Going Up, Going Down: Our Weekly Roundup Of The Best And The Worst

This week’s offering of pop culture’s goodies and baddies.

UP: Stranger Mania

Stranger ThingsĀ is back, baby! Will Eleven return? Who will Sadie Sink be playing? Is it legit to fork out for that Louis Vuitton X Stranger Things fan T-shirt? Probably not, right… *removes from cart*

UP: Podcasting

Guilt-free, hands-free, photoshop-free? Yes, please. And we have a weekly feature of the best ones too. Hurrah.

UP: Best Cause For The Breast CauseĀ 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join the fightĀ andĀ treat yoā€™self by supporting one of the many beauty brands raising money for breast cancer research.

UP: Fashion Down UnderĀ 

Brand new Aussie label I.AM.GIA is turning fashion heads with an army of supermodel IT girls already making it a firm favourite. We want it all.

DOWN: Avoca-don’tĀ 

Spanish fruit company, Isla Bonita, obviously didnā€™t get the ā€˜if itā€™s not brokenā€¦ā€™ memo, so here we are with diet avocados ā€“Ā ā€œall the Instagrammability, only 30 percent of the fat.ā€Ā Weā€™ll be mashing up the full-fat versions and spreading atop a thick slice aā€™Ā whiteĀ toast – so sue us!

Image Credit: Fresh Plaza

DOWN: RnB n’ STDs…

Usher has found himself in the midst of an awkwardly public genital herpes lawsuit ā€“ Ā weā€™ll never be able to sing along to ā€˜let it burn, let it burnā€™ againā€¦

DOWN: Denim Wedgies

Thong jeans, aka theĀ fashion industry’s latest prank, need we say more?

DOWN: Fur-get it!

Gucci’sĀ Marco Bizzari has given the fur industry the kiss of death, and thousands of furry friends the kiss of life.

Did we miss anything? Are you dying forĀ Stranger ThingsĀ to face the ruthless Netflix chopping (and dropping) block? Or, are you secretly salivating over those low-fat avos? Leave us a comment below, and join us back here next week for the next slew of trends to face FIB judgement day.