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Editor's Note: This is our weekly roundup of interesting things from across the internet, collated in an anti-doomscroll formation. If you have any thoughts, notes, or recommendations for consideration, send us an email – team@obscurae.co.uk.

Do you wanna look hot or do you wanna look cool?
A small theory of style’s most annoying binary: hot versus cool, performance versus ease, outfit versus aura.
On Love and Jesus, but Mostly the Arduous Quest for the Perfect Wedding Guest Dress
Wedding-guest dressing as a tiny personal crisis, social script, body-politics exercise, and excuse to care about clothes properly.