The Style That Binds Us podcast

Sarah Flint is the Creative Director and Founder at Sarah Flint Inc. She grew up near Boston and went to Parsons & FIT where she majored in Accessories Design. She interned at DVF and Proenza Schouler before founding her own brand. Her shoes have been worn by Meghan Markle, Lady Gaga, Kristen Stewart, Karlie Kloss, Cindy Crawford and more. Mom has enjoyed being an ambassador for the brand.

What interested you in Jewelry: Humanities major in college, and wanted to take fine arts classes. Took a jewelry making class, and realized she was good at it.   How to learn to make jewelry: trained as a metalsmith in college. First class was in beaded jewelry. She moved from L.A. to San Francisco, and the only thing she had room to do in her apartment was beading jewelry. Evolved into a full co...

Jackie Cohen began her career by working on Wall Street. After years of working in Finance, she left feeling unfulfilled and travelled to Africa, India & Israel. Her family has a jewelry business which she worked in after Wall Street. She tried IVF and eventually ended up adopting a daughter. She created a ring to celebrate the birth of her child, which she received a lot of compliments on. This l...

Hey everyone! Today we are with Victoria Hawkins at White Cube Gallery. We met Victoria in the Hamptons last summer at an event. We want to help make visiting an art gallery seem less intimidating. Victoria is English, and White Cube's Headquarters are in London. They recently opened their Manhattan outpost.

Jean Prounis launched her fine jewelry line Prounis in 2017 when she was 24 years old. This line is filled with details from her family heritage of owning a cabaret club called The Versailles in NYC in the 1940s where Edith Piaf performed. We met Jean at The Frick Garden Party.  Let’s talk about your family background and how you took all of that into consideration when creating Prounis. She alway...

CJ Hendry was born in South Africa, grew up in Australia and now lives in Brooklyn. She studied Architecture and was pursuing Finance & Accounting at University. She decided none of those were a good fit. She releases collections or series 1-2x per year.  What is the scribbling technique, and how did you come up with it? Accidentally stumbled into. She draws into a hyper realistic style and someti...

We are featuring Clemence von Mueffling who comes from a family of beauty experts. Both Clemence’s mother and grandmother were beauty editors at French Vogue. Her grandmother also started her career as a model and was on the cover of French Vogue, and guess who was the photographer? Irving Penn! Clemence is the founder & editor of Beauty & Well Being. Clemence worked at Clarins, Puig, and Dior bef...

In this week’s episode, we interview Hong Gyu Shin (from Korea) of Shin Gallery and Vajra Kingsley who works at Art Media Holdings as the Director of Marketing & Business Development. I met Vajra on a Six Degrees Society retreat to the Hamptons. Art Media Holdings has: Art News, Art in American, Modern Magazine, Antiques Magazine.    Vajra - What does a typical week look like for you? Art Media Ho...

Monica Sordo grew up in Venezuela and was surrounded by the materials used in her designs in her father's design workshop. She went to school for fashion styling & merchandising in Milan. She worked at Marie Claire Spain as an accessories & fashion editor and in PR at Christian Louboutin before founding her own line. A lot of inspiration comes from her background and growing up in Caracas, Venezue...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Gigi Burris of Gigi Burris Millinery. She is based in Brooklyn, New York and her studio is on the Lower East Side. She was a 2009 graduate of Parsons School of Design where she was nominated to be the Designer of the Year. She studied RTW there. She was a CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund finalist from 2014. Her hats have been worn by Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Haley Baldwin, Ta...

Delia was thrilled to sit down with the famous manicurist Jin Soon Choi and hear all about her journey. She takes us through her illustrious career from the early days cycling from appointment to appointment where she was named Bicycle Jin up to present day where she collaborates with top designers to create the looks for runway shows. She has worked with the top models, designers and celebrities,...

We were so pleased to interview the iconic makeup artist, Sandy Linter at Rita Hazan salon. Sandy has worked as a makeup artist since the 70s and was 1 of 5 MUAs in the city, which today there are millions it seems! She has worked with the top magazines, editors, celebrities, models, influencers & photographers in the industry. She can count Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Barbara Walters, Brooke Shie...

Chelsea Goldman is the Founder and Creative Director of the emerging designer RTW brand,  CF. Goldman , which launched in Spring 2015. She interned at  Celine ,  Narcisco Rodriguez  and  Proenza Schouler . She went to  London College of Fashion  and  Central St. Martins .    Chelsea grew up in NYC. Growing up here causes one to grow up quickly, but you get such great access to multiple cultures an...

Matthew "Mateo" Harris has a fine jewelry brand named, Mateo New York. Mateo was a 2017 CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund finalist. He also has handbags and candles, making Mateo New York a lifestyle brand. He is from Jamaica and later moved to NYC. First, he thought he wanted to go into Hospitality and Hotel Management. The book Think & Grow Rich changed his life and this is how the brand Mateo New York ca...

Jeffrey worked at Ford Motor Company, Jaguar, got his M.B.A. at University of Virginia and worked as an investment banker before creating his eponymous handbag line. Members of his family are artists, so being creative isn't that far off. All of his career experiences helped him when starting his handbag line. He learned about sleek, technological design and marketing techniques while working at l...

Daniella Kallmeyer is the Owner/Designer of KALLMEYER New York. She got a Bachelor's Degree at London College of Fashion, majoring in Fashion Design & Technology. She interned/worked at LUCA LUCA, Proenza Schouler, McQ Alexander McQueen and Alice & Olivia before starting her own line in 2011. Daniella's family is from South Africa. Her grandmother, a dressmaker, lived in New York and therefore,  D...

Eleanor Turner is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at  Argent . Eleanor is from Lynchburg, VA & dreamed of moving to NYC or Paris and working in the fashion industry. She attended  SCAD, Savannah College of Art & Design , where she majored in fashion design. Starting with an internship at  Vivienne Tam , she then worked as a designer at  Isaac Mizrahi ,  Tommy Hilfiger ,  Tory Burch  &  J...