Pair of Kings: A Fashion and Culture Podcast

We're doing our first in-person event! We'll be taking over 70 Hester Street on November 22nd and 23rd for 'meet me on ORCHARD', an exhibition that celebrates the vibrant cultural evolution of the Lower East Side, a neighborhood that has stood as a beacon of creativity for over 40 years. An opening will be held from 7-10PM on the 22nd with music, free refreshments, and (of cour...

You could have heard this episode early on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael are back this week with guest who can talk as much shit as he throws fits - Cody Parks , art director of Alpha Industries! Join the boys as they chat about Cody's upbringing and forays into fashion, Dance Gavin Dance, Crystal Castles, The Blair Witch Project, being Jewish, having beef, 205W39NYC, looking to magazines for...

You can get access to our giveaways, early releases, and exclusive episodes on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael have heard the chatter - we know our listeners wanted us to give away even more store credit to fun, unique spots in New York. We're doing just that! Tune as the boys announce the latest giveaway, the resurgence of skinny jeans, the pass-through effect of fashion in music, the rise of...

Join our HeroHero to be automatically entered into all our giveaways, listen to this entire episode, and to hear episodes early! Sol and Michael are back to review all the Paris Fashion Week shows! Well - almost all of them. Tune in as the boys discuss the consistent disappointments from Chanel and Coperni's SS25 shows, the glorious revival of Saint Laurent under Anthony Vaccarello, up-and-co...

You could have had access to this episode early and been automatically entered into our giveaways at our HeroHero! What does it mean to be an "instagram brand" in this day and age? As brands like Adam Small's byadamsmall announce themselves to the fashion world and prove their longevity and standing through popups, runways, and cult followings, the stigma around what it means to be...

You could have heard this episode early and had access to this season's giveaways on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael are joined on the podcast this week by the wonderful multi-hyphenate Polo Cheng ! Listen in as the trio chats about the Troubled Waters popup at Komune , their collab with Marcel Everette , Polo's work with Ken of Professor. E , working across international borders, how he g...

You could have heard this episode early, gotten exclusive episodes, and had access to giveaways over on our HeroHero! Hi, everyone! Sol and Michael are back and wrapping up our favorites and least favorite shows (I don't actually think we ever got to least favorites, but we'll talk about what Puppets and Puppets did in the future) of Fashion Week and the experience as a whole! We also ch...

You could have heard this episode early and gotten access to giveaways, exclusive episodes, and more over on our HeroHero! It's time to get real with reality show star, magazine editor in chief, and all around fashion superstar Blake Abbie ! Tune in to listen as Sol and Michael chat with Blake about his work with A Magazine Curated By, working to craft narratives with designers like Glenn Mar...

You could have heard this episode early AND can get access to our giveaway ($200+ in Komune credit!) at our HeroHero! New York has struggled to establish a young in-person community around fashion since the 2010's. It's finally returning. Join Sol and Michael as they explore the revitalization of the NYC fashion scene, which centers around Orchard Street in the Lower East side, and the b...

You could have heard this episode early on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael are back with the wonderful Ale of @y2kbags for a bag-filled episode. Join the trio as they chat about the new-age Le Labo thief, dos and don'ts for men's bags, crazy stories of wealth, who's doing it right, who's doing it wrong, the grails of the handbag world, Telfar's moment in the sun and the expl...

You could have listening to the episode early on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael are back for a boys episode! Listen in as the pair discuss a brand that's reached out to Michael for influencer content, Sol's obsession with the cult-like sorority rush and the fashion choices associated with it, timeless Italian classics, fortnite skins, a game of analogisms (where you describe someone using...

You could have heard this episode early on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael are back at it with this week's very special guest, Charles Gross , to talk about what exactly luxury is. Tune in to hear this week's trio chat about Hermes, the luxury shopping experience, the Zara-fication of Prada, media training, cavity searches, how to get out of a bad date, the rise of Ozempic and the impact o...

To enter the giveaway, you've just got the be signed up for our HeroHero before Monday, August 19th! Sol and Michael are back for a HeroHero exclusive, chatting first about Emma Rogue's new song, " Jorts ", and then going through every sport featured in the Paris Olympics and rating them.  We also want to announce our HeroHero giveaway for this episode: all you have to do is be...

Sol and Michael are joined this week by rapper 24kGoldn - tune in to listen to the boys chat about how he packs on tour (and how many pairs of underwear Golden brings (but not in a weird way)), his burgeoning watch and car collections, vintage Supreme, Raging Bull 5s, wearing Gucci ski goggles at school, Pri Pri gang, Bay Area classics, and go-to karaoke songs. Hope you enjoy! Sol Sol Thompson and...

To access the giveaway, listen to episodes early, and much more, sign up for the HeroHero! The boys are back for a brand-new season of podcasting! Join Sol and Michael  as they open up the season's first giveaway for a bunch of perfumes, chat about the resurgence of boat shoes, how hot weather is the worst for getting off fits, eating too many hot dogs, frat boy chic, and hearing the boys&apo...

You could have heard this episode early and gotten access to giveaways on our HeroHero! It's the season finale! Join Sol and Michael as they struggle through Toskovat's Inexcusable Evil . We intended this to be a full podcast about fashion, but severely underestimated our ability to talk while sitting in the world's most disconcerting, off-putting, horrid, scary cologne/perfume/scen...

You could have heard this episode early on our HeroHero! Subscribe now for a limited-time discount to celebrate the end of the season! This week, Sol and Michael are joined by Sol's old boss, Enrique Crame III ! Enrique's been a mainstay of the NYC fashion community, styling stars on Broadway, in the movies, and in shows like Peaky Blinders, the Bear, Suits, Mad Men, and so many more ico...

You could have heard this episode early on our HeroHero! We're back! We're back! Join Sol and Michael as they link up to talk about the lack of good modern designer beef, the sterilization of fashion as a whole, the Ralph Lauren/Tommy Hilfiger beef of the 80's and 90's, white boy summer, doing a triathalon in jeans (we are accepting sponsors for this and will actually do it). T...

You could have heard this episode early (and had access to giveaways!) on our HeroHero! The boys are back and talking bags with the software-engineer-turned-cryptofluencer-turned-fashion-week-killer-comidienne Nimay Ndolo ! Join Sol and Michael as they chat with Nimay about her bag addiction, Coke Zero, recovering from a rhinoplasty, best strains of w*ed, dogecoin, the FTX scandal, giving the peop...

For the entire episode (which you could have heard early), subscribe to our HeroHero! Follow along here! Sol and Michael are back to rank EVERY SINGLE Met Gala fit.  No other way around it - there are over 200 looks, ranging from the best (hi, Jonathan Anderson's Loewe and Ayo Edebiri) to the worst (hi, Ed Sheeran and Jack Harlow!). Let us know what you agreed with and what you didn't do...

You could have heard this episode early on our HeroHero! Sol and Michael are back to chat about the history of social activism influencing fashion trends and fashion history and speculate on how the current movements among college campuses will have a similar impact (please donate should you have the means) . They boys also discuss getting hate, group leader and getting the bag from Marc Jacobs, h...

You could have heard this episode early on HeroHero! The boys are back with writer/editor/queen of teen vogue/friendship facilitator/existential question ponderer/Hyunjin lover Mi-Anne Chan! Tune in as Sol and Michael chat with her about manga, Stray Kids, how to fall in love, some of the best articles she's put out on Mixed Feelings , advocacy and uplifting voices through Them , how she got...

Sol and Michael are back to discuss the landmark - and totally legit - LVMH acquisition of Chrome Hearts! What will this mean for the current it-brand? How will this affect the fashion world? Do monopolies impact the creativity and freedom of other companies? Tune in to hear the guys discuss the pickup, brand expansion into Asia, the genius marketing of Marc Jacobs, the steroids of the fashion wor...

Sol and Michael are back and - in a landmark turn of events - get naked on the podcast! That isn't a joke, by the way. Join the duo as they talk about the grip that freaks and geeks held on them (the song, not the people), pant-shoe interaction, trompe l'oeil, how brands like Maison Kitsune have managed to stay afloat, the worst smelling perfume in the world (we are not kidding, it smell...

HeroHero Subscribers got this full episode early, access to giveaways and more! Uh oh - in this HeroHero exclusive, Sol and Michael are joined by a disgruntled Grailed employee who's telling on everything, everyone, and everywhen(?) . Join the boys as they go through a hostile takeover, swagger jacking, the proliferation of bot accounts, 5G Seller, and so much more! We can't go into it t...