Retail Therapy by Sunday Scaries
by Sunday Scaries
Hosted by Will deFries and Barrett Dudley, Retail Therapy covers the ever-changing landscape of online trends, aesthetics, style, shopping, and (of course) shifting vibes. What's in, what's out, and what everyone might be talking about at your next group dinner.Also Airing: The Sunday Scaries Podcast — a wellness and self-care podcast for those with blurry Friday and Saturday nights. Hosted by Will deFries, The Sunday Scaries Podcast is your cure for the Sunday blues.
Episodes
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Retail Therapy 172: Mink Scrunchies on Gameday
Aime Leon Dore releases their fall line for women, The Row drops a $300 mink scrunchy, A-listers are showing up to Texas games in droves, an update on the shifting vibes of our In/Out lists, girl dinner menus in the wild, negroni stolen valor, Fits Will Should Steal, wishlist items, and more....
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Retail Therapy 171: Fall In/Out Lists
With fall weather finally reaching Austin, we knew it was time to sit down and sift through our Ins and Outs for Fall 2026. Ranging from style to culture to (possibly) personal gripes, here's everything we're in and out on before winter. Subscribe to the newsletter: retailpod.substack.com...
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Retail Therapy 170: An Interview with Todd Snyder
Todd Snyder joined us while in Austin to open his new store on South Congress. Throughout our extended conversation, we discussed the store's opening, menswear in Austin, retail experiences, building a capsule wardrobe, his journey from Iowa to the runway, celebrities he'd like to dress, his...
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Retail Therapy 169: The Fall Footwear Matrix
Spending hundreds of dollars on vintage Abercrombie & Fitch catalogs, some of-the-moment Halloween ideas from Barrett, a muddy ACL weekend, live editing the Fall Footwear Matrix that will made, Will solved his Ralph Lauren barn pants problem, martini babies, the state of Jeremy Allen White's…
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Retail Therapy 168: Barn Jacket Babygirls
J.Crew's Barn Jacket™ campaign takes over everyone's feed, Jacob Elordi has grown a goatee, Harry Styles and Paul Mescal were NOT walking around together in NYC, Tom Sachs General Purpose Sneaker releases in black leather, how much clout certain ballcaps give you, Will talks purchasing lederhosen...
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Retail Therapy 167: Nike Workshops and Fall Anticipation
A recap of our Nike Workshop in Austin, a look at the clothes we're most excited to bring out for fall, breaking down Ralph Lauren's recent trouser releases, a look at The Emmys, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter: retailpod.substack.com willdefries.substack.com Shop the Sunday...
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Retail Therapy 166: Tiny Loafers and Fall Jackets
A look at the new tiny loafers from Ralph Lauren, the new "it" jacket for early fall, a polo you can only get through hotel room service, the question of how long a man's pant should actually be, and a look at some of the customized product we have ahead of the Retail Therapy x Nike event....
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Retail Therapy 165: Tiny Roll Necks and Bougie Chore Coats
Announcing our event with Nike to customize their new Studio Fleece collection, the J. Crew Tiny Roll Neck sweater controversy, Drake's Chore Coats for FW26, everything is brown now, this year's U.S. Open, Timex's newest collaboration with Noah, Austin's lux new bathhouse, the clothes that make…
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Retail Therapy 164: Fall Lookbooks and Summer Spritz Report
Breaking down the end-of-summer spritz rankings, taking a look at some new Fall/Winter 2026 lookbooks (Aime Leon Dore, Haven, Noah), what we do with our with your worn-but-wearables, the rise of vintage sales from brands, Loro Piana umbrellas and snowboards, 'blates' vs. low bowls, and more....
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Retail Therapy 163: Kinda Chic Nantucket Influencing
Did Lollapalooza have more juice this year than in recent memory? Is the “No Influencers” sign in Nantucket taking anti-influencer rhetoric too far? What is defined as “kinda chic”? Are all the lads wearing straight leg pants this fall? Answers to those questions and more in this week’s episode....
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Retail Therapy 162: New Kit Run Club
The rise of running as both a sport and a trend-driver, breaking down new soccer kits before the start of European seasons, Aime Leon Dore's current stock watch, a Colman Domingo fit worth discussing, a new Thomas Crown Affair, lava rock Nikes, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 161: Orange Coffee Color of the Summer
Orange-flavored coffee, popping kettle through your sweatshirt, dirty martini soft serve, Coca Cola's rebrand, Gen-Z shifting their sock vibes, possible Colors of the Summer, buying Pep Guardiola's office accessories, TV talk, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 160: Bottle Service Chicken Tenders
Looking at the new OpenAI merch and subsequent campaign, the social aspects of reclining your plane seat, $150 Popeye's chicken tender towers at Surf Lodge in The Hamptons, guessing ticket prices for upcoming concerts, Depressed White Boy Summer Reading List, avoiding lettuce, World Cup...
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Retail Therapy 159: Performative Heat
Tips and tricks for dressing to beat the heat, performative smoking has taken over Euro Summer, hot girls drive cool cars, Rory McIlroy’s Wimbledon fit, Dua Lipa’s honeymoon tour, Barrett’s PYOG returns, an edition of Freak or Don’t Freak, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 158: Fancy A Limoncello Spritz?
Will recaps his recent trip to England, Barrett made a USMNT World Cup cop, Erling Haaland's Birkin collection, scaling back opinions on Dua Lipa's courthouse wedding, the J. Crew x Timex Trout Watch has arrived, going through the Sunday Scaries 'Drink of the Summer' frontrunner submissions,...
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Retail Therapy 157: Barrett Circles Back
Dave Ruff and Dillon Cheverere of the Circling Back Podcast join Barrett to discuss a celeb-packed Knicks game, summer style for the everyman, the resurgence of flip flops, and the ideal Father's Day. Subscribe to the Retail Therapy newsletter: https://retailpod.substack.com/ Shop the Sunday...
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Retail Therapy 156: Summer In/Out Lists
Food, drink, culture, and everything in between — these are are Ins and Outs for how we're living this summer. Subscribe to the Retail Therapy newsletter: https://retailpod.substack.com/ Shop the Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: https://www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Watch all Retail Therapy...
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Retail Therapy 155: Sustainable Tanning
Everlane gets acquired by the least likely company to acquire them, Timothee Chalamet gets a babygirl-esque makeover, an NYC blunt rotation, whether fake tans are a status symbol or not, dirty martini sours, Deck Shoe Summer, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 154: Euro Summer and Uncle Loafers
Will returns from Mallorca and Capri with his captain’s log, the Audemars Piguet x Swatch collab, the “Racist Uncle Loafers,” Kith uses Jonah Hill, the new gen-z uniform, Cobie Smulder’s sick “cabin,” Aime Leon Dore SS26, Manchester United’s warm-ups, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 153: Courtside Heel Sheaths
Will's pre-trip cops ahead of Spain and Italy, what we'd wear to a Knicks playoff game if we had courtside seats, Chanel's heel sheaths, the Euphoria wedding episode, viral runners (rugs not athletes), designer pronunciation guide, a potential 'Dirty G&T' drink of the summer, Drake's is giving...
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Retail Therapy 152: Overpriced Palantinis
Palantir's lame attempt at a chore coat, the price index for steakhouse martinis, adults pre-gaming to avoid expensive drinks, Aime Leon Golf 2026, Will officially owns too many Tom Sachs GPS shoes, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter: retailpod.substack.com...
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Retail Therapy 151: Retailchella
Barrett entered the studio with a new mustache, walking through the ALD LA Flagship Store, Coachella discourse that leads to Euphoria discourse, why men love Stone Island, recent purchases and collabs, Americanos, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter: retailpod.substack.com...
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Retail Therapy 150: Private Clubs and Masters Fits
Why New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s are joining old school private clubs, breaking down Jason Day's Malbon outfits for The Masters (plus more Malbon talk), the bracelet-driven world of manstacks, Summer House drama from two dudes who don't watch Summer House, John Mayer buying your shirt off…
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Retail Therapy 149: Private Chefs and Irish Exits
The wild private chef culture during summer in The Hamptons, buying a Brick to stay off our phones, when it's acceptable to Irish Goodbye/Exit, Pep Guardiola's follow-up fit, a deep dive into recent Converse, Will got himself a new nail kit now that he doesn't chew his nails, wishlist items, and…
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Retail Therapy 148: Waffling Over Socks
The thought process that goes into choosing and buying socks, a look at Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola's Champion's League fit, some sneaker imminent cops from Barrett, going through all the babygirl's Oscars looks, bonsai trees, recent drops of note, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to...
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Retail Therapy 147: Sally Puts Us On
This week, we’re joined by Sally aka Salgal so she can put us on to some products. We talk haircare products, fiber, bougie sunglasses, Chanel shows, Dior’s lily-pad vibe, brooches, and more. We also dive into current men’s shorts trends, some interesting St. Paddy’s-ish collabs, wishlist items,...
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Retail Therapy 146: Industry Bros and Surprise Birkins
Rob buys Maura a Birkin post-Traitors, some finance bros are that are taking Industry way to seriously, two shopping and fashion conundrums that Will is facing, Charles Leclerc's wedding and the state of faux-analog, the best meal of Will's life, 'ski girlies' are taking over the mountains,...
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Retail Therapy 145: Put It On The Prep Moodboard
Barrett returns from Mexico City, a look at the prep-filled menswear spring launches we've seen thus far (J. Press, Noah, Aime Leon Dore, and more), talking the most recent episode of Traitors, the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy fashion wave, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter…
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Retail Therapy 144: Listener Questions
This week, we decided to tackle a range of listener questions including (but not limited to) when to save versus splurge, buying for longevity, all-inclusive resorts, cocktail of the summer guesses, ideal signature cocktails at weddings, our perfect weekends in different phases of our lives…
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Retail Therapy 143: Olympic Fencer Nick Itkin
This week, we're joined by Olympic fencer Nick Itkin who has two Olympic medals from both the Tokyo and Paris games. We talk what it's like to be on the Olympic stage, what the Olympic Village is actually like, his experience as a Nike athlete, walking the runway for Peter Do at NYFW, his new...
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Retail Therapy 142: Paper Thin Wine Glasses & Overpriced Sides
The steakhouse sides are soaring in price, why you need the thinnest possible wine glasses, McDonald’s giving the gift of caviar for Valentine’s Day, breaking down the wild week of mogging from Jacob Elordi, Cashmere Keith and his five-button polo, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 141: Pappy Van Olive Oil
Mongolia's outfits for the Opening Ceremonies, Drake's gets PE'd, when you like olive oil too much, Howlin' x Engineered Garments, Barrett's sweatpants answers for Will's sweatpants questions, a condom vinyl, Sydney Sweeney's botched SYRN launch, the most expensive bottle of whiskey sold at...
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Retail Therapy 140: Ralphing in Paris
Dissecting all of the hullabaloo surrounding the Ralph Lauren men's show in Paris, whether or not Elordi could pull off Bond (and who actually could), rules for the Belgian loafer sale, Aime Leon Dore hits the Premier League, the Aussie effect, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the…
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Retail Therapy 139: Traitors, Chillets, and 2016 Fit Checks
A look back at 2016 after how it's captured the internet over the last week, the men's haircut that dominated The Golden Globes, Traitors style (and further discussion filled with spoilers), Nike ACG's Olympics drop, non-alcoholic martinis, the state of slop bowls, who is reading the most…
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Retail Therapy 138: Happy Hour Drink of the Year
Whether or not happy hour is doomed, a small look at post-work pub culture, the cringe level of the new non-drinking events, our personal 2025 Cocktails of the Year, some soccer kit releases, Jacob Elordi's crush on Hilary Duff, wishlist items, and more. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 137: End-of-the-Year In/Out Lists
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. A Reminder: We have no video for this week's episode as we recorded over the...
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Retail Therapy 136: Cops of the Year & Top-Shelf Cocktails
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. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 135: Big Jackets and Window Shopping
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...
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Retail Therapy 134: The 2025 Gift Guide
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. Subscribe to...
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Retail Therapy 133: Fall Looks and Guinness Pizza
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. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 132: Style Drafts and Seafood Towers
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...
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Retail Therapy 131: Guinness Beericanos at the Hardcore Show
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...
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Retail Therapy 130: Freaking with Babygirl Halloween
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. Subscribe to the newsletter: retailpod.substack.com willdefries.substack.com Shop...
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Retail Therapy 129: Small Batch Cocktails in Jester Beanies
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,...
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Retail Therapy 128: Non-Performatively Getting Into Berghain After Charli's Wedding
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...
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Retail Therapy 127: The 2025 Fall Fashion Episode
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...
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Retail Therapy 126: Tennis Courts in Venice
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…
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Retail Therapy 125: Overnighted Birkins and AI Nostalgia
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. Subscribe to the newsletter:...
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Retail Therapy 124: Favorite Things with Ethan Glenn
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...
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Retail Therapy 123: Tiny Meals and Fall Lookbooks
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…
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About this show
Hosted by Will deFries and Barrett Dudley, Retail Therapy covers the ever-changing landscape of online trends, aesthetics, style, shopping, and (of course) shifting vibes. What's in, what's out, and what everyone might be talking about at your next group dinner.Also Airing: The Sunday Scaries Podcast — a wellness and self-care podcast for those with blurry Friday and Saturday nights. Hosted by Will deFries, The Sunday Scaries Podcast is your cure for the Sunday blues.
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