Variety Hitmakers

Laufey in Thom Browne

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 06: Laufey attends Variety's 9th Annual Hitmakers Brunch at Nya Studios on December 06, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Savion Washington/WireImage)

Well, I love the skirt. I find the rest of Thom Browne's work here a bit tiresome. For some reason, I think it's the gigantic shirttails that are pushing it over for me.

Sabrina Carpenter in archival Ralph Lauren

Sabrina Carpenter at Variety Hitmakers 2025 Sponsored by Tik Tok on December 06, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

This is a nice look on her. Not wild about the makeup, but the dress itself is understated and interesting, and deviates from (what feels like) her neverending sexpot or sequined selections. It's unexpected; I'm pleased.

Addison Rae

As latex dresses go, this one works for me, because it leans away from the expectation that the whole thing would be skintight and snug (the way Kim K used to wear them). But the buckle on the cummerbund makes me laugh. It just sort of... appears there, and MIGHT be attached to something we can't completely see?

Audrey Nuna, Ejae, Rei Ami

(L-R) US singer and rapper Audrey Nuna, South Korean singer and songwriter Ejae and South Korean singer and rapper Rei Ami attend the Variety's 9th annual Hitmakers Brunch at Nya Studios in Los Angeles on December 6, 2025. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images)

They're the singing voices behind Huntrix (styled as HUNTR/X), a.k.a. K-Pop Demon Hunters. They might be the biggest hitmakers in this crew. I am unclear why Audrey's skirt looks like it recently survived a shipwreck.

Madison Beer

Cute enough, but looks too much like a tennis dress.

Tate McRae in 2003 Versace

Canadian singer Tate McRae attends the Variety's 9th annual Hitmakers Brunch at Nya Studios in Los Angeles on December 6, 2025. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images)

Dario Vitale got the heave from Versace already; maybe that's why it feels like they've dished out a lot from the archives recently. I am not enraptured by this; I think it's the skirt? But I always like to see celebs going vintage.

Rosé

This is very pretty, but too much for a brunch. NOBODY needs to wear anything that will get trampled in a public bathroom to a brunch. That's purely a primetime problem.

Shaboozey

I would have ditched the hat, but he probably saw the word "brunch" and thought, "Great, I can just roll out of bed and slap on a cap, right?" I sympathize. (I hate brunch. It requires way too much hair planning, which is where hats WOULD come in handy.)

Ben Platt

This could have gone SO much worse. I might even like the jacket. (Not sure about the color though.)

Megan Moroney

Was this torn from a decade-old Ariana Grande mood board?

Bella Poarch in Gucci

US singer Bella Poarch attends the Variety's 9th annual Hitmakers Brunch at Nya Studios in Los Angeles on December 6, 2025. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images)

That belt is doing nothing. Well, I guess visually it's breaking up the sea of blue, but it does not appear to be threaded through any belt loops. However, I would take ten of them if she'd replace the shoes, which don't vibe with the rest of it at ALL. They are so... glum.

Jack Antonoff

Jessica and I went to this one year, and a guy walked by and I said, "He looks like he's Jack Antonoff, but he's too tall." Turns out it WAS Jack Antonoff, and he IS tall (at the time I really thought he read 5'7"). All of which is to say, if we'd gone again, I'd have convinced myself AGAIN that it wasn't Jack Antonoff because I'm not sure I've ever seen him without glasses.

BigXthaPlug

Tattoos are not a shirt.