Fashion People

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

Lauren is joined by journalist Emilia Petrarca, writer of the excellent newsletter, Shop Rat. They talk Taylor Swift’s new watch hobby, LVMH heir Alexandre Arnault’s new job, the absolutely nuts barrage of holiday gift guides taking over our lives, and whether Bottega Veneta’s Matthieu Blazy is the right designer to lead Chanel. Plus, Lauren recaps Puck’s Stories of the Season event in Hollywood and has some Condé Nast updates. 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 catches up with Emily Sundberg, author of the the daily Substack Feed Me, which is popular with coastal elites and college students alike. They discuss Barbour jacket knockoffs, Casa Cipriani, how the fashion industry measures up to other crazy industries, Taylor Swift’s favorite restaurant Corner Store, cracks in the paint at Zero Bond, and plenty more. Plus, Lauren tips off listeners on what’s happening with LVMH heir Alexandre Arnault and a W magazine acquisition. 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 stylist Kate Young to talk about the fall gala season—from Baby2Baby to LACMA Art + Film—but also the state of luxury, the state of the world, and the state of Taylor Swift’s going-out clothes. Plus, Lauren has new details on a fashion micro-drama and checks in on Gap’s turnaround efforts. 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 welcomes jack of all trades Mark Bozek to the pod. Mark is the the director of The Times of Bill Cunningham, yes, but he’s also the author of a new Rizzoli book on the Battle of Versailles and got his start in fashion working for the legendary, and oft-forgotten, designer Willi Smith. Oh, and Mark also worked for Barry Diller and QVC before Diller made him the C.E.O. of HSN. What a career. Lauren also talks tariffs and 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 is joined by the Wall Street Journal’s Rory Satran to discuss Kamala Harris’s fashion through the ages—including the bootcut jeans and the Chloé suits—as well as the dream of Marc Jacobs at Chanel, and why both Lauren and Rory are spending a disproportionate amount of their journalist salaries on AlaÏa. They also recap two galas that happened over the past week: WSJ.’s Innovators shindig at MoMA and LACMA’s Art + Film Gala, sponsored by Gucci. 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 today's episode, Bloomberg Businessweek senior reporter Amanda Mull and Lauren dig into Amanda’s recent column on the print magazine revival and offer a brief-but-illuminating history of the luxury pricing wars. Amanda also shares what it was like to run an online forum dedicated to luxury handbags for a whole decade. 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 Harper’s Bazaar executive editor Leah Chernikoff stayed up late to discuss the CFDA Fashion Awards, which took place Monday, October 28, under the big blue whale at the Natural History Museum in New York City. They reveal who looked good, who won and who didn’t, and what Blake Lively, Marc Jacobs, Alix Earle, Donna Karan, Todd Oldham (!), Cardi B, and Addison Rae were up to. Plus, Lauren digs into the LVMH-Trump connection and also reads the tea leaves on the future of Coach and Michael Kors. 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 catches up with yacht aficionado and designer Diane von Fürstenberg, currently the subject of a traveling exhibit, Diane von Fürstenberg: Woman Before Fashion, which just landed at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. They discuss the many iterations of her 50-something-year-old business, what it means to preserve your legacy in fashion, why women designers love Jersey, what it’s like to be married to Barry Diller, and the reason she bothers going to the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley every July. Lauren also recaps the week’s headlines, from the Mike Jeffries-Abercrombie bombshell to the F.T.C.’s decision to block the Tapestry-Capri merger. 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 her favorite luxury analyst, Bernstein’s Luca Solca, to chat about last week’s LVMH earnings miss, what brands should—and shouldn’t—be copying about the way Hermès conducts business, and what’s really going on with Sabato and Gucci. They also discuss Luca’s personal shopping habits. Plus, Lauren touches on who won the red carpet at the Academy Museum Gala. 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 catches up with one of her industry idols, editor and entrepreneur Jane Pratt, founder of Sassy, Jane, XOJane, and now, Another Jane Pratt Thing on Substack. They discuss dealing with advertisers as a magazine editor-in-chief, how Fashion Week has changed, writing like you speak, and why she can’t stop making #content. 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 Glossy author Marisa Meltzer to discuss what Kim Jones’s exit from Fendi says about the luxury pipeline, what Taylor Swift and Blake Lively’s controversial outfits say about them (and us), and what the new Armani store on Madison Avenue says about Marisa’s savings account (it’s diminishing). Plus, they cover some Violet Grey news, the Victoria’s Secret runway show, and a whole lot more. 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