Fashion People

Lauren is joined by New York Times reporter Jacob Gallagher, calling in live from Paris where he’s covering the men’s shows and Couture. They discuss Peter Copping’s debut at Lanvin, Kim Jones’s emotional (and potentially final) show at Dior, the appeal of Auralee, and leather jackets. Jacob also recalls Milan Fashion Week, which happened a whole eight days ago. Finally, the duo share their mutual admiration for Bally designer Simone Bellotti, who Lauren reports has a new job. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by fashion designer Bella Freud, host of the fabulous podcast Fashion Neurosis. They discuss working at Vivienne Westwood’s shop Seditionaries, why she doesn’t stage runway shows, John Malkovich, being human, and a lot more. Lauren also weighs in on Simone Bellotti’s expected exit from Bally, the Kardashian beauty complex, a little bit of Vuori by popular demand. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by New York Times reporter Sapna Maheshwari to discuss what the current TikTok chaos means for fashion brands and beyond. They also provide live commentary on fashion at the inauguration and address how the industry is playing ball with Trump this time around. Finally, they offer a big-picture analysis of Vuori’s business potential. Lauren also weighs in on changes at Chanel, including a small-but-significant round of layoffs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren rings up her old pal, Brother Vellies founder Aurora James, to discuss how James’s nonprofit, the Fifteen Percent Pledge, is mobilizing to support Black-owned businesses affected by the fires, and what fashion brands can do for people out in Los Angeles. Aurora is also the vice chair of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In recent years, she also also partnered with investment fund VMG on the Parity Collective, which funds Black startups. All that said, she knows her stuff and has some great insights about what’s happening out here. Lauren also rounds up the best of this week’s Line Sheet, from the Proenza Schouler bombshell(s) to Charlotte Tilbury’s dupe war. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Art world fixture Sarah Hoover joins Lauren to discuss her new book, The Motherload: Episodes From the Brink of Motherhood. She shares some of her most harrowing experiences as a young mom and why she wanted to write about them. Special for the Fashion People audience, Sarah was also kind enough to break down some of the fundamental similarities and differences between the art and fashion worlds, and even offer opinions on the fashion news of the day, from the fate of TikTok to the fate of Loewe. Plus, Lauren checks in from Los Angeles, where there are still fires. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by Christopher Kane, one of the most celebrated designers of his generation, to discuss everything from his relationship with late Central Saint Martins instructor Louise Wilson, to his rise on the international fashion scene, to the dissolution of his brand. They also get into his recent collaboration with the London-based Self-Portrait, and what that experience may portend about his next act. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by fashion journalist and red carpet presenter Zanna Roberts Rassi to discuss the best (and mediocrely) dressed at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, from Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton to Ayo Edebiri in Loewe, and how their stylists made those looks happen. Zanna shares plenty of behind-the-scenes intel and anecdotes from the red carpet, and Lauren offers a dispatch from the W magazine party. Plus, the duo weigh in on Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Ralph Lauren and Anna Wintour. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by Puck’s new retail correspondent, Sarah Shapiro, to discuss the year ahead: the future of mall brands, changes at Chanel, luxury price hikes, the consumer backlash to luxury price hikes, fashion and beauty M&A, and so much more. Lauren and Sarah also share what they bought over the holidays. (Mostly t-shirts.) You can shop the looks here: https://shopmy.us/collections/1143907 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this special 2024 wrap party, Lauren is joined by Glossy author Marisa Meltzer to discuss Hermès, Alaïa, and Chanel… and every other brand they thought about and wrote about this year. But also: the online luxury blow-up (remember that Matches closed?), the return of mall brands, the Nike crisis, the Devil Wears Prada sequel, The Row’s billion-dollar-plus valuation, Glossier’s attempted comeback, LVMH succession wars, and of course, Chanel’s appointment of Matthieu Blazy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this fan-service episode of Fashion People, Lauren is joined by Sunita Kumar Nair, author of CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion. They discuss how the former Calvin Klein publicist—who died in a plane crash alongside husband John F. Kennedy Jr. when they were 33 and 38, respectively—became a legitimate style icon (a description that should be reserved for only a handful of people in history). They also discuss CBK’s impact on the American fashion industry in the 1990s (it was big, hello Narciso Rodriguez) and how Nair, a creative director and stylist, ended up writing the book on one of Gen X’s most watched women. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by Harper’s Bazaar executive editor Leah Chernikoff to discuss how covering designer appointments has changed in the 15 years since they first worked together, and why Matthieu Blazy going to Chanel is a seminal moment. They also rate designer panettone (from Gucci to Etro to Prada), contemplate the future of department stores on the back of the Nordstrom take-private news, and break down the significance of Calvin Klein’s return to the runway. Plus, some thoughts on the Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy auction at Sotheby’s. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiina Laakkonen has done it all—model, muse, designer, stylist. But for the last decade, she ran Tiina the Store, in Amagansett. Tiina joins Lauren to discuss why, after years of selling Arts & Science, Dusan, and Sofie D’Hoore to a hopelessly devoted clientele, she decided to call it quits. They also discuss Paris in the ’80s, London in the ’90s, New York in the aughts, the Hamptons in the 2010s, and Karl Lagerfeld. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by Basic.space founder and chairman of Design Miami, Jesse Lee, to discuss why young consumers are obsessing over furniture instead of fashion. They also run through the news of the week, including Matthieu Blazy’s appointment at Chanel, Capri’s potential sell off of Versace, Rhode beauty versus Rhode fashion, and eau de Trump. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren and Skims C.E.O. Jens Grede discuss the brand’s rapid rise and so much more: the new New York flagship, the sold-out North Face collaboration, Kim Kardashian, celebrity brands, working with your spouse (his business partner is his wife, Emma Grede), and the state of the luxury industry. (They also touch on all the I.P.O. speculation.) On the subject of spouses: Lauren’s husband, Dan Frommer, the founder of The New Consumer, stops by to discuss his “Consumer Trends: 2025” report, which features fresh intel on TikTok shops, and America’s enduring love of alcohol. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren and world famous fashion editor, stylist, and Substacker Becky Malinsky consider the possibility of Carven designer Louise Trotter joining Bottega Veneta. They also highlight some of the best sales of the season, contemplate what the potential end of TikTok in the U.S. would mean for fashion brands, and go behind the scenes of Becky’s collaboration with Alex Mill. Lauren also shares a dispatch from the mean shopping streets of Echo Park. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by fashion marketer Ana Andjelic, author of the new book, Hitmakers: How Brands Influence Culture. They discuss how the use of GLP-1 drugs has spurred a brand new “thin is in” narrative. Then they break down what it means to be successful in the current trading environment, and exactly why brands like The Row and Abercrombie & Fitch are succeeding while others are failing. Finally, Lauren checks in on the Chanel-Matthieu Blazy situation and shares some Bernard Arnault news. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lauren is joined by Sarah Shapiro, Puck’s new correspondent and Line Sheet contributor. Prior to joining Puck, Sarah was the author of the must-read industry newsletter, Retail Diary, and before that, she was a buyer at Bloomingdale’s. They discuss her fascinating career pivot, plus the news of the week, including how people shopped on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Bernard Arnault’s day in court, and what happens after Saks acquires Neiman Marcus Group. Lauren also weighs in on Apple Martin’s debutante ball look. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this very special Black Friday episode, Lauren is joined by Aaron Levine, former Club Monaco and Abercrombie & Fitch designer, #menswear star, Aimé Leon Dore model, and founder of a just-launched namesake label. They discuss the GQ Men of the Year party, shadow plaids, the mall, Ohio, male vulnerability, Jon Tietz, Aaron’s mom, and why he would want to start his own fashion brand when he makes very good money consulting. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just in time for Black Friday, Lauren and BMO analyst Simeon Siegel venture to the suburbs to understand what’s really happening at Abercrombie & Fitch and Gap. They also discuss the fate of Michael Kors and Coach now that the prospect of a Tapestry-Capri merger is behind us, and then they dig into the generic DTC brand Quince, which sells $40 cashmere sweaters for babies. Finally, Simeon offers an update on how the American consumer is feeling this holiday season. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the pod, Lauren is joined by TikTok’s favorite personal stylist, Allison Bornstein. They discuss the nuts and bolts of her growing business, her book, the power of the Three-Word Method, and why everyone has a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear. Plus, Lauren checks in on Condé and Kering. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices