Grippy" by the sea