Hi! I’m so excited for you to read this week’s Glossy Pop Newsletter, which combines so many of my interests — fashion and beauty, of course, but also how both worlds are more entangled with sports than ever. And it’s also a nod to my hometown, New York City, which couldn’t feel more sentimental, as this is my last Pop Newsletter, which is truly bittersweet. Thank you to everyone who read it every week. You will continue to see the Pop Newsletter in your inboxes on Fridays. –Sara Spruch-Feiner, Pop EditorSince Saturday — when the Knicks won the NBA title, ending a 53-year-drought — there has been a phrase floating around the internet: “collective effervescence.” Coined by the sociologist Émile Durkheim, the term refers to the intense feeling of energy and emotional connection that can arise when a crowd shares the same experience or emotion. It’s been palpable in New York for weeks, through the playoffs— the Knicks won the Eastern Conference Finals before, against all odds, capturing the NBA championship.
Sports have offered something positive that people can agree on, noted Jodie Snyder Morel, co-founder of the fashion-forward licensed-apparel brand Dannijopro. “After Covid, sports became bigger than ever. The world is so divided in so many ways, including politics. AI is changing a lot of industries — sports are one of the only things that people can find common ground on.”
