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Hello from Northern California, where I’ve absconded to for the weekend to visit remote banyas and eat succulent mangoes. The time difference alone makes me feel like I’m in a dream in which I forgot to go to class all semester and now it’s time to take the final.
For something new this week, we’re hearing from our news editor in her first-ever columnette, dubbed “Generation Maya.” She’s the de facto Gen Z representative in our editorial team tete-a-tetes, with an always-amusing read on what drives and defines her peers, to varying degrees of surprise and déjà vu on my part. (Fellow Millennial survivors of avant-basic might feel a prickle of familiarity in her interior design takedown below.)
Beyond that, as always, the utmost publishable news and sales on now—namely, Nour Hammour’s bag launch, Sunbuddies from our buds at , and an extra 30% off in Toteme’s final days of sale.
My first thought when I moved into my new apartment was that I really don’t want a cute apartment. I want my bathroom to feel like a hybrid between a teenaged boy’s bedroom (1999–2002) and the weird witch shop from The Craft (1996). I want my bedroom to be a dungeon. I want my office to look like the lounge from *Solaris *(1972) but I will settle for something birch-y and Eames-accessorized until I am knocks plywood a homeowner. The interiors must be a little disjointed and freaky because what makes Maya’s house “Maya’s House” is the fact that it’s full of all the stuff I love.
My fellow Gen Z’s taste is defined by hyperspecific associations; like looking at algorithmic taste through a trick mirror. Objects reflected back are not as they seem: At once, the specificity of Gen Z choices feel so singular that they* must *belong to an extremely cultured individual, but in fact, they’re a node in a terrifying network of references only meant to signal uniqueness:
Knockoffs of the following: weird-color modular sofas (
,Bellini),Ligne Roset-anything,USM HallerNoguchirice paper lamps, Bauhaus-yKnollfurnitureVertical-striped sheetsthat look like either theVictoria’s Secretshopping bag or wallpaper in a boutique hotelRecord players on
space-ageyIKEAshelving unitsExposed storage; aluminum racks or milkcrates
Aluminum/stainless steel plinth-like furniture, like every surface of your home looks like a prep-table in a restaurant kitchen
The
Herman MillerPollock desk chair; there are too manyNone of the cool
Adrian Pearsallfurniture, just knockoffs of theJax tablesThe
Joe ColomboBoby cart
Gen Z interior design feels more like a cosplay of what an appointed adult space looks like than an actual home. In reality, these interiors end up not looking like homes at all, but decoupages of what a kid thinks grown-up furniture is, if the grown-up in question is a funky art director or music engineer rather than an executive with an office job.
My challenge for myself, in decorating my new apartment, is mobilizing my awareness of how all of this works for my generation, and de-pathologizing the “vibe.”
My bathroom is the only fully finished room so far, because it’s the smallest. Since I rent, I opted for a nice coat of paint for the witchcraft element (Backdrop’s McQueen) and some fun accessories for the teenage boy element (my PS2 videogame posters; meat shower curtain, custom from ** Zazzle**). My favorite piece in here is this vintage wooden Czech first aid cabinet, sourced from Etsy.
My bedroom is the next work in progress, but the real star is the bed. I’m a big believer that if you have a home with multiple rooms, that the bedroom is just the room with the bed and not much else, so that’s what the vision is here. I have an Ostermoor Elizabeth mattress—perfectly firm for those who prefer (or aspire) to sleep on their backs—paired with the graphic Marimekko sheets in the Kivet print and my absolute favorite Italian blue Magniberg shams for more punch (objectively a Gen Z choice with the loud color and print, but deployed in this instance as a direct Warholian reference), all stacked on a Karup Japan bed frame that I spraypainted black myself. The only other furniture is all brandless: a space age-y nightstand I found on the street and de-Gen Z-pilled by half-graffitiing it while high on oxy (from a recent surgery) in 2023, this Art Deco medical cabinet (yes, another one) sourced from Facebook Marketplace that I use as my vanity with a mirror I found at Goodwill in 2018, and these gold makeup lights I got from Amazon.
I am categorically Gen Z, but not algorithmically so. My generation’s taste may lay out the raw materials, but I’m picking and choosing from them to build my own nest. Which, speaking of…my dungeon vision is going to really come through once I paint the walls Essence of Nightshade by ** Backdrop** and add some lamps; I hope to spring for a fringe piece from the
With News Editor Maya Kotomori
If you thought we were geeked when
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Gap Beautyis officially back with fragrancefor the first time since the ’90s. The five flagship scents, which span fresh and clean (Grass) to warm and woody (Om) make it hard to choose, so we recommend the discovery set to see which speaks to you. On the luxury front,Byredo’s Future Memories Eau de Parfum made by master perfumer Quentin Bisch is here, a reportedly “high-intensity” amber-y unisex fragrance.There’s also: The return of the prodigal daughter akaThe RowDalia bag; adebut bridal collection from fashion’s favorite goth; a how-to guide on dressing in head-to-toeDilara Findikoglukhaki,ink-blue, andjava-brownfromtheRutimonochrome edit;COS’s prep-modern new collection(featuring both asatin ballet flatandsneaker); and afunky suite of ‘90s bias mini skirtsfrom indie darlingCharlie Beads.
Sunbuddiesand the fellas from Throwing Fits collaborated on two new original models,available exclusively through their web shop. The sunnies, inspired by the pair’s penchant for vintage frames, come in two colorways: theJimmy (black)and theLarry (tortoise).
Canada-based studio
Hueyhas teamed up withLulu & Georgiafor an exclusive lighting collectionbased on the warmth and texture of a Parisian apartment. Fare includes everything fromromantic pendant lightssuspended by brass chains tofluted wood column floor lamps, with somefun pleated shade sconcesin between.
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