Little Red Village

Becky Hutner is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker living in coastal England. Her first feature documentary, FASHION REIMAGINED, about the sustainability journey of designer Amy Powney, premiered at Tribeca, winning several awards and a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Debut Director. “A must-watch not just for the fashion industry but for everyone who wears clothes,” according...

Becky Hutner is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker living in coastal England. Her first feature documentary, FASHION REIMAGINED, about the sustainability journey of designer Amy Powney, premiered at Tribeca, winning several awards and a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Debut Director. “A must-watch not just for the fashion industry but for everyone who wears clothes,” according...

Filmmaker and burlesque historian Leslie Zemeckis is an entertainer, best-selling author and award-winning documentarian, specializing in early American forms of entertainment (from burlesque to the circus.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Filmmaker and burlesque historian Leslie Zemeckis is an entertainer, best-selling author and award-winning documentarian, specializing in early American forms of entertainment (from burlesque to the circus.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Piper G. Huguley made her historical fiction debut in June 2022 with By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) who was the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. We discuss the book, her vision for Black Historical Fiction and the importance of such work alongside a whole lot more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Piper G. Huguley made her historical fiction debut in June 2022 with By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) who was the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. We discuss the book, her vision for Black Historical Fiction and the importance of such work alongside a whole lot more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

On part 2 of Janie Bryant's interview we dive into the creation of Pennywise for the reboot of Steven King's IT and so so much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode we dive into what its like running a large costuming department, Mad Men, and more with Primetime Emmy Award Winning costumer Janie Bryant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for part two with Mardi Gras costumer and New Orleans creative Jenny Campbell where we discuss her custom costume clientele, the creative process and of course her early fashion and design memories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny Campbell is a dynamic fashion and costuming lover with a passion for New Orleans. She is both a renowned Mardi Gras costumer for various krewes and works as a digitization and collections expert for The Louisiana Museum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part 2 of our interview with celebrity makeup artist Erin Ayanian we discuss MUA history, key inspirational references, book recommendations and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our next guest is our first venture into the world of professional makeup! Erin Ayanayan has spent the last few decades honing her craft as a MUA to the stars. Most notably Elle & Dakota Fanning and Lucy Liu. She sheds light on industry ins and outs for how to flesh our characters, running a production like Neon Demon’s makeup and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

On part 2 of her interview, we learn from former Editor in Chief of Harper's Bazaar UK, fashion historian & author Justine Picardie; who talks to Rachel and Jonathan more about how to frame history in the modern age of cancel culture, the unique lens of wartime as a crucible for history, and how to discuss complex yet problematic figures like Coco Chanel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

On this episode we learn from former Editor in Chief of Harper's Bazaar UK, fashion historian & author Justine Picardie; who talks to Rachel and Jonathan about her books Miss Dior , and Coco Chanel: The Legend and Life as well as the future of fashion publishing in the age of AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Little Red Village we wrap up our special 2 part interview with the savior of fashion herself, Sandy Schreier. The couture collector, author, and fashion historian has spent her entire life obsessed with fashion and its preservation. Sandy began collecting haute couture during the heyday of Detroit luxury as The Motor City's ladies who lunch sent trunks of hand me down couture b...

On our first two part special episode we sit down with a truly life-long collector of haute couture, Sandy Schreier who joins us to talk about her unparalleled collection of haute couture and the journey to her one woman show at the Costume Institute. We discuss being given haute couture by American royalty by way of Detroit's famous automobile manganates whose wives gave a precocious Sandy their...

Jonathan and Rachel interview fashion icon and former Executive Director of the CFDA, Fern Mallis. We talk about her serendipitous start in fashion by way of the famous Mademoiselle Guest Editor Program, growing up in the garment district in a family of fashion business-owners, inspiring the next generation and paying it forward, what it was like to create New York Fashion Week (originally 7th on...

Jonathan Joseph and Rachel Elspeth Gross interview Jenny Leigh Du Puis a PhD Candidate in Apparel Design at Cornell University, where she is combining her extensive professional career as a circus and theatrical costume designer and technician with her formal training in functional apparel design. Jenny Leigh Du Puis literally ran away to join the circus. She was a theater kid in high school, stud...

Jonathan Joseph and Rachel Elspeth Gross interview Dr. Vanessa Paugh, a brilliant woman who is using simple, easy to follow instructions to teach anyone how easy it can be to design their own digital fashion. That might sound impossible, but it's true. Even the simplest of applications or programs don't show you how the work is done or teach you how to actually make stuff. Dr. Paugh wasn't satisfi...

Jonathan Joseph and Rachel Elspeth Gross interview Michael Wilson also known as Knightmage an award winning cosplayer. Knightmage, who is Deputy Sheriff Michael Wilson during the workweek, is an internationally known award winning cosplayer. In addition to having built more than 120 costumes, based off of characters from comic books, video games, TV, movies, he's also been the recipient of the pre...

Today Jonathan and Rachel interview Iryna Kokhana founder of Chereshnivska. Chereshnivska is a unisex sustainable fashion brand that has committed to making sure that at least 50% of its production uses recycled materials. Chereshnivska features hand drawn prints by the brand's creative director Anastasiya Rozava. Earlier this year Chereshnivska showed in Helsinki and then at Paris Fashion Week fo...

Today's conversation is between myself and Ukrainian fashion designer Olena Dats. Olena's mother created a collection of traditional Ukrainian clothing, some of it more than 100 years old, as clothing does, especially pieces that were made before synthetic fibers were available. Eventually, some of it began to fall apart. Olena who could not be stopped by any force that I know have told me that wh...

Jonathan Joseph and Rachel Elspeth Gross interview Benson Roberts to discuss fashion academia, learning to sew, and how to communicate with employees and politicians. Benson Roberts is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who has been working in the apparel industry for almost 40 years. His work is celebrated, awarded, and has been seen on the covers of magazines, on fancy red carpets, and on music...

Jonathan Joseph and Rachel Elspeth Gross interview Henry Wilkinson to discuss the process of restoring a 1960's Givenchy dress that was worn by Lee Radziwill and Jackie O. Henry is a fashion historian who specializes in Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn. He's got this habit of finding, acquiring and then bringing back to life pieces from the house but of stories which might rival the women who wore them...

Sarah Scaturro is a conservator, curator, and historian. She formerly worked at the Met's Costume Institute and then left that position to become the Eric and Jane Nord chief conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art at the Met. Like many of the people we have spoken with Sara's career path was not a straight line. She had a fantastic teacher early on whose support led to her study in chemistry i...