In Pursuit of Luxury

Why do we keep buying things we don't need? Why do wardrobes keep getting bigger while satisfaction gets smaller? And who benefits from keeping consumers trapped in an endless cycle of wanting more? In this episode of the  In Pursuit of Luxury  podcast, Shaun Borstrock sits down with Dr Brett Staniland - fashion writer, academic, sustainability advocate and former international model - to explore...

How much fashion do we really need? In this episode of the In Pursuit of Luxury Podcast, we sit down with Gemma Metheringham - former fashion creative director, sustainability researcher, founder of The Elephant in My Wardrobe, and PhD candidate exploring the future of second-hand fashion. After more than 30 years working within the fashion industry, Gemma shares why she began questioning an indus...

What are you really paying for in luxury? In this episode of the In Pursuit of Luxury Podcast, we sit down with Mary Fellowes - founder of GreenWith Studio and one of the industry's most respected commentators - to discuss the growing questions surrounding value, transparency, and trust in the luxury sector. As consumers become more informed about how luxury products are made, brands are facing in...

What was the fashion industry really like before social media, influencers, and billion-pound luxury conglomerates? In this episode of In Pursuit of Luxury, we sit down with Julian Vogel - brand strategist, creative consultant, and longtime insider to the luxury fashion world - to explore the decades that transformed fashion forever. From the era of magazines, supermodels, and creative risk-taking...

For episode four of Season 11, we are joined by Jane Caujolle, founder and Co-CEO of Townhouse, a London- and Geneva-based private office established in 2013. Through Townhouse, Jane has translated the discipline of private service into a refined, service-led company built on exacting standards and long-term trust. Working closely with international ultra-high-net-worth clients, she and her team o...

Continuing Season 11 from our set within the fantastic Henry's Town House, for episode three, we are delighted to be speaking with Otis Ingrams, Founder and Creative Director of OTZI. Join us for an insight into Otis's practice and Norfolk-based design studio that creates furniture and leather goods that define the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary precision.

We continue this season from our set within the fantastic Henry's Town House luxury boutique hotel in London. For episode two, we bring you an insight into senior leadership roles at Bulgari, Louis Vuitton and the Gucci Group, sustainable fashion and championing creative entrepreneurs with Mimma Viglezio.

Welcome to Season 11 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. This season our set is Henry's Town House, a luxury boutique hotel within Jane Austen's brother's former residence in Marylebone, London. First up this season, we bring you an insight into the world of cinematography with Jordan Thistlewood, Chief Innovation Officer for Cooke Optics.

Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at the In Pursuit of Luxury Conference 2025, Honest Luxury. This time we are bringing you the second part of our conversation between Bijou Abiola, Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO of Cartier and Sam Bompas from Bompas and Parr.

Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at the In Pursuit of Luxury Conference 2025, Honest Luxury. This time we are bringing you a conversation between Bijou Abiola, Vice President and Chief of Staff to the CEO of Cartier and Sam Bompas from Bompas and Parr.

Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at the In Pursuit of Luxury Conference 2025, Honest Luxury. This time we are bringing you a conversation between Margaret Macleod, CEO of Harris Tweed Hebrides and Gordon Ritchie, CEO of Crombie hosted by James Campbell of Intellect Books.

Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at the In Pursuit of Luxury Conference 2025, Honest Luxury. This time we are bringing you part 2 of an amazing conversation between Dame Zandra Rhodes, Maria Grachvogel, Richard McVettis and Piers Atkinson. 

Welcome to season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. This is a special season because we are focusing on In Pursuit of Luxury, Honest Luxury live, and that means it's the live debates and discussions we had at the In Pursuit of Luxury Conference in June 2025. We've got some amazing guests including Dame Zandra Rhodes, Maria Grachvogel Sam Bompas, Richard McVetis, Piers Atkinson, Gordon Ritchi...

Patrick Grant has a lot to say about clothes; how many we buy, how we value them, what they’re made from, and importantly who made them and where. His campaigning clothes brand  Community Clothing  supports local clothing and textile manufacturers across the UK and Patrick is an outspoken advocate for radical change in the fashion industry. He is a regular on TV and Radio being best known for his...

Known for her fabulously bold prints, the iconic British designer, Dame Zandra Rhodes, launched her eponymous fashion brand 56 years ago. Nicknamed ‘The Princess of Punk’, Rhodes burst onto the fashion scene in the late 1960s and continues to work from her studio in London. Rhodes began as a printed textile designer and is renowned for perfecting the art-of-print as an intrinsic influence on garme...

Richard McVetis studied at Manchester School of Art before studying at the Royal College of Art, where he now teaches. McVetis has been shortlisted for several distinguished prizes, including the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, UK, 2023; the Jerwood Drawing Prize, UK, 2011 and 2017, and the international Loewe Craft Prize, 2018. In addition, McVetis has shown work nationally and internationally...

Mark enjoyed a 25-year career in hospitality, developing and running some of London’s most successful restaurants and hotels including Moro Restaurant, Zetter Hotel, and the Grain Store in Kings Cross. In 2011 Mark co-founded the Sustainable Restaurant Association which with its brand Food Made Good is fast becoming the global standard for sustainable food service businesses. Alongside every other...

Obsessed with the idea that clothing can transform your body, your mood and your confidence Maria experiments with innovative cutting always keeping the woman who wears the clothing front of mind. She is personally committed to preserving the craft of luxury fashion and is working with a technology partner to reimagine the future of fashion. One could easily describe Maria is a fashion architect i...

Geordie Willis is Creative Director for Berry Bros. & Rudd. One of the oldest wine and spirit merchants in the World. With their headquarters based on St James Street in London, Berry Bros. & Rudd has been the official wine supplier to the British royal family since the reign of King George III and received its first royal warrant of appointment in 1903 from King Edward VII.

Grant Gibson is one of the UK’s leading design, craft and architecture writers. His work has been published in  The Observer ,  New Statesman ,  The Guardian ,  Daily Telegraph , and  House & Garden , to name just a few. During a long career in magazines, Grant has been editor of  Blueprint , deputy editor of  FX , and acting executive editor of the  RIB...

Marc Chaya is CEO and co-founder of perfumery house Francis Kurkdjian. Marc was inspired by creativity as a child but his parents encouraged him to follow a career in business. Having started his career at EY a global consultancy, Marc made partner in record time, at the age of 32. It was during this time that he met Francis Kurkdjian, already an accomplished perfumer having invented scents for Je...

Nadia Tuma-Weldon is Global Head of Thought Leadership at McCann Worldgroup, and Executive Vice President of Truth Central, the agency’s global intelligence unit. She was named to Luxury Daily’s  Luxury Women to Watch in 2021  list. She has nearly 10 years of thought leadership experience, leading global pieces of research on topics as varied as globalization, sustainability, afflue...

Carl was born in the Austrian Alps surrounded by biodynamic and organic smallholder farmers. At 15, he started studies in graphic design and communications, and later specialized in brand strategy. He then did a year of volunteer work with street kids in Ecuador, where he met his wife. Social and environmental impact guides his work, along with the belief that nature is the ultimate luxury. At 27,...

Adam Brand is the 4th generation co-owner of M&S Schmalberg the flower makers in New York. M&S Schmalberg, founded in 1916, is the last remaining manufacturer of artificial flowers in the New York City garment district. Using the same vintage manufacturing process since 1916, they provide exquisite quality and a level of artisanal customization that is not that easy to come by anymore...

Philip Hanson is a young driver to watch, in the field of endurance sportscar racing. During his short career he has already smashed records and competed in prestigious races such as Le Mans 24 and Rolex 24 Hours, at Daytona, alongside two-time F1 champion, Fernando Alonso. Phil was crowned World Endurance Champion, the youngest driver to achieve this, won the European Le Mans Series and was the y...