The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel
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Tired of queuing up. For iPhones, for Coldplay tickets, for Canadian residency visas, for Hermes handbags, for Mount Everest even. Whether the waitlist is digital or physical, it’s still annoying. Is it just that we’re now too many people angling for the same few things? Or that we’re not branching out enough? Either way, we’re exhausted.
Spotting a familiar. Was that a Brown face among the models at Versace’s Spring Summer 2025 show at Milan Fashion Week? Yes it was! Nakul Bhardwaj is only 21, but he’s the first Indian male model to walk for the designer brand. Versace’s own style has toned down over the years too – rich browns, but muted, wearable prints and impeccable edges and details. Not a bad view.
Suspending disbelief. Sure, Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is based on a true story. Sure, it will make you go down a Reddit rabbit-hole about what really happened (the wealth, the incest, the murders) and why Lyle is afraid of showering. But view the show as just a thriller and it still slaps. Great acting, especially from Erik’s prison wig. It’s a Rolex among crime dramas.
Lacing up. Sara Blakely, who invented Spanx and helped women reign in at least some of their curves, is stepping into new shoes. High-heeled ones. Ones that are also sneakers. Her new brand, Sneex, hopes to give feet the same sexy shortcut that her shapewear does. The designs, though, are meh (which makes us believe that they might actually work). We can’t hide Sneex under dresses and pants. They’d better be good.
High-fiving grandpas. Sooo, they’re making Ocean’s 14. And they’re bringing back the gang — Brad Pitt and George Clooney included. But guys, breaking into a vault is so old-fashioned. The big money is now in crypto, OTP scams, phishing and mirror sites -- the stuff that people of Clooney’s age tend to fall for. Danny Ocean better be prepared.
Putting the pills away. Mike Posner has come a long way since I Took A Pill in Ibiza. It’s been 10 years since that song and he’s reflecting on how far he’s come. In the first verse, he talked about living in LA, driving a sports car and spending a “million dollars”. Since then, he says, he’s donated his sneaker collection, swapped his luxe car for a Toyota 4Runner and learned to love himself. All dreams are ultimately about comfort, no?
Loving the piano man. Billy Joel didn’t start the fire. But many of the things he does makes us feel warm inside. For years, the singer has refused to put his front-row seats on sale, so scalpers can’t buy them up and sell them to rich show-offs. Instead, Joel upgrades “real fans” from the last rows, so that can enjoy the concert, just the way they are. Aww!
Failing geography. Let’s get this straight. On a map, South Bombay ends at Worli, for townie snobs. Anything outside Lutyens Delhi is eww for posh people in the capital. But when Coldplay’s playing in Navi Mumbai, it’s ok to call it a Mumbai concert. When the Backstreet Boys came to Gurgaon, every millennial in a 100 km radius managed to make it to the venue. We see you. #StuckInReverse
Scrounging for a deposit. Who’s been training real-estate brokers on Gen Z speak? The guys selling itty-bitty homes in Manhattan, London, Mumbai and Delhi have been using “slay”, “rizz” and “no cap” in their descriptions. “This garden is giving relaxation,” one of them said. But Gen Z isn’t buying houses. They’re investing in therapy. How’s that for a slap?
