Ryan's Rants & Raves

Send us Fan Mail Our host Ryan has a conversation on the history of Department Stores, Fur, and Vintage with Gaby Basora the founder at Tucker & Nancy MacDonnell, a fashion writer and editor. They also share the dynamic story of Virginia Thoren whose work speaks entrepreneurship, creativity, and inspiration. The collection of Virginia Thoren can be found at the Pratt Institute Libraries. Ryan’...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ryan talks with Carolyn Parent and Jennifer Braun who have successfully helped Rachel become a digitally native brand. Learn about the process of becoming a Certified B Corp and strategies to continually to engage your client digitally. Founded in 2014, Rachel creates tights and other essentiels for anyone. Rachel has also successfully launched an eco collection. Ryan’s...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ryan talks with Mimi Lombardo and Randi Packard , two accomplished fashion professionals about how the industry has changed over the years and what brands need to do in order to succeed.  Hear about the crucial importance of affiliate links, why it is essential for PR executives to truly believe in their clients and what makes Montreal so special.  Mimi, a fashion direc...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ryan talks with Montrealer Anie Rouleau, the founder of Unscented, a line of sustainable, fragrance-free home and body care products sold in the U.S. at Whole Foods and Urban Outfitters. Unscented’s growth exploded last year after Gwyneth Paltrow included the brand among her favorites.  Hear Rouleau’s surprising entrepreneurial journey from running her own aluminum foun...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to Edwina Kulego on leadership, the future of trade shows and adapting to Covid-19.  She is vice president of Liberty Fairs, a men's contemporary fashion trade event going live August 17th. Edwina is also founder and CEO of Essentials by Edwina, a vegan, make-up collection designed for women of color Ryan’s Rants & Raves is a podcast series on fashion, design and a...

Send us Fan Mail Fashion entrepreneur Jutta Kurtz, creative director Paul Ritter and machine learning expert Rob Meadows decided to launch CXN, a virtual showroom, after brainstorming on a dearth of technology in the fashion industry during Fashion Week 2018. Hear how they connect buyers and designers with CXN’s interactive service and how AI offers a more “human” experience to fashion buyers. Rya...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ryan speaks with Jessica Goldfond, founder of Shiny Squirrel, a Williamsburg-based PR and brand management firm for emerging designers. Jessica has worked with several Quebec companies including G Sherman Jewels, which she subsequently placed in the award-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.  She discusses the importance of setting goals and developing your own voi...

Send us Fan Mail Learn about the latest shopping trends and the differences between American and Chinese consumers in this episode of Ryan’s Rants & Raves podcast series.  Ryan talks to Lynn Rosetti, VP at ShopShops, a livestream, interactive global shopping marketplace that connects brick and mortar retailers with consumers on their mobile devices. Find out how ShopShops’s new application for...

Send us Fan Mail Take a listen to a spirited conversation between Ryan and beauty entrepreneur Jennifer Brodeur, founder of JB Skin Guru. In 2003, Brodeur created the Max+, a LED light therapy device, which received rave reviews from Oprah Winfrey. When the mega-influencer later recommended Brodeur’s product line in her famous list of “Favorite Things” and introduced her to Michelle Obama, the Mon...

Send us Fan Mail Montreal-born, London-based Jean-Loup Leblanc Roy is the founder and creative director of St-Henri, a men’s fashion line inspired by the bohemian scene of his native city.  Having taken part in London Fashion Week Men’s for the second time, he muses over the future of fashion shows in a post-pandemic world and how art and fashion reflect and spearhead social change. Ryan’s Rants &...

Send us Fan Mail Founded in Montreal in 1919, Peerless Clothing is now the largest privately-owned manufacturer of men's tailored clothing in North America. Today Ryan talks to VP & Creative Director Eric Jennings about Quebec’s National Day, masks as essential fashion statements and, in these challenging times, of the importance for brands to stay focused on serving communities.   The co...

Send us Fan Mail Take a listen to Ryan’s Rants & Raves , a new podcast series on fashion, design and all things Québec produced by the Québec Government Office in New York and hosted by Fashion Attaché Ryan McInturf.  In this premiere episode, Ryan talks to Karen Alberg Grossman, editor in chief at MR Magazine, about the state of the menswear industry since the Covid-19 pandemic and how retail...