Kyle Fitzpatrick

Barcelona, California

Freelance Writer at Freelance

i write The Trend Report™ newsletter about online/offline culture 🌱

Articles

Herb Sundays 144: Sean Monahan

1 month ago | herbsundays.substack.com | Sam Valenti IV |Sean Monahan |Nick Sylvester |Kyle Fitzpatrick

“I have an embarrassing admission or maybe not embarrassing when you consider the current options for music discovery: a substantial portion of this list came from Shazamming songs in television shows and movies. For example, the first song “Dur Dur d’être bébé!” by Jordy was a recent find when I was watching The Real World: London. The song introduces Australian model and actress, Jacinda Barrett. She’s from the era when reality TV didn’t doom one to be a reality TV star.
Teenage Wellness and Tech Nihilism

2 months ago | afterschool.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick

Ayo Edebiri directed Clairo’s new music video (and it stars, rather unexpectedly, Weird Al); Charli XCX and Noah Kahan pledge to match Chappell Roan’s $25,000 for artists’ healthcare; and Kendrick Lamar’s bootcut Super Bowl jeans — $1,300 women’s Celine, it turns out — were the real MVP.
Brat Bowl and Hangover Burgers

2 months ago | afterschool.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick

Welcome back to After School Weekend Edition, a not-so-brief trends debrief for paid subscribers.
my word for 2025? exploration

Jan 13, 2025 | shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY ANGELS! I’ve missed you so much 🥺 How have you been??? It’s been so fucking cute to see how many of you have been reading Make It Make Sense over the break - please send me all the pics!!!!!! Most of my break was filled with my friends coming home from overseas (Liv from the UK and Rubes from Sydney!!!!) so lots and lots of gorge girl time!!! There was also lots of beach, lots of lake, and very little internet. Which is probably why I’m feeling so GOOD RIGHT NOW.
What Will 2025 Bring for Fashion Sustainability?

Jan 9, 2025 | goodonyou.eco | Kyle Fitzpatrick

In reflecting on 2024 and considering what may happen this year, we’ve put together a few predictions for the future given the state of sustainable fashion (and beauty). There’s a lot to be excited about—from fashion houses taking more radical stances to broader protections of animals. Still, there are many concerns as those in power are abandoning or deprioritising sustainability efforts, and that’s not good. Scroll to read our seven predictions on what will happen this year.
New Era Fashion Authorities + Sexy Ad Campaigns

Nov 16, 2024 | fashiontingz.substack.com | J'Nae Phillips |Kyle Fitzpatrick |Max Berlinger |Shelcy Joseph

Welcome to ICYMI, an ad hoc edition of Fashion Tingz that’s part read/watch/listen recommendations, part places you need to visit, part fashion things you may have missed… and 100% a good time. As an ex-fashion editor and personal stylist, I see a lot of cool fashion shit floating around the digital depths of the Internet. Now, this stuff may seem kind of out there, kind of obscure, or kind of boring — it all depends on who you ask.
lol fashion's giving me an existential crisis đ

Sep 17, 2024 | 1234kyle5678.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick |Philip Sherburne

Love this interview? Know someone else whoâll love it? ThenâŚshare it! đAfter my chat with back in July, I got a very surprising email. âDUDE!!â it said. âThe call out here!!âIt was from fashion writer Max Berlinger, who I noted in the aforementioned chat as one of the many figures I turn to for qualified opinions and impeccable taste.
criticism is NOT dead ūüė§

Jul 2, 2024 | 1234kyle5678.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick |Hunter Harris |Philip Sherburne

Want more interviews, essays, and reports on trends? Subscribe to The Trend Report‚ĄĘ for weekly dispatches ‚ö°ÔłŹWhat‚Äôs the point of criticism in a culture of constant ingestion? If I can stream whatever I want, autoplaying for the rest of my life from a queue of my non-making, morphing art into entertainment into consumption. The result is a landscape of devalued creative expressions and a devaluing of creatives. Why pay an artist when I can just lift this for free?
⌨️✏️📃 how to run a newsletter📃✏️⌨️

May 7, 2024 | 1234kyle5678.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick

Want to learn how to run a newsletter? You can! But you have to upgrade your account (and, if you can’t swing that financially, send a message and we can figure something out). This month’s How To Be A Creative™ entry is based on your vote for which subjects to explain and explore. Vote for the next subject at the bottom. Revisit older entries in the series, like How To Be A Creative. A few months ago, my friend Erin sent me an email about wanting to start a newsletter.
Protests and stowaway cats

Apr 29, 2024 | shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com | Kyle Fitzpatrick

I have just had one of the best weekends/ few days of my life celebrating Ben and Normy’s 81st birthdays!!! (A combined 60th and 21st.) You know when the stars just align and you’re phoenixing and everything is just… really good? The weather was perfect, nearly ALL my besties flew home for it (sorry Liv and Evie) and it’s just made me very happy to be alive. That being said (and listeners of the podcasts will know this) I currently have NO voice and feel like I have the plague.