The Tip Stitch

Hello and welcome to another edition of THE DON’T BUY LIST! Does the glam on the latest Ashish runway perfectly capture the current cultural vibe or what?

I’ll be talking about some of the other big Fashion Week beauty trends — Pagliacci-core from Pat McGrath at Marc Jacobs, “exhausted beauty” from Kanako Takase at Meruert Tolegen — on tomorrow’s podcast episode with

, so stay tuned for that.

Anyway! Onto the links.

IN THIS ISSUE: Blurred faces! The shelfie inheritance! Aesthetic labor as righteous work to be rewarded! Why Gen Z is skipping Botox! (It’s not great.) Child mewing! Dolly Parton vs. Barbie! Why you should stop buying urea skincare! The “stitch fix” nose job! Setting powder as self-expression! Clogged pores as personal injury! PFAS bans! Pussy deodorant! & more!