Episode Details

We’re back with another episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I <3 Mess (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick).

Today we’re talking about: Halsey as The Great Impersonator [5:45], nepo-models (Romeo Beckham! Sunday Rose Urban!) [11:40], Miu Miu’s prepubescent aesthetic [18:30], the rise of the “ballet body” (or, more accurately, the “surgical body”) [25:15], North West trolling Kim Kardashian [35:40], the so-called “canceling” of mascara and concealer [40:38], the art of the staged paparazzi shot [45:45], the depressing deluge of Wicked beauty products [53:38], the Victoria’s Secret fashion show [59:39], the death of journalism [1:18:30], the eco-crisis of Taylor Swift’s glitter freckles [1:35:45], and the iconoclasm of Taylor Swift’s smashed guitar [1:41:30]. Plus more!

Media we mentioned: “Did The Brazilian Wax Ruin Sex?” [I <3 Mess], “Red Carpet Deja Vu (w/Emily Kirkpatrick)” [The New Garde], “Fashion’s Alt-Right Flirtation” [I <3 Mess], “We Tried It: I Lived like a Kardashian for 24 Hours and Have the Selfies to Prove It” [People], “Plastic surgeons say the ‘ballet body’ is in. Here’s what that means” [The Washington Post], “How Victoria's Secret Lost Its Way” [Back Row], “Can the Media Survive?” [New York Magazine], “Taylor Swift’s Chiefs Game Appearance Wearing Fazit’s Glitter Freckles Leads To Over $1M In Sales” [Beauty Independent], “Stigmatize Glitter” [The Review of Beauty]

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