To close out the year, we figured it would be the perfect time to talk In/Out lists. From restaurants to style to ~vibes~, Barrett and Will go through everything they consider to be "In" and "Out" as we look toward 2026.
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Anointing our 2025 Cops of the Year and Garments of Fall/Winter '25, Will's review of the top-shelf cocktail menu at a Dallas hotel, a final edition of Freak or Don't Freak to end the year, Timothee Chalamet's status as a babygirl, wishlist items, and more.
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Team USA has released some new heat with Ralph Lauren ahead of the Winter Olympics, Outlander Magazine plagiarized Will's tweet about Barbour's Wallace and Gromit collab, a look at some other fall/winter '25 outerwear, the fad of Marty Supreme jackets, the Jacob Elordi outfit that Barrett studied religiously, a recap of Will's Retail Therapy-coded trip to New York, wishlist items, and more.
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For him, for her, for the home, under $25, under $50 — we covered it all this year. There's a reason that our gift guides are our most popular episodes of the year. To see the entire list of products we discussed (and some we didn't), check out our Substack on Monday, November 24th.
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Going through our first personal looks of the fall, Barrett's take on the NYT 'James Clean' look, Will's upcoming NYC trip, Cheese Vending Machines, Guinness Pizza Pie, Nostalgic Tavern Aesthetic, Zohran’s wife is an art girl, a sock refresh, wishlist items, and more.
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We draft our "most stylish" people based on GQ's recent "50 Most Stylish People in the World" list, a discussion about the Retail Therapy holiday party being seafood tower-coded, the Oregon x Nike x Grateful Dead collab, the alleged detective investigating the Louvre robbery, critter pants and women's pullovers, some Halloween costume discussion, wishlist items, and more.
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Breaking down the style Will saw at the Turnstile show, Skims new pubic hair underwear, Aime Leon Dore x Porsche, whether or not Harry Styles is pregnant, Guinness Beericanos and red wine with ice cream, Paris Fashion Week's seeming rise in popularity, Timberlands, Timothee Chalamet named "White Boy of the Year, wishlist items, and more.
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Austin City Limits has officially taken over our city, a look at some potential 'babygirl' Halloween costumes, a new edition of 'Freak or Don't Freak,' a discussion about belts and high-end golf clothing, and more.
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A true clearance rack episode for us covering a ton of different style topics — a mea culpa moment for Berghain, the format of Tom Sachs recent drop, mid-range men's fall footwear, designer strollers, an "Are we doing...?" segment, Erewhon goes nationwide, batch cocktails, nostalgic ski hats, Taylor possibly appearing at ACL, wishlist items, and more.
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A true pop culture grab bag this week — the social event that was Charli XCX's wedding, the boys getting early access again at Aime Leon Dore (and why that's not good news), Berghain in Berlin, breaking down the non-performative male, walking x miles and eating x for dinner, the terrible Team USA Ryder Cup style, "that" J.Crew sweater, the top 50 restaurants in America, and a tour through the collection we curated through Canoe Club.
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Always one of the trademark episodes of the year, this year's 2025 Fall Fashion Episode is no different. We began with a bunch of women's trends we've seen bubbling up from 'that' green jacket to suede sneakers to drawstring jeans. We then dove into the male side to discuss military style, blue scarves, the rise of henleys, rugby shirts, the state of pants, male earrings, Canadian Tuxedos, fleeces, sweaters, and more.
Many of the products referenced today are available at one of our favorite independently owned boutiques, Canoe Club out of Boulder, Colorado. They've let us put together our very own Retail Therapy Edit with those aforementioned products as well as a host of other items we've either brought up on previous episodes or that fit well into the categories we discussed on our Fall Fashion episode. Check out the curated selection here.
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Barrett did some pilates influencing during the week, a look at a ton of standout fashion moments (and caviar) from The U.S. Open, Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac took over The Venice Film Festival, Kith Ivy and the subsequent Erewhon opening in NYC, Jeffrey Epstein’s quarter-zip, wishlist items, and more.
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The special requests of rich travel clients, getting botox on your yacht, betting odds on the Swift/Kelce wedding, Ssense’s bankruptcy, the J. Crew x Vans AI controversy, Will’s complaint about a recent bachelorette party trend, wishlist items, and more.
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We welcome Every Other Thursday’s Ethan Glenn back to the program to discuss life updates, Fall/Winter 2024, EOT’s NYC pop-up, JFK Jr. being the new Princess Diana, upcoming EOT fall releases, where he stands on recent footwear trends, a bar-centric game of ‘Cop Cart Return,’ and each of our Favorite Things from summer.
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GLP-1s are shaping the size of meals at some restaurants, going over some Retail Therapy survey results, a peek at some fall lookbooks (Noah, Howler Brothers, Stussy), Will's favorite Indian restaurants are coming to the states, the ridiculous Prada visors, a new travel hoodie, wishlist items, and more.
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Whether or not the “dirty spritz” deserves to be in discussions for Drink of the Summer, Will recaps both GD60 and John Mayer’s show fits featuring Loro Piana jackets, Chicago’s “Performative Male” contest, elite summer community pants, Martha Stewart’s skincare brand, wishlist items, and more.
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An update on last week’s Outdoor Voices discussion, Nike’s pivot to cowboy accessories, the Sydney Sweeney x American Eagle fallout, Skims face wrap, Will’s custom Dead threads, and some wishlist items.
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Whether or not Outdoor Voices can make a comeback after their cryptic Instagram behavior, oversized and battered tote bags, the rise of Normans aka 'soft sleeze' guys, the flex of pre-released books, wishlist items, and more.
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In this week's audio-only episode, we discuss how Under Armor ripped off Gumtree Golf & Nature Club, the rise of popular run club apparel, Will's leader for Drink of the Summer (a negroni sour), a Retail Therapy playlist, wishlist items, and more.
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Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott mog all over Wimbledon, $400 melons in The Hamptons, Italian weddings and luxury Lake Como hotels, Keith McNally’s book, Bruv Summer featuring Oasis, and more.
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