Fashioncast

Fashioncast®   Episode #57, December 2, 2025  Adam Taubenfligel, Co-founder of Triarchy, Leading the Next Generation of Responsible Denim Manufacturers In this episode, you will meet Adam Taubenfligel, Co-founder of Triarchy, a U.S.-based sustainable women’s denim manufacturer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Adam and his co-founder siblings, Mark and Ania, have been developing and refining the busi...

Fashioncast®  Episode #56, November 21, 2025  Tracey Panek, Historian at Levi Strauss & Co., Iconic American Fashion Brands (Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary, Part 1)  In this episode, listeners are introduced to Tracey Panek, Historian and Archivist at Levi Strauss & Co., as Fashioncast commences its tribute to renowned American fashion brands. Since 2014, Tracey has served as an authorita...

Fashioncast® Episode #55, August 1, 2025 Amy Leverton, Founder Denim Dudes, Fashion’s Diva of Denim On this episode, you will meet Amy Leverton, the fashion industry’s foremost expert on denim. Born and raised in England, Amy attended the London College of Fashion, then spent years searching for her place in fashion.  After a series of jobs, she followed her passion into denim style, design, and t...

Fashioncast® Episode #54, February 4, 2025 Isabel De Sousa, Founder Akalia and Business Brand Consultant On this episode, you will meet the energetic and brilliant Isabel De Sousa, Founder of Akalia, and business brand consultant. De Sousa, based in Miami, Florida, has walked the walk in building her brand the old fashion way—with grit and determination. Launched in 2021, Akalia was scaled with am...

Fashioncast® Episode #53, November 12, 2024 Alden Wicker, Toxic Textiles (Part 3): Has Toxic Apparel Become Fashion’s Watergate? This episode is Part 3 of a three-part series on toxic textiles and features Alden Wicker, award-winning author, freelance investigative reporter, and environmental blogger.  The discussion covers Wicker’s career in the fashion industry since 2011, including her introduc...

Fashioncast® Episode #52, October 8, 2024 Dr. Alison Matthews David, Toxic Textiles (Part 2): Fashion’s History of Silent Consent This episode is Part 2 of a three-part series on toxic textiles and features Dr. Alison Matthews David, award-winning author, professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, and fashion activist.  Dr. Matthew David’s ground-breaking fashion history classic Fashion Victims...

Fashioncast® Episode #51, September 17, 2024 Lydia Dupree, Toxic Textiles (Part 1): A Biochemist Unravels Fashion’s Toxic Secrets  Put your thinking caps on fashionistas!  On this episode, you’ll meet Lydia Dupree, the brilliant and affable biochemist who is tackling one of fashion’s most opaque topics—toxic textiles. Dupree is a notable cancer researcher and has several research papers already pu...

Fashioncast® Episode #50, August 20, 2024 Somy Madani, Haute Couture Makes A Comeback With London’s Next Generation Designer This is the 50th show anniversary of Fashioncast ® , and we couldn’t think of a better guest to share our success with than Somy Madani, the award-winning London-based international designer. Born and raised in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Somy’s fashion journey is a remarkable sto...

Fashioncast® Episode #49, July 16, 2024 Stacy Igel, Fashion’s Queen of Collaboration Listen closely fashionistas! On this episode we introduce you to “fashionpreneuer” extraordinaire Stacy Igel, Founder Boy Meets Girl apparel company and best-selling author of Embracing The Calm In The Chaos .    As Stacy says, she was interested in fashion while “still in the womb,” and her history since birth re...

Fashioncast® Episode #48, May 21, 2024 Rachel Erickson, Riding High in the World of Performance Apparel Hold on fashionistas! On this episode we introduce you to manufacturing performance apparel consultant Rachel Erickson.  As Founder and CEO of Unmarked Street, Rachel, and her team specialize in fashion consulting to the sports performance market, especially cycling.  Enthusiastic about fashion...

Fashioncast® Episode #47, February 15, 2024 Gittemarie Johansen, The Global Guru of Sustainability Takes on Fast Fashion Hey Fashionistas!  On this episode we introduce you to sustainability educator, author, speaker, and YouTube sensation, Gittemarie Johansen.  Smart, witty, and experienced, Gittemarie has been living and teaching the zero-waste lifestyle for a decade. It’s fascinating to hear ho...

Episode #46, December 20, 2023 Fern Mallis, A Fashion Legend Imparts Wit And Wisdom On Her Career And Life On this exclusive episode, you will hear from the Godmother of Fashion, Fern Mallis, as she describes the trials and tribulations of her early days to her current role as President of her own consulting company. Listening to Mallis reflect on her hard-earned wisdom about the industry is the e...

Fashioncast® Episode #45, October 30, 2023 Jennifer Knoepfle, LilaPants Hey Fashioncast fashionistas, on this episode you’ll learn about the amazing startup LilaPants ( www.lilapants.com ), and the company’s innovative apparel made for the tween market.  Born from the innocent question, “What would you like to do when you grow?”, the LilaPants journey is full of the trials and tribulations of a fa...

Fashioncast® Episode #44, August 29, 2023 Graham Stewart, EVP, FIBRE52 Whoa! Fashioncast listeners, on this episode you’ll learn about the most innovative sustainable product for cotton bleaching and dying since the 12th century! International sustainable textile innovator and FIBRE52 Executive, Graham Stewart, joins the show and shares his vision for the company and the textile industry.  Stewart...

Fashioncast Episode #43, June 27, 2023 Jamie Koff, Founder & President, Fabric To Finish, Inc. Fashioncast listeners, please meet Jamie Koff, the brilliant and multi-talented fashion entrepreneur from New York City who founded Fabric To Finish, Inc., a fashion incubator, in 2006 and hasn’t looked back.  You’ll learn about Jamie’s unconventional journey into the world of fashion and the big-name de...

Fashioncast Episode #42, June 8, 2023 Kristian Hansen, Founder & CEO, Slo Jean Company Fashioncast community, meet the indelible Kristian Hansen, Founder & CEO, Slo Jean Company, one of the fastest growing jean companies on the planet!  Kristian’s story is so compelling and inspirational you may want to listen to it more than once! In an effort to disrupt the women’s jean market by providing a sol...

Fashioncast Episode #41, May 25, 2023 Leyla Uysal, Founder & CEO, Bajer Fashioncast listeners, you’re going to love meeting the always smiling, upbeat, and positive Leyla Uysal, she’s one of the most inspiring guests we’ve ever interviewed.  Leyla’s story is much more than overcoming the typical startup challenges that face every business, it’s about personal courage, risk, persistence, and endura...

Fashioncast® Episode #40, April 11, 2023 Dr. Lucy E. Dunne, The Rise of Wearable Technology and Smart Clothing Fashioncast® listeners, get ready to be schooled as Dr. Lucy Dunne, Professor of Apparel Design and Wearable Technology, University of Minnesota, joins the show for an in-depth discussion about the current state of wearable technology and smart clothing.  In the first part of the intervie...

Fashioncast Episode #39, February 14, 2023 Samir Balwani, Founder & CEO, QRY: The Master of D2C Digital Marketing Fashioncast listeners, in this episode, you’ll meet the brilliant, articulate, and veteran digital branding and marketing guru Samir Balwani.  Samir has been at the forefront of the digital marketing industry for two decades and has amassed a wealth of knowledge and insight.  Now, he i...

Fashioncast Episode #38, October 25, 2022 Alison Bruhn and Delia Folk--How A Mother-Daughter Duo Built a NYC Styling Powerhouse It’s all about style  Fashioncast  listeners, “fashion over comfort” prevails!  So, if your style needs a total makeover or you simply need an upgrade, you’ve landed at the right episode.  Mother-daughter owners Alison Bruhn and Delia Folk of The Style That Binds Us join...

Fashioncast® Episode #37, July 26, 2022 Beth Hitchcock : Battling Fashion’s Delusion of Inclusion for Plus Size Women Fashioncast  listeners, you’re about to fall in love with the beautiful, brilliant, witty, and incredibly talented Beth Hitchcock. Searching for her role in the industry, she’s experienced a variety of fashion positions including a short stint in publishing before emerging as an ac...

Fashioncast® Episode #36, October 14, 2021 Sustainable Fashion Part I, Alex Penades, Jeanologia’s Denim Revolution Full disclosure-- Fashioncast® loves Jeanologia!  In the annals of fashion, few companies have had such a positive impact on the industry and the environment as Jeanologia.  In the first of a four-part sustainable fashion series, Alex Penades, Brand Director North America Jeanologia,...

Fashioncast® Episode #35, July 8, 2021 Dr. Dawnn Karen, A Fashion Therapy Session with the World’s First Fashion Psychologist In this episode, the highly acclaimed Dr. Dawnn Karen joins Fashioncast® to explain, against all odds, how she single-handedly pioneered and founded the Fashion Psychology Field®.  Dr. Karen began to inadvertently merge her psychology education with her fashion experience u...

Fashioncast® Episode #34, June 3, 2021 Dr. Valerie Steele, From Student Epiphany to Global Fashion Legend In one of our most fascinating and fun episodes, Dr. Valerie Steele, fashion icon and legendary director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT joins Fashioncast® to talk fashion history.  The author/co-author of over 20 books on a myriad of fashion topics, Dr. Steele is unmatched in her compr...

Fashioncast® Episode #33, April 9, 2021 Mark Pilkington,  Part II: A Retail Therapist’s Diagnosis of the Industry’s Maladies He’s back!  In the last half of a two-part series, Mark Pilkington, author of Retail Therapy--Why the Retail Industry is Broken--And What Can Be Done to Fix it , gets specific as he delves deep into exactly how to “fix” the retail industry. In Part I (Episode #30), Pilkingto...