Barometer! Buck teeth are back, thank you Aimee Lou Wood

Barometer! Buck teeth are back, thank you Aimee Lou WoodWhat’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer The Standard

Going up!

Buck teeth

Aimee Lou Wood in The White LotusSky/ HBO

High priestess of the overbite Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus, Toxic Town) was told she could never play an American because of her great big front teeth. They’re fabulous.

Spats

Jared Leto wears denzilpatrick suit (and spats) at the BritsJed Cullen/Dave Benett

Thrilled to see Jared Leto added a white pair of 18th-century spatter guards, worn over the lower leg and shoe, to his Brits look. More of this.

Pool

Beyoncé has put her weight behind the game in her new Levi’s campaign — and the denim label is throwing a London pool party in her honour. Grab a cue.

Bro-brooches

Pharrell Williams x Moët & Chandon MOËT & CHANDON

Any man without a decorated lapel at the Oscars looked underdressed. This month, Pharrell Williams launches a Moët collab with decadent bows to be worn as brooches. Take note.

Going down…

Washing daily

French ballet dancer Ludmilla Tcherina bathing, 1955Getty Images

New advice: we should only be showering “every other day”, says Dr Veronique Bataille. More ruins the skin. Someone alert Manolo Blahnik, who enjoys three daily baths.

Jaunt to North Korea?

Tourists arrive in North KoreaAP

Not convinced by the North Korean tourism “boom”, as Western travellers are allowed to return for the first time since Covid. Venice, anyone?

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody, star of The Brutalist, won best actor at the Academy AwardsAP

Gosh, what is it with that best actor Academy Award? First came Will Smith slapping everyone and now gum-spitting, boring “longest speech in Oscars history” Brody.

Cottage cheese

Waitrose Essential Fat Free Cottage CheeseWaitrose

Experiencing a “surge” in popularity per Ocado, which says sales are up 97 per cent. Revolting! Let’s leave this “curdled milk product” in the 1990s.