The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

At Lakmé Fashion Week in Mumbai, British-Yemeni designer Kazna Asker’s India debut got everyone to mentally make space in their closets. She’s 28, she’s cool, she remixes tracksuits and suits with traditional Yemeni abayas and keffiyeh. The showstopper? A madhallah, or a handwoven hat worn by Yemeni goat herders. Want it so baa’d.

Haters said that Dua Lipa copied Levitating from L Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer’s ’80s songs. The case was dismissed last week. Judges said the tune was too common to be considered a rip-off. Besides, her song is from the Future Nostalgia album, a long clever-clever nod to retro sounds. Obviously some of it would sound familiar.

Wait. Was that Pikachu at a Turkish anti-government protest? Some Reels caught him waddling from the police. Adorable? You bet! Dodgy? That too. It’s sus when people protest in costume – the joke gets old pretty quick, it detracts from the message. Plus, who knows what the actual Pikachu’s political leanings are. He won’t say.

Americans who are trying to quit cigarettes just got help from an unexpected source. A participant in an NYU Stupid Hackathon invented a Tamagotchi-integrated vape. To keep the digital pet alive, puff on the e-cig, not an actual one. The event aims to create things no one needs. But this? Equal parts evil and genius.

The promo vid for Alexander McQueen’s crossbody sling is a creepy kind of clever. It shows shiny, glutinous millipedes slinking around, popping in and out of its pockets and crevices. No animals were harmed during the shoot, they assure us. But plenty of humans are shuddering. Insects in purses we can’t afford. #NewFearUnlocked

so they had a Cake Picnic in San Francisco, and all we could do was drool, because tickets sold out so quickly. Participants allegedly wiped out 1,387 cakes in one evening. So what? This isn’t the Met Gala. Assemble your squad, bake your own cakes (or order them) and have your own picnic. What are the cake police gonna do, have a meltdown?

Oreo unveiled a limited-edition kunafa version in the Middle East for Ramadan. No one in India was impressed. We’ve been eating the unofficial version (and Oreo baklavas) for years. What we want are matcha Kit-Kats, seaweed-flavoured Lays, and Coca-Cola x Hershey’s collabs. And more faux Ferrero Rocher ice-cream.

As the price of eggs soars in NYC, skincare brand The Ordinary decided to have a bit of fun. For one weekend only, they sold cartons of eggs at regular rates. Of course, they were sold out. Clever marketing, but it got our brains scrambled. Are we supposed to like our eggs matte, dewy or luminous now?