Front Row with Audrey Charlyes : The Confidential Edition

Men's SS27, reviewed at forty degrees in the shade. Milan threw a menswear party and the Italians didn't show — Gucci, Fendi and Zegna all ghosted, and it took Ralph Lauren and Thom Browne to save the week. Paris tore up a public lawn for Louis Vuitton, served strawberries in Dior boxes, and crowned three new creative directors. Then — shady, and solo — "The Tunnel Walk": how the World Cup turned...

Interim Special --- Men's SS27 & The Tunnel Walk: Men's SS27, reviewed at forty degrees in the shade. Milan threw a menswear party and the Italians didn't show — Gucci, Fendi and Zegna all ghosted, and it took Ralph Lauren and Thom Browne to save the week. Paris tore up a public lawn for Louis Vuitton, served strawberries in Dior boxes, and crowned three new creative directors. Then — shady, and s...

Oh yes — it’s a Special Edition. I wrote a book. This spring, I walked away from the front row — to somewhere I had no business being, red notebook in hand. I’m not going to tell you what happened there. That’s the point of the book. But I’ll tell you it undid me, that I was wrong about almost everything, and that there’s one page I wrote on the last day that I’d point to if you asked me why I wro...

We had to come back for it. In this special bonus episode, Audrey Charlyes Jacquet breaks down everything: what the Met Gala actually is and why the world stops for it, this year's theme Costume Art and dress code Fashion Is Art, the co-chair looks from Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, and Lauren Sánchez Bezos, plus a deep dive into the celebrity looks that had everyone talking — Rihanna, S...

We made it to the end — and we're going out swinging. Season 2 of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes: The Confidential Edition closes with the episode that doesn't follow the rules, because frankly, fashion stopped following rules a long time ago and nobody said anything. Fashion Unfiltered is exactly what it sounds like. No theme. No guardrails. Just the questions that kept me up at night this entire...

Season finale. And I'm going in. Today on Front Row — no guests, no filters, no diplomacy. We're talking summer trends, what's actually worth wearing. We're talking fashion shows — do those multi-million dollar productions actually mean anything? And we're talking about the question nobody in the industry wants to answer out loud — are fashion critics still relevant, or did the influencers win? I'...

. "Four Houses, Four Countries: The Legacy Brands That Shaped Fashion" Paris. Florence. New York. London. Four cities. Four houses. Four completely different visions of what fashion can be. In this episode, Audrey Charlyes takes you on a global tour of the legacy brands that didn't just dress generations — they defined them. From Christian Dior's post-war revolution to Gucci's chaotic Italian dram...

"Four Houses, Four Countries: The Legacy Brands That Shaped Fashion" Paris. Florence. New York. London. Four cities. Four houses. Four completely different visions of what fashion can be. In this episode, Audrey Charlyes takes you on a global tour of the legacy brands that didn't just dress generations — they defined them. From Christian Dior's post-war revolution to Gucci's chaotic Italian drama,...

Front Row with Audrey Charlyes — Season 2, Episode 10 "The Creative Director Exodus — When Private Equity Kills Creativity" They came in with a vision. They left with a press release. This week on Front Row, we're talking about the quiet crisis nobody in fashion wants to name out loud — what happens when private equity walks through the front door and creativity walks out the back. Marco De Vincen...

Three departures. Three houses. Two weeks. After Paris Fashion Week Fall 2026, the fashion world woke up to a pattern it can no longer ignore — Marco De Vincenzo out at Etro, Harris Reed out at Nina Ricci, Nicolas Di Felice out at Courrèges. In this episode, Audrey Charlyes breaks down what's really behind the revolving door of creative directors, why private equity and investment funds are quietl...

"Luxury Is Lying to You — And You're Still Paying For It" Luxury houses have been raising their prices for years — but are they actually delivering more value? This week on Front Row, Audrey Charlyes takes on the biggest identity crisis in fashion history. From Chanel's bag prices doubling in five years to the quiet rise of mid-market brands like COS, Totême, and Jacquemus filling the gap that lux...

Luxury raised its prices. It didn't raise its game. And now the middle market is winning. This week, Audrey breaks down the biggest identity crisis fashion has ever seen: when luxury stops being luxurious, who fills the throne?

After the Runway: Power, Partnerships & the Future of Fashion Fashion Month is over — now the real conversation begins. In this episode, Audrey breaks down who truly dominated the season, why the Oscars red carpet is now competing with the runway, and what Tokyo Fashion Week reveals about creativity today. Plus, the industry shift everyone is watching: Zara x John Galliano. A collaboration that ra...

After the Runway: Power, Partnerships & the Future of Fashion Fashion Month is over — now the real conversation begins. In this episode, Audrey breaks down who truly dominated the season, why the Oscars red carpet is now competing with the runway, and what Tokyo Fashion Week reveals about creativity today. Plus, the industry shift everyone is watching: Zara x John Galliano. A collaboration tha...

Paris closed Fashion Month with authority, drama, and a clear sense that the industry is entering a new era. In this episode of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, Audrey walks through the most talked-about shows of Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026–2027 — from Dior’s new chapter under Jonathan Anderson to Chanel’s evolving identity under Matthieu Blazy. From the historic gardens of the Tuileries to...

Paris has spoken. From Dior in the Tuileries to Louis Vuitton near the Louvre, Paris Fashion Week FW26/27 closed Fashion Month with a clear message: the industry is entering a new era. New creative directors. Heritage houses redefining themselves. And a few rebellious runways that reminded us fashion is still allowed to surprise us. 🎙 New episode of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes now available. #P...

London Played. Milan Calculated. | Milan Fashion Week FW26/27 By the time Fashion Month reached Milan, the tone shifted. This wasn’t a week chasing virality. It was a week protecting legacy. In Episode 6 of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, we unpack: – Prada’s intellectual control – Max Mara’s power uniform – Fendi’s new chapter – Dolce & Gabbana’s narrative correction — and Madonna’s late arri...

London Played. Milan Calculated. | Milan Fashion Week FW26/27 By the time Fashion Month reached Milan, the tone shifted. This wasn’t a week chasing virality. It was a week protecting legacy. In Episode 6 of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, we unpack: – Prada’s intellectual control – Max Mara’s power uniform – Fendi’s new chapter – Dolce & Gabbana’s narrative correction — and Madonna’s late arri...

London Fashion Week is never the most polished — but it might be the bravest. In Season 2, Episode 5 of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, Audrey breaks down Fall/Winter 2026/27 — from Erdem’s 20th anniversary collection The Imaginary Conversation to Harris Reed’s theatrical mastery, Karoline Vitto’s intelligent body positivity, and Burberry’s dramatic late closing show. Was London chaotic? Yes. Was...

London Fashion Week is never the most polished — but it might be the bravest. In Season 2, Episode 5 of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, Audrey breaks down Fall/Winter 2026/27 — from Erdem’s 20th anniversary collection The Imaginary Conversation to Harris Reed’s theatrical mastery, Karoline Vitto’s intelligent body positivity, and Burberry’s dramatic late closing show. Was London chaotic? Yes. Was...

New York Fashion Week opened the global fashion calendar with discipline, clarity, and conviction. From Marc Jacobs’ powerful opening to Sergio Hudson’s 10-year milestone, from Christian Siriano’s unwavering commitment to dressing women as they exist, to Bronx and Banco bringing fashion directly into the streets of New York — this season revealed designers focused on identity rather than distracti...

New York Fashion Week opened the global fashion calendar with discipline, clarity, and conviction. From Marc Jacobs’ powerful opening to Sergio Hudson’s 10-year milestone, from Christian Siriano’s unwavering commitment to dressing women as they exist, to Bronx and Banco bringing fashion directly into the streets of New York — this season revealed designers focused on identity rather than distracti...

In this episode of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, we step away from runway recaps and look at the game happening behind the scenes. Creative directors are leaving, arriving, and swapping houses at record speed — from Gucci to Balenciaga, Valentino to Dior, Celine to Versace, and beyond. But this isn’t just industry gossip. It’s changing the identity of the brands we think we know. Through sharp,...

In this episode of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, we step away from runway recaps and look at the game happening behind the scenes. Creative directors are leaving, arriving, and swapping houses at record speed — from Gucci to Balenciaga, Valentino to Dior, Celine to Versace, and beyond. But this isn’t just industry gossip. It’s changing the identity of the brands we think we know. Through sharp,...

Paris Haute Couture Week reminded us why fashion can still feel like art — sculptural silhouettes at Schiaparelli, a searching debut at Dior, a quiet reset at Chanel, and a delicate transition at Valentino. And just when the feathers and corsets settled, Copenhagen Fashion Week stepped in with oversized coats, clever layering, and real-world cool. In Episode 2 of Front Row with Audrey Charlyes, we...