Which Back-To-School "Essentials" Are This Year's Stanley Tumblers?

Which Back-To-School "Essentials" Are This Year's Stanley Tumblers?

When I texted my 12-year-old niece to ask what the cool kids want when they head back to school, approximately one millisecond elapsed before her three dots popped up, indicating a speedy response on its way. “Everyone wants an Owala,” she declared, and I read it in Miranda Priestley’s “oh, you sweet summer child” tone reserved for when she’s speaking to Anne Hathaway’s Andi. In a world where Stanley cups dominated popular culture just last year…