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In conversation with Somsack Sikhounmuong , Creative Driector of Alex Mill. Somsack has had a career designing for NY’s greatest lifestyle brands, (previously Head of Design at J. Crew and Madewell), but alongside his day to day he is, and has been, a collector and true fan of fashion. His personal fashion archive include various designers who have influenced him through different stages of his jo...

In conversation with César Rodríguez Salinas the Textile and Fashion Conservator at Kunstmuseum Den Haag. César gets into what led him to conservation and the common misconceptions of the job of a conservator. How every garment requires a different assessment. The challenges of textile dyes and how they can define a garment's origin. How much science is involved in a garments analysis. The res...

In conversation with founders Ali and JP of KURB on giving people the tools to search for designer vintage as precisely as possible, viewing the archive resale ecosystem as an entity that is in constant flux, how vintage sellers can increase visibility of their products, the specific criteria they look for in vendors, how luxury fashion dropping the ball lately has carved a path for indie designer...

In conversation with Molly Rogers, the costume designer behind And Just Like That and the The Devil Wears Prada 2 . For decades, Molly worked side-by-side with Patricia Field, starting at her famous downtown New York store before helping define a generation of style across the entire Sex and the City universe. We get into what brought her to the Pat Field store in 1984, who was shopping at the sto...

In conversation with Jakub and Ali of the vintage store 3AEM. We go back to their childhood stories of what brought them to fashion, the journey that brought them together to build 3AEM, Jakub's experience as a designer and decision to slow it down, the work and inspiration that goes into their vintage drops, the importance of accessible price points, their approach to mixing labels and eras,...

In conversation with Judy Berger of Judy's Vintage Fair , The Big Flea Market, Vintage Furniture Flea and the Botanical Market -- Judy gets into the early days of putting on markets in London and how that lead to vintage fair's touring the UK's university towns. The novelty of using Myspace to advertise her market. How vintage purists had an issue with her selling stuff from the 80s in...

In conversation with Edward Jones, of @ edwardjonesatelier on how his early fascination with the understructures of victorian dress, the diaries of lady's maids and the hidden details and soft techniques of old haute couture sewing set him on his journey to becoming a couturier. Edward gets into the parts of couture sewing people may not realise and how hard it is to translate couture pieces in th...

In conversation with Allison Dickerman, founder of NYC based vintage store Allison's Archive on leaving her PR job to start her own business, the intuition and feeling that goes into her curation, admiring designers who weren’t afraid to have fun, missing the times when designers didn't try to appeal to everyone, Dsquared FW 2003, the constant surprises in sourcing, Vintage going from nich...

In conversation with Antoni Burakowski, of Antoni and Alison on behalf of both Antoni and Alison! Antoni paints a vivid picture of the early 1980s in London, jumble sales on Brick Lane, performances by Divine, happy hour at Peppermint Park, always looking your best and going to Saint Martins College of Art — where him and Alison first met. We get into what brought them together, what led to their...

In conversation with James of menswear archive Spiral Sense on how he entered the space and is continuing to make it a career, pivotal moments in menswear,  the experimental cuts and innovative materials of the 1999 collections, Roberto Manichetti and his underrated designs for Burberry from 1998 to 2001, Mandarina Duck and their in-house fabrics, design elements he gets excited about, current des...

In conversation with Matteo Azzolini writer and creator of the fashion substack Why You Should Care , a weekly newsletter investigating key cultural shifts and trends across luxury, fashion, lifestyle, and pop culture. In this Episode we dive deeper into a topic Matteo has previously explored -- Fashion's obsession with the archives. We get into the role of nostalgia in an unstable world, the...

Episode 110 In conversation with Marie Mark, founder of Kernemilk, an independent fashion label from Copenhagen, Denmark. We get into why moving closer to customers and further away from big shows and productions is essential moving forward, the biggest challenges operating a small independent fashion label, what she learned from her first fashion show and why that goal has changed over time, the...

In conversation with Kasia of Warsaw, Poland based vintage shop Igen Vintage. We get into how people in Warsaw are dressing and how their style and shopping patterns have changed over the years. How styling has become a key tool to selling a product and the world they are building. Igen's fashion campaigns and what it means for vintage stores to be utilising traditional forms of fashion advertisin...

Episode 108. In conversation with Vita Haas and Lucy Weisner of NYC's beloved Cafe Forgot , an independent experimental multi brand retailer located in the Lower East Side. We get into the early days before the store and how their concept came about, collaborating and showcasing their friends work, the fun stores that no longer exist in the city, the lessons that came from operating as a pop up sh...

In conversation with Brynn Jones Saban, founder of Los Angeles based vintage store Aralda Vintage . We get into the evolution of Aralda and how she transformed it from a vintage store to a home for designer archives that stylists, celebrities and vintage lovers flock to. How she started her business and what she's learned from it. Her love for Paco Rabanne, Alexander McQueen, and John Galliano. Wh...

In conversation with CSM graduate designer Anna Filzmoser on the Other MA Fashion Show and why they did it, Anna's collection and unique creative process, upcycling and how she considers materials, thoughts on the current state of fashion and how that influences her, the importance of social media to young designers, the biggest takeaway studying at Central Saint Martins, hopes for the future of f...

In conversation with Mariana Vergara of Merci C’est Vintag e on bringing back shopping with intention, spotlighting artisan makers and heritage, being under stimulated by the current retail landscape, the multiple universes of Merci C’est Vintage, how Le Pop Up started, discovering artisans and giving them a new platform, human connection and storytelling, why there’s a resurgence in true vintage,...

In conversation with the woman behind the Two Mrs on Instagram and Substack which celebrates the eternal Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. We get into the internet's fascination with Carolyn, her mystique and the public's projections, debunking theories about the style icon, the Cartier curse, the first 3 episodes of American Love Story -- what they got wrong and wha...

In conversation with Isabella Oday of Rummage Stretch on 2016 — the year athleisure peaked and the culture around being healthy, the uprise of wellness influencers and yoga leggings on the Upper East Side, the Kardashian effect, our modest pre 2015 bums, unrealistic lifestyle expectations promoted to us online, the yoga retreat that led to Rummage Stretch, Liana Staenstein’s brilliant trend predic...

We are back and in conversation with the lovely Elizabeth Morgan of independent -- slow fashion, Manchester (& online) based retailer The Norah Store . We get into how creating something that her and her best friends could shop in real life became a reality, the male dominated Manchester shopping scene and the importance of having both a store and community there for women, the curation and cr...

In conversation with Costume Designer Christina Flannery on her most recent work for the TV series I love LA and the film Christy , her experience with vintage clothing and the path that led her to designing, coverings early 80s to 2010s and the exact replicas and vintage pieces used in Christy, I Love LA and referencing LA, the cultural significance of Alani's Tabi ballet flat moment, how muc...

Episode 100! Honored to celebrate 100 epsidodes - in conversation with creative consultant and stylist Rita Melssen ( @saint_____rita ) on the journey that led her to working for Pop Icon - Madonna, how moving to New York at 17 brought on a hard work ethic and open mind, deep research and her approach to dressing a legend, being intuitive and the intimate relationship of working with artists, divi...

In conversation with Stephanie Cahyadi of @comme.please ,  a vintage shop with a focus on Comme Des Garcons pieces based in Singapore. We dive into Rei Kawakubo’s unconventional entry into fashion and how this later influenced the abstract creative process she evolved with her design team. We discuss some of her design philosophies and how she revolutionised our perspectives of fashion, advertisin...

In conversation with Lauren Lepire of Timeless Vixen on how growing up in LA influenced her, joining a girl ska band when she was 16 and the 60s fashion subculture attached to it, selling true 50s and 60s pieces from her dorm room on Ebay, Courtney Love as her first celebrity client and the full circle moment of the babydoll dress, the intricacies of Couture pieces, Museum worthy finds, the preser...

I am joined by Fashion Editor and Writer Hannah Rose Tindle to discuss the Milan and Paris SS26 Season. This fashion month felt like a lot; a lot of designer debuts, a lot of pressure and a lot of opinions! While Hannah and I felt overwhelmed by the whole thing, we did our best to try and understand where that pressure came from, who is a fashion critic in 2025, the state of luxury fashion, is the...