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Saw some nice clothes this week.
 
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Australian fashion week skips a bad one
Trends  
Australian fashion week skips a bad one
On international runways, there's been a big backslide in commitment to body and age diversity. But in Australia this year, designers used their mates as models
All the styles  
From polished to chaotic: our picks of fashion week's best shows.
Flaking smiles  
TikTok’s viral ‘caveman method’ suggests you cease putting substances on your face, including water. The results are scaly.
Robot tiles  
And in more wholesome news, the boom in automated mahjong has seen Zoomers join their grandparents at the table.
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Zucchini bake
Zucchini bake
Rachel Roddy's no-fry fritter-pancakes take inspiration from both the Renaissance and speed sliced vegetable videos.
Extremely online
Extremely online
Goodbye to the worst rebrand of all time and hello again to HBO Max. How we missed you. Hello also to this Airbnb launch that no-one asked for, and hello to a new Rihanna song, which, unfortunately, is for The Smurfs. 

Good reads: our colleague Dee Jefferson on Australia’s art crisis; Rolling Stone on Lorde; The Paris Review on holiday. Nobody wants to be a movie star, nobody knows anything about fitness, and nobody is eating – though everyone’s a foodie now. Is criticism really in crisis? Is Sufjan okay? At least shopping is fun again!
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A show – pretty whack  
This new college sitcom from influencer-comedian Benito Skinner – featuring a lot of Charli xcx – could've been deeply annoying. Thank god it's actually charming! Overcompensating is streaming on Prime Video.
This new college sitcom from influencer-comedian Benito Skinner – featuring a lot of Charli xcx – could've been deeply annoying. Thank god it's actually charming! Overcompensating is streaming on Prime Video.
A film – loves to yak  
The world's other biggest pop star – The Weeknd – has just released a feature film companion to his album Hurry Up Tomorrow. It plays like therapy – and he got deep in a long profile.
The world's other biggest pop star – The Weeknd – has just released a feature film companion to his album Hurry Up Tomorrow. It plays like therapy – and he got deep in a long profile.
Another film – Cruise is back  
The eighth and last Mission: Impossible is out in cinemas. And it's five stars!!!!!!
The eighth and last Mission: Impossible is out in cinemas. And it's five stars!!!!!!
A book – facades crack  
Australian author Dominic Amerena's debut I Want Everything is a book about a writer – and a white lie that becomes full-blown deception. It's 'dazzling' and 'delicious'.
Australian author Dominic Amerena's debut I Want Everything is a book about a writer – and a white lie that becomes full-blown deception. It's 'dazzling' and 'delicious'.
The funniest things on the internet
Andi Snelling's tour of her tabs
Andi Snelling's tour of her tabs
This is a very nostalgic list. She loves 'a good old-fashioned slapstick fall'!