The Review of Mess

• The Death of Personal Style with Liz Goldwyn

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicadefino.substack.comWe’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick). For this installment, we invited Hollywood royalty Liz Goldwyn, writer of the newsletter STARF*CKER, to join us in conversation.ALSO! To listen to th…

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• Adult Babies Incoming

  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 (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick).Today we’re talking about: The New York Times Styles section seems suspiciously inspired by Emily (Medieval fashion is in? Fur is back? You don’t say!) [2:15], some anonymous gossip about the mainstream media site that almost published Jessica’s facial harmonization story but didn’t [15:20], tighty-whitie fashion and the adult baby boom [28:00], geometric dress shapes in the build-a-body era [37:45], a theory against “Republican makeup” [49:45], the shopping sea change and economic boycotts [1:00:55], Fashion Week beauty trends (Pagliacci-core! exhausted beauty! mouth tape lipstick! feather brows! infantilization! latex lips!) [1:21:50], Emily’s continuing feud with Deux Moi [1:33:45], and Jessica’s maybe-controversial Love Is Blind take [1:42:28]. Plus more!Media we mentioned: “Cheers! We Drank The White Lotus Grunch” [Who? Weekly], “The Cruel Kids’ Table” [New York Magazine], Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions [Edwin A. Abbott], Intact [Clare Chambers], “Forget ‘they go low, we go high’: This influencer wants Democrats to get mean” [The Washington Post], Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism [Laurie Penny], “Boyhood Is Trending” [The Review of Beauty], runway shows: Anna Sui, Ashish, Marc Jacobs, Fforme, Luar, Meruert Tolegen, Sandy Liang, Simone Rocha, Thom BrowneAbout the podcast: The Review of Mess is a podcast by Jessica DeFino and Emily Kirkpatrick that takes a critical look at the dregs of pop culture. Jessica is the writer behind The Review of Beauty, which has been called the newsletter “the beauty industry fears,” and Emily is the creator of I , a weekly roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion. Together, they dissect the biggest and dumbest celebrity happenings every month and give their unfiltered opinion on everything going on in the world of fashion and beauty.Subscribe to receive future podcast posts in your inbox:About the theme music: The Review of Mess theme song is “Hot Mess” by Carly Lind. Find more about Carly here and listen to her music here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jessicadefino.substack.com/subscribe

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• Sloped Walls At The Prada Store With Mackenzie Thomas

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jessicadefino.substack.comWe’re back with another very special paid subscriber only episode of The Review of Mess: a podcast collaboration between The Review of Beauty (by me, Jessica DeFino) and I (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick). For this installment, we invited the iconic Mackenzie Thomas, writer of the newsletter ★ I WILL DO WHATEVER I WANT ★, to join us in conversation. Today we’re talking about: …

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• Inauguration Fashion — A Feast Of Fascist Undertones!

  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 (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick).Today we’re talking about: Our 2025 trend predictions already coming true [1:30], the future is ephemeral foam couture [8:30], a faux-scandalous pubic hair care campaign from Kiehl’s [15:50], the various horrors of Mr. Beast [22:00], why Coors — yes, the beer company — is entering the cosmetics space [33:40], a historical deep-dive into fascist fashion at the Trump inauguration [39:00], the right-wing obsession with cosmetic surgery [56:15], the upsetting politics of Substack executives [1:15:45], and The Ordinary’s flashy new “science” site marketing ploy [1:28:25]. Plus more!Media we mentioned: Bryan Johnson on “Project Babyface” [YouTube], “Fluids On Film” [The Cut], “A Cultural History of Slime” [LitHub], “Khloe Kardashian Goes Into WAY Too Much Detail About Her — and Her Sisters’! — Pubic Hair” [Us Weekly], Richard Avedon’s portrait of Coco Chanel, “Ivanka Trump channels Audrey Hepburn in custom Givenchy gown for 2025 Liberty Ball” [ABC News], Fashion, Desire and Anxiety: Image and Morality in the Twentieth Century by Rebecca Arnold, “What We See In Lauren Sanchez’s Cleavage” [The New Yorker], “A housekeeping note about Substack and Nazis” [Read Max], “The painful lessons I learned after The Ordinary gave me chemical burns” [Dazed Beauty]About the podcast: The Review of Mess is a podcast by Jessica DeFino and Emily Kirkpatrick that takes a critical look at the dregs of pop culture. Jessica is the writer behind The Review of Beauty, which has been called the newsletter “the beauty industry fears,” and Emily is the creator of I , a weekly roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion. Together, they dissect the biggest and dumbest celebrity happenings every month and give their unfiltered opinion on everything going on in the world of fashion and beauty.Subscribe to receive future podcast posts in your inbox:About the theme music: The Review of Mess theme song is “Hot Mess” by Carly Lind. Find more about Carly here and listen to her music here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jessicadefino.substack.com/subscribe

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• The Illusion of 'Mar-A-Lago Face'

  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 (a fashion newsletter from Emily Kirkpatrick).Today we’re talking about: President Trump’s perfume empire [1:15], fur is in fashion [7:20], meat is chic [13:07], dairy propaganda [14:30], the skincare industry is being weird about beef tallow [19:40], the return of Victorian-era nightgowns and bloomers [30:00], why Ulta is selling children’s toys [37:20], our 2025 fashion and beauty predictions [48:55] — Homage Psychosis! [54:20] Stepford Skin! [1:02:30] Feelings For Sale! [1:05:00] Anti-Cleavage! [1:14:52] WASP BBLs! [1:18:54] Furries! [1:19:25] — Mar-A-Lago Face [1:30:00], orcas and caterpillars accessorizing [1:32:40]. Plus more!About the podcast: The Review of Mess is a podcast by Jessica DeFino and Emily Kirkpatrick that takes a critical look at the dregs of pop culture. Jessica is the writer behind The Review of Beauty, which has been called the newsletter “the beauty industry fears,” and Emily is the creator of I , a weekly roundup of the best of the worst celebrity fashion. Together, they dissect the biggest and dumbest celebrity happenings every month and give their unfiltered opinion on everything going on in the world of fashion and beauty.Subscribe to receive future podcast posts in your inbox:About the theme music: The Review of Mess theme song is “Hot Mess” by Carly Lind. Find more about Carly here and listen to her music here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jessicadefino.substack.com/subscribe

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