Are You Still Wearing Sambas?
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!! Quick newsletter today written frantically as the cold brew enters my bloodstream.
Barista just noticed my suitcase and asked where I’m going… all will be revealed in tomorrow’s newsletter.
If you missed yesterday’s newsletter, I interviewed Jason Stewart from How Long Gone. Go read it.
Okay but that was yesterday and today has its own—
News
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wore Sambas with dress pants. From Joe Biden rocking Hokas to this latest example, politicians are leaving shoe trees in their hard bottoms in favor of sneakers. That menswear guy who is always popping off on Twitter has constantly mocked this twisted combo, and I agree. Sneakers and suits or those dress shoes with sneaker bottoms are the easiest way to look like a slob. It should not be done in polite society. My only question is if a politician wears a sneaker… is it officially cooked? I’ve switched over to Gazelle’s LOL.
Gen Z doesn’t Google things anymore. An article in Axios details the data behind a shift in how Gen Z searches for things on the internet. The tide hasn’t shifted just yet (46% of those ages 18-24 start their information quests by searching on Google, compared to 58% ages 25-39) and Google is still a $2T company, but I’ve been telling people for months that anecdotally people are starting searches on TikTok or Reddit. Its a more efficient way to get an authentic answer from a real person without having to browse through an SEO driven hell hole of ads just to figure out how long to roast broccolini at 450º
Is breakfast Burrata coming to America? Andrea from
shared a new breakfast trend happening in China, where they’re using ultra filtered yogurt (thicker, denser) to make burrata inspired bowls. As a major yogurt fan, I am yearning for some restaurant to do this here in NYC. This would hit so hard.
Margot Robbie is working on a Monopoly movie. Post-Barbie, studios are looking to other Mattel properties to turn into billion dollar blockbusters. Now Robbie’s production studio is developing a Monopoly movie. If you are a real grinder like me, everyday is like a Monopoly movie, stacking cash, buying properties, and bankrupting your opponents. I’ll go see it why not?
ALRIGHT GOTTA RUN BYE SEE YOU TOMORROW!
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Sneakers on a politician is the look that keeps on giving, apparently.
Here they are the cover of Vogue on Kamala Harris - https://www.vogue.com/article/kamala-harris-cover-february-2021.
Sure is a way to start a conversation at a time Sambas are on fashion trial 😂
I can absolutely get behind breakfast burrata