Close-up detail view of seven Labubu monsters / charms / dolls / plus from "Big Into Energy" collection : Loyalty, Happiness, Luck, Hope, Serenity, Love an Secret, during a street style fashion photo ...

It's a plush doll. It's a bag charm. It's a collectible that recently sold for six figures. But no, this wildly popular creature isn't a Gremlin or one of the monsters in Maurice Sendak's children's ...

Labubus — the fluffy, sharp-toothed figurines adorning belt loops and bags across the globe — aren’t just toys. They’ve become a cultural and commercial phenomenon. The creepy-cute collectibles, ...

Ms. Silcoff is a cultural critic. My 10-year-old daughter’s entry into the universe of Labubu was innocent enough: She was a kid who wanted a doll. So how did my usually thoughtful and steady ...

At peak, Labubu dolls weren’t just collectibles, they were emotional currency. Every social feed served unboxing after unboxing of pastel creatures with wide grins and rabbit-like ears. Blind-box ...

These days, so few trends escape the containment of algorithmic silos to become bona fide phenomena that it can be tempting to feel like the ones that do are important to put effort into understanding ...