Can I interest you in something to read?
We covered the fashions of this week’s presidential inauguration.
I pulled it together enough to cover this past weekend’s figure skating.
How about some cute new sneakers?
I really enjoyed this, at the New York Times: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Make Meaning the Hottest Inaugural Fashion Trend
I felt this in my bones: It Is a Relief to Want to Write About Political Fashion Again. [Fashionista]
At the New York Times: A First for a First Lady: Jill Biden Will Balance Her Career and East Wing Duties
LOGISTICS: Five frantic hours in the White House: How to move a new president in and the old one out. (This is also covered in The Residence, a really interesting book from about five years ago about the staff at the White House.)
WaPo has an interesting piece in the decor changes that the Biden administration has made in the Oval Office.
At The Lily: The woman behind Michelle Obama’s instantly iconic hair
So interesting, at Elle: Four Years in the Front Row: The country’s best female political reporters go on the record about what it was really like covering Trump’s America.
At Harper’s Bazaar: Sergio Hudson on Designing Kamala Harris’s Inauguration Dress: “She Shines So We Can all Shine.”
At Vogue: In Honor of the Women at the Inauguration, an Ode to Power Coats
Related, at WaPo: A guide to the fabulous coats at the inauguration, from Kamala Harris to Michelle Obama
Boy, is this true: Yes, the Pandemic Is Ruining Your Body [The Atlantic]
This is a really interesting piece about BTS and Louis Vuitton, at Lainey.
This made me laugh, at Vulture: I Ate the Shawn Mendes Bowl the Way Shawn Intended
This was a fun and interesting read at The Cut: How This Drag Race Contestant Sourced Her Jaw-Dropping Wardrobe
So good: Cicely Tyson Has a Secret About Living Life to the Fullest. [NYT]
Fascinating, at National Geographic: How tweed became a symbol of Scottish culture
Also at Lainey: Are Ben and Ana getting back together?!?! (We just marked the break-up!)
Vox reports: Terrible financial advice is going viral on TikTok
I really enjoyed this round-up of coffee table books at The Stripe. (I LOVE coffee table books.)
I need to watch this movie, still: How ‘Promising Young Woman’ Upends Sex Comedy Cliches [Pajiba]
At New York Times Magazine: My Totally Normal Addiction to Buying Teen Magazines on eBay
Do we need this?!?! Tom Holland or Timothee Chalamet could play Willy Wonka in a new prequel [Celebitchy]
At Messy Nessy Chic: The Lost Romance of Dance Cards
Finally, I got to be on one of my favorite podcasts, Caroline and the Pod, this week!
