So the Labubu and Dubai chocolate fads — what was that all about?

A woman has several Labubu figures hanging from her bag as she stands in a queue outside KaDeWe. The Chinese manufacturer and retailer Pop Mart opens a separate area in KaDeWe for the hyped Labubu plush figures. | Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images If you’re not quite sure why everything is suddenly Dubai chocolate or what exactly a Labubu is, you’re not alone. Trends have such a tenuous connection to our culture at large that posters online have started to identify the phenomenon with word salad: “labubu matcha dubai chocolate crumbl cookie benson boone …” You get the gi