Statement Piece

We uncover the history of wigs in different cultures, how wig hair is sourced, why we use wigs, and how they have shaped contemporary fashion and pop culture.

Tara walks us through her time at Wellesley, starting her career at Google, pursuing her passion by founding her own company, and modeling, including how she got her first modeling opportunity with Rick Owens.

This week, we explore HBO’s “Euphoria,” reflecting on its cinematography, character development, and costume and make up design--character by character.

Journalist, Fashion Blogger, DJ, New Zealander, and I Like You Founder Isaac Hindin-Miller walks us through his career as a hairdresser, journalist, fashion blogger, influencer, TikTokker, and more, reflecting on how the nature of social media and virality has changed throughout 2020, networking in the entertainment industry, and how he built his own brand, I Like You.

G. Celestine, the owner and designer of Soulmates Never Die, joins us to talk about androgyny and gender fluidity in fashion, in addition to how she balances being an entrepreneur and serving in the Navy.

We uncover how Dr. Kirten Parekh came to be a medical influencer as @prescriber on TikTok and built out his investment portfolio in the cannabis industry with the company, Space Coyote. We additionally reflect on how wellness has infiltrated the beauty industry and how to interact with healthcare-related media without a medical background.

We reflect with Content Creator Lexie Lombard on how YouTube has changed throughout the decade that she has been on the platform, her popular quarantine series, her thoughts on cancel culture, and Youtube’s influence on fashion.

Sita and Kathryn walk through trends that they’ve noticed recently, highlighting the trends’ potential origination, their thoughts, and if they themselves would partake.

We explore how the fashion brand, Naso’s Founder and CEO Uyi Omorogbe harnessed TikTok and its algorithm to build out his clothing brand’s awareness and cause, garnering notoriety as the TikTokker behind the series “P*ssing Off My African Parents.” We additionally walk through Naso’s brand narrative, including how it came to collaborate with Banana Republic and fund education for Nigerian resident...

We speak with Twitter activist, freelance fashion writer, creative, and law student Samantha Haran (@decouturize) on her involvement in the virtual met gala, how eliminating seasons in fashion can lead to sustainable practices, the paradox of fashion journalism, and how capitalism plays a role within it all.

We walk through hip hop stars’ historic influences on fashion, including Vanessa Simmons’s own influence through her experiences on the television show, “Run’s House” and being the creative director of the brand, Pastry. We also highlight Vanessa’s career as CEO of Sugar Me and Glitter & Lace, in addition to her passions for clean beauty and women in business.

Get to know more about us as we answer some of your most pressing questions, celebrating the end of our first season and the beginning of our second. Follow us on Instagram @statementpiecepod, TikTok @statementpiecepod, Twitter @StatementPiece_, Facebook and LinkedIn ("Statement Piece: The Podcast") to get more updates about future episodes!

We reflect on Man Repeller Global Sales Director Jasmin Aujla’s career before and within the fashion publication, Man Repeller, zeroing in on her most recent article, “Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking,’ Unpacked by 4 South Asian Women.” We inquire about South Asian representation in media, reflect on cultural differences between being Indian in the United States, United Kingdom, and India, concluding...

We walk through Diandra Barnwell’s career in fashion, journalism, and entertainment, including her experiences at Cosmopolitan Magazine and on the show, “So Cosmo.” We highlight how she got to her present involvements in philanthropy, activism, and entrepreneurship. Additionally, we discuss how tokenism has impacted Diandra and how institutions can limit their complicity.

We analyze findings from the 2020 Boston Consulting Group x Highsnobiety report, “Culture Culture Culture: Quantifying What Matters Most to the New Fashion & Luxury Consumer” and the 2018 Highsnobiety report “The New Luxury: Buying In is the New Selling Out” by Train Trunzo, Jian DeLeon, and Emily Dreesen. We answer what the New Luxury mindset is and how we ourselves invest in subcultural knowledg...

We discuss TikTokker $ERIC’s (@MoneySignEric) creative process, how he won the Chipotle x David Dobrik challenge and received free access to Chipotle for a year, how COVID-19 has impacted his content creation, and how activism interacts with TikTok. Finally, we conclude with analysis on a potential federal TikTok ban.

Kathryn recalls her experience as an extra in a music video, leading us to discuss the idea of labor in the entertainment and fashion industry. First, we review the trade-off of time and skills experienced in unpaid internships. We continue to examine unpaid modeling work, the effects of the pandemic, and the potential growth for unions within the modeling industry. Last, we emphasize the need for...

With Trishna, a pre-dental former Pop Talk radio host, we explore American body politics, or the ways in which society regulates, controls, and struggles with the human body. We unpack how coronavirus may impact cosmetic surgery procedures and how that relates to the age of the “Instagram face.”  Furthermore, we discuss body politics’ intersectionality with Tik Tok culture, race, age, culture, dat...

We are analyzing recent and predicted mergers and acquisitions within the beauty and fashion industries. First, we cover Coty’s stake in KKW Beauty and discuss investment deals within the Kardashian and Jenner family. We relate these to 7 fashion industry trends from IMAP’s M&A Fashion Report from 2017. We look at growing demand for influencer personalities and established technology frameworks. N...

We are assessing greenwashing accusations against H&M and prison labor’s perils in the fashion industry. Then, we speak with Arrow + Phoenix Swimwear Founder and Creative Director Kayla Bell about the intersectionality of social and environmental issues in fashion and how she built her business to be as sustainable as it can be.

We are discussing the commodification of Pride Month as well as expanding on the idea of performative allyship within different fashion brands, ranging from Louis Vuitton to Converse. Next, we question this year’s decrease in buyers’ consumption of Pride products and finish the episode by highlighting Olivier Rousteing and Balmain’s most recent campaign. Some virtual pride events that you can atte...

We are examining big brands’ responses to calls for greater diversity and inclusion and Black executives’ roles in uplifting Black talent, highlighting Edward Enninful, Jide Zeitlin, Virgil Abloh, Aurora James, Sharon Chuter, and more.  Some Black-owned fashion and beauty brands that you can shop at include Jam + Rico, Tier, Wasi Clothing, Savage x Fenty, Fenty, Kaike, and Pat McGrath Labs.