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At just 22 years old, Amira Rasool launched The Folklore as an e-commerce website featuring African-based fashion and homeware brands. The goal was to bring diversity to the fashion landscape here in the United States and to create sustainable revenue streams for designers who weren't being given the global recognition they deserved. Just four years in, Amira has made immense progress: She’s since...

Fresh off the heels of fashion month, fashion editor Eliza Huber and senior editor Kristen Nichols take us inside their spring/summer 2023 trend report. The ladies break down the new trends we’re seeing emerge for spring and the designers who are doing them best. Plus, the most-viral moments from shows that were all over your timelines—like Bella in that painted-on Coperni dress—and the inside sto...

Audie Cornish is an award-winning journalist and reporter who is best known for delivering us news as a co-host of NPR’s flagship news program All Things Considered for 10 years. Over the course of her career, she’s interviewed a range of subjects—from stars such as Bruce Springsteen to political figures such as senator Elizabeth Warren—and reported on major historic events, including 9/11 and the...

Who What Wear Editor in Chief Kat Collings is fresh off a plane from Paris and here to talk about her last seven weeks abroad. From her wedding in the South of France to a honeymoon across Italy to fashion weeks in London and Milan to Rosh Hashanah spent in Tel Aviv, Kat has a lot to fill us in on. Tune in to hear about what she packed for each locale, the major trends she spotted in fashion capit...

Jessica Knoll is the New York Times best-selling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and The Favorite Sister, and her work has been published in over 40 languages. Her books are so gripping, in fact, that they’ve both been adapted for film and television, respectively. With that career success also came a pivot, as Knoll has made a name for herself in the industry as a standout screenwriter and producer...

Adair Curtis is an acclaimed interior designer and co-founder of JSN Studio—a multidisciplinary design and styling firm he runs with his husband, celebrated stylist Jason Bolden. His clean and elegant aesthetic has landed him countless celebrity clients, features in Architectural Digest, and a new Netflix series, Instant Dream Home. On this episode, Adair walks Hillary through our "Dream Home" fea...

Yasmin Sewell is the founder of Vyrao, the world’s first well-being brand to fuse energetic healing with master perfumery. With scents like I Am Verdant and Witchy Woo, the brand has designed six personal scents to evoke specific emotional reactions. But before Sewell was building a brand around her love of wellness and energetic connection, she had a legendary career in fashion that included open...

This week, Hillary speaks with Kendra Scott, designer, philanthropist, and founder of her namesake jewelry brand. Since 2002, Scott’s jewelry has been worn by women all over the country, including major celebs such as Mindy Kaling, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zendaya, and Priyanka Chopra. Today, the business is valued at over $1 billion. Behind the business, though, life hasn’t always looked as shiny as Scot...

Lele Sadoughi is a designer and the owner of Lele Sadoughi. She is best known for her iconic knotted, jeweled headbands seen on women such as Kate Middleton, Lady Gaga, Nicole Kidman, Mindy Kaling, and Naomi Campbell. Before striking out on her own, Sadoughi designed for brands such as Rebecca Taylor, Banana Republic, and Anthropologie. In 2006, she launched the first-ever jewelry collection for J...

Emma Roberts is an actor and producer best known for her roles in Scream Queens, American Horror Story, Holidate, and We’re the Millers. In this episode, Emma and Hillary dive into their mutual love of reading and how Emma reads books to turn them into screen adaptations for her production company, Belletrist. Emma also shares her dream role and her closet staples and favorites.

Amy Liu is the founder and CEO of Tower 28 Beauty, a modern beauty brand based in Southern California. Its best-selling products—from the SOS Spray to the ShineOn Lip Jelly—offer a makeup experience that’s skin-friendly, effective, and affordable. This episode, hear about how Amy got her foot in the door in the beauty industry and how she used her years of experience as a marketing director at bra...

This week, Hillary passes the mic to Who What Wear Editor Eliza Huber and Editorial Director Lauren Eggertsen, who are reporting from New York Fashion Week. This episode, hear about the trends our editors are seeing come down runways and what to expect this coming year in terms of styles, colors, and more.

Colette Dong and Aly Giampolo are the co-founders of The Ness, a digital fitness platform and workout studio in New York City. The two first met when they were working as professional dancers, and after finding that they both wanted to move on to the next chapter of their careers, they teamed up to create The Ness, a trampoline-based workout that delivers high-intensity movement with low impact on...

On this week's episode, contributing editor Courtney Higgs sits down with our September cover star, actress Kerry Washington. Washington is best known for her roles in the hit TV shows Scandal and Little Fires Everywhere and films such as Ray and Save the Last Dance. Her latest project, The School for Good and Evil, is a fantasy film set to come out this October, in which she’s appearing with cast...

Marina Larroudé is the co-founder and CCO of Larroudé, a shoewear company that boasts cheerful designs paired with luxurious construction. Her shoes are made at a family friend’s factory in Brazil, where Marina is originally from. Since launching two years ago, the brand has sold shoes around the world, online, and in department stores such as Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom. It has also collaborated...

Celebrity colorist Jenna Perry is the owner of Jenna Perry Hair, a studio in New York City that has tamed the tresses of ladies from Dua Lipa to Kendall Jenner and the Hadids. Her signature coloring techniques blend the art of painting hair with the science of formulas and coloring. In this episode, Perry explains her secret to achieving effortless hair color and why low-maintenance styles rule in...

Courteney Cox is best known for her iconic role as Monica on the hit sitcom Friends, but she’s also a director, a producer, and now a businesswoman. Her newest project, Homecourt, is a brand of elevated homecare products that aims to deliver goods that are as thoughtfully designed as the skincare we use on our bodies. Think of them as beauty products for the home. Her nontoxic products include dis...

This episode, Who What Wear editor Anna LaPlaca joins Hillary to dish on all things fall fashion. Anna shares her top runway moments, the dominating (and micro!) trends, and, of course, all the must-haves this season. LaPlaca spills on which pieces we should invest in and which we should dig out from the back of our closets. Plus, some key new items that can revamp your wardrobe.

Iskra Lawrence is a British model, activist, and founder of Saltair, a modern bodycare line. She first landed in the spotlight in the aughts when she was a model and spokesperson for the lingerie line brand Aerie, which prominently featured unretouched photos of diverse women. To this day, Iskra does not retouch the images she posts on her social media platforms and is also a brand ambassador for...

Garance Doré first rose to prominence as one of the original style bloggers, popularizing the idea of going out to the streets and taking photos of beautiful clothes in the wild. Now, she’s the founder of Doré, a skincare brand that champions simple formulas and an even simpler skincare routine. In this episode, hear how Garance first got the idea to start a skincare brand on a silent retreat and...

Ara Katz is co-founder and co-CEO of Seed Health, a microbiome-science company pioneering innovations in probiotics and medicine to impact human and planetary health. Her flagship product, the Daily Synbiotic, is a two-in-one daily capsule containing both a probiotic and prebiotic to support gut health. Prior to starting her own science company, Katz co-founded the mobile-commerce startup Spring,...

On this episode, Who What Wear editor Jasmine Fox-Suliaman speaks with our August cover star – singer-songwriter and model Rina Sawayama. The Japanese and British artist became an instant pop sensation back in 2020 with the release of her debut studio album, Sawayama. Rina’s musical styles range from pop to rock to electronic, and her sophomore album, Hold The Girl, is out this month. Jasmine talk...

What exactly does “Gah!” mean? According to Lisa Bühler, it’s an outburst of joy and delight at finding something you just absolutely need in your closet. Bühler is the Founder and CEO of Lisa Says Gah, an e-commerce platform that aims to be a home for artists of the fashion industry. After a decade of working in fashion, Lisa observed its toll on the environment as well as how hard it was for sma...

Erin believes that what you wear gives you the power to tell your story. Over the years, she’s created looks for Hollywood celebrities like Kerry Washington and Sarah Jessica Parker, and most recently, Anne Hathaway and her unforgettable looks at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. In this episode, hear how Erin got her start in styling, her philosophy around personal style, and her tips for getting...

Jody Boyman spent her first life traveling the world and photographing its wildest animals for publications such as Time and Life. But as she traveled the world, Boyman increasingly encountered a planet that was hurting from unsustainable food processes. So in 2015, she and her brother, Todd, founded Hungry Planet, a plant-based nutrition company offering meat alternatives for modern lifestyles. W...