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Fashion Your Seatbelt095 Farnoush Hamidian: The Model Who Is Redefining The IndustryModel and poet Farnoush Hamidian has that unquantifiable something, what the French call je ne sais quoi, that only fashion’s most iconic muses possess. All eyes turn towards her when she enters a room, and anyone who has seen her walk a couture catwalk can confirm she dominates the runway with a presence born not just from beauty, but inner strength.Born in Iran, Farnoush’s path to the world’s biggest fashion stages has been anything but straightforward. It’s a story threaded with courage – of leaving home, of finding her place, and of redefin...
2025-12-041h 04
Fashion Your Seatbelt094 Alexis Mabille: Fashion’s Debonair Couture DesignerThe debonair Alexis Mabille is a renowned French designer known for his innovative work in both fashion and interior design. Born into a big family, he learned early from his mother how to sew clothing, dressing both friends and family in his creations.Later, he would enroll in the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, graduating early because of all the hands-on sartorial experience of his childhood. From there, he worked at prestigious fashion houses like Ungaro and Nina Ricci before being tapped by John Galliano to come work with him during his time at...
2025-11-2752 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt093 Stéphane Rolland: The Designer Whose Heart Beats for Haute CoutureThere are fashion designers, and then there are couturiers – those rare artists who understand how to sculpt emotion from fabric or create drama from a single silhouette. Stéphane Rolland is one of those exceptional few.From the moment he stepped onto the haute couture stage, Stéphane made it clear that he wasn’t interested in playing it safe. His signature collections are bold, architectural, and cinematic – full of sweeping trains, sculptural volumes, and unapologetic glamour. His creations don’t just walk into a room; they command it.But behind the red-ca...
2025-11-2056 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt092 Mariam Yeya: The Fabulous Force Behind Mrs. KeepaThere’s a certain kind of designer who doesn’t just make clothes – she builds a world. Mariam Yeya, the French-Egyptian force behind the fashion label Mrs. Keepa, does exactly that. Her creations aren’t just garments; they’re declarations of individuality, freedom, and fearless femininity – a colorful and creative visual dialogue that is a sartorial dance between structure and spontaneity.Launched in 2016 with Mariam’s husband, Bassel “Keepa” Komaty … thus the name Mrs. Keepa – was born out of a desire to create clothing that felt both modern and timeless. What began as a ready-to-wear brand with a cult-like...
2025-11-1356 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt091 Mohammed Aqra: The Strategist Uplifting Designers in the Middle EastThere are visionaries who predict the future — and then there are those who quietly build it. Mohammed Aqra belongs to the latter. As the Chief Strategy Officer of the Arab Fashion Council, he has become one of the most influential figures shaping the evolution of fashion across the Middle East and beyond. Equal parts strategist, connector, and cultural diplomat, he is redefining what it means to turn creativity into economic power.Born in New York to Jordanian parents, Aqra embodies the duality of East and West — a sensibility that has become the foundation of his work...
2025-11-0659 min
AURA Skypool PodcastSeason 3 | Episode 1: Personal Branding for Journalists | Jessica Michault | AURA Skypool PodcastIn this episode of the AURA Podcast, Kubi Springer sits down with Jessica Michault, an award-winning fashion journalist, public speaker, and consultant redefining the language of style. A pioneer of digital fashion reviews, Jessica has worked with leading publications like BoF and Barneys New York, while advising global brands such as Miu Miu, Bulgari, and Mulberry.Together they unpack the deeper meaning of fashion, beyond trends and aesthetics, exploring how what we wear communicates who we are and the power of that first impression.From front row insights to reflections on fashion in the Middle East, Jessica shares how...
2025-10-3120 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt090 Nicolas Santi-Weil: The Fashion CEO Who Leads With His HeartIn this episode Nicolas Santi-Weil, the CEO of AMI Paris, discusses what it takes to build a global multimillion dollar independent fashion brand today, how Asia helped shape AMI’s future, and why his carpe diem approach to business has proven so successful…Nicolas Santi-Weil is not your typical fashion CEO. Equal parts strategist and storyteller, he’s the architect – alongside founding designer Alexandre Mattiussi – behind the rise of AMI Paris, the effortlessly cool French brand that’s become the gold standard for Parisian nonchalance.In an era where major luxury conglomerate...
2025-10-3038 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt089 Burc Akyol: The Designer You Need to KnowIn the latest episode of the Fashion Your Seatbelt podcast, up and coming fashion designer Burc Akyol shares his unfiltered views on the fashion industry, his nascent signature brand and what it’s really like to work with Cardi B.There are some designers that feel like lighting in a bottle. Burc is without a doubt one of those. The poetic way he talks about fashion, his clear sense of self awareness and his raw honesty make him captivating to listen to and I could have easily spoken with him for hours....
2025-10-2353 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt088 Charlotte Chesnais: The Cool Girls Jewelry DesignerIn this episode, I speak with Charlotte Chesnais, a woman who has spent a decade creating jewelry coveted by cool girls around the world. This year, she is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her signature brand and her 40th birthday. Major milestones for a woman who seems to take everything in stride and with a broad smile.In a landscape where jewelry often shouts for attention, designer Charlotte has built a brand that whispers refinement – but still turns every head in the room. Her pieces are instantly recognizable, not for their flash, but for their fo...
2025-10-1644 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt087 Dima Ayad: The Dubai Designer Changing the Shape of LuxuryDesigner Dima Ayad is rewriting the conversation around Arab fashion, inclusivity, and the power of creative resilience.Born in Lebanon but raised in Dubai, she grew up within the rhythms of the city’s hospitality and luxury spaces. Her early career unfolded in PR and marketing roles at Jumeirah, Raffles, and Atlantis. Places where she learned not only about always going the extra mile and delivering more than what was asked for, but also the critical importance of storytelling and creating deep connections with customers. But fashion — that was personal. Frustrated by t...
2025-10-0955 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt086 Laure Guilbault: France’s Die Hard Fashion JournalistIn this episode, I sit down with Laure Guilbault, the Paris Correspondent for Vogue Business. Laure is a diehard fashion journalist. She worked at WWD for five years, became Business of Fashion’s first Paris correspondent, and is now the Paris Correspondent for Vogue Business. She doesn’t just report on fashion – she dissects it. From the C-suites of luxury maisons to the atelier floors of emerging designers, her journalism captures the pulse of an industry in flux.Laure brings a uniquely European lens to her reporting – precise, considered, and always ahead of the curve. She unde...
2025-10-0241 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt085 Lucien Pagès: The Man Shaping the Stories of FashionIn this episode, I sit down with Lucien Pagès, one of the fashion world’s most accomplished storytellers and the founder of the eponymous Lucien Pagès Communication, a prominent public relations agency in the luxury fashion and beauty industries.Cards on the table…I have known Lucien Pagès for decades. I have watched with joy as his unique mix of charm, creativity, and candor has manifested itself in public relations triumphs for hundreds of brands, including legendary labels such as Saint Laurent, Jacquemus, and Schiaparelli.Once quietly working behind...
2025-09-2556 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt084 Charaf Tajer: Takes Fashion Global With His Casablanca BrandIn just seven short years, Charaf Tajer, the founder and creative director of the brand Casablanca, has proven that the fashion world has room for a multitude of sartorial expressions. His unique blend of old-money style, colorful prints, sporty inspirations and architectural touches has managed to recalibrate the language of contemporary fashion. With roots in Paris and Morocco, Charaf’s path to fashion wasn’t linear. He cut his teeth in the nightlife scene as the art director of Paris’ iconic venue Le Pompon, but was also a creative consultant for Supreme, once upon a time collaborated with Virgil Abloh. But wa...
2025-07-0235 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt083 Guillaume Delacroix: Fashion's Badass Brand StrategistGuillaume Delacroix is a luxury brand whisperer. His entire career, from his early days working at Karla Otto and KCD to his time at Giorgio Armani and Balenciaga, to his current role as the founder and CEO of DLX, he has been helping leading prestige companies craft their narratives in ways that spark conversations, engage the public and create lasting impressions. Guillaume launched DLX nine years ago and since then he has built up a reputation in the industry for both spotting and supporting budding design talents but also for helping more established companies create bold new chapters in their...
2023-09-1730 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt082 Suzy Menkes: Fashion's Greatest CriticI don’t think I have ever been as nervous about interviewing someone in my entire career as I was when my former boss and colleague Suzy Menkes agreed to speak with me for this podcast. I worked side by side with Suzy for 16 years at the International Herald Tribune, which is now known as the International New York Times. Over that period she mentored me, encouraged me and guided me. Shaping my career as I moved from her assistant to fashion writer and finally the Online Style Editor of the IHT. During our time together we experienced so many am...
2023-07-0948 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt081 Alexandra Van Houtte: The CEO who is galvanizing the fashion industryFrom the moment Alexandra Van Houtte first told me about her newly launched platform in 2016, describing it as Google for fashion, I knew she was onto something. Since then TagWalk, the website she founded and is the CEO of, has grown by leaps and bounds and has become a linchpin platform for anyone working in the fashion industry. It is the first runway image keyword search engine in existence. In a nutshell, the former stylist’s assistant created a site that, in just a few simple clicks, makes it possible for stylists to whittle down their sartorial selections for fashion sh...
2023-06-2943 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt080 SCAD President Paula Wallace: A Life of Learning and ServiceTalk about an inspirational story. Paula Wallace, the president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, better known as SCAD had a singular vision back in September of 1978, To create a world-class art and design college that would prepare students for a global workforce. Under her leadership, SCAD has grown from a small art school with 150 students to a global university that spans three campuses around the world with thousands of students enrolled. Over the years it also became recognised as one of the most respected art and design schools, thanks in no small part to President...
2023-06-1728 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt079 Anine Bing: Turning Followers into a Fashion EmpireFashion entrepreneur Anine Bing is a very savvy business woman who knows how to seize her moment. An early adapter to the social media space, Anine, who is a former model and blogger, was one of the first to translate her online following into a successful fashion brand business. She launched her signature line back in 2012 out of the garage in her home in California. Her collection of chic staple pieces, inspired by her Scandinavian heritage and the casual cool of her Los Angeles home base, were an instant hit. Her “online first” business model, leveraging social media to market and...
2021-09-1928 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt078 Kaat Debo: The Fashion Curator Looking to the FutureKaat Debo is the Director and Chief Curator of Antwerp’s famed ModeMuseum fashion museum, better known as the MoMu; a museum that has spent the last three years under renovation. But now, after years of waiting, Kaat is able to reintroduce the world to her second home. A museum with over 35,000 pieces of Belgian fashion in its archives and a unique history that celebrates sartorial storytellers who have helped the world see fashion from new and unexpected angles.But while the MoMu is all about helping the larger world understand the different aspects and influences of the fashion universe, Ka...
2021-09-0838 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt077 Mary Katrantzou: Fashion's Goddess of Trompe L'Oeil and High TechI’ll never forget the first time I discovered the work of Mary Katrantzou. It was in London in 2008 I believe, and I just happened to wander into a room where a rack of her now-famous perfume bottle printed dresses was on display. On hand was her mother who was proudly showing off the stunning creations her daughter had dreamt up. And Mary’s mom had every right to be proud. Her work was unlike anything else going on in fashion at that time. Advancements in printing and computer technology had made it possible for this young woman to create arch...
2021-06-2350 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt076 Spencer Phipps is Making Sustainable Style A Manly PursuitDesigner Spencer Phipps is a born risk-taker. There isn’t a limb on his body that doesn’t have a scar from one escapade or another - that he jumped into with both feet before asking questions. The man is even missing a significant portion of one of his pinkie fingers from one memorable misadventure. And when it comes to taking risks, Spencer also has no problem doing that in business. It was, after all, an impulse decision to launch his signature menswear brand Phipps back in 2017. When, after having worked alongside Marc Jacobs and Dries van Noten, he found hims...
2021-06-1137 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt075 Joseph Altuzarra: Finds Fashion's Perfect BalanceYou get the sense, when you speak to designer Joseph Altuzarra, that he is that perfect combination of creativity and commerce. That as a French American, he has an innate sense of style coursing through his veins. While his American roots give him savvy business sense and a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” attitude. From a young age, Joseph - who was raised by his French Basque father and Chinese- American mother - has always believed in the transformative power of fashion. A self-taught designer who got a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and Art History from Swarthmore Coll...
2021-05-2741 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt074 Alisa Volskaya: The Future of Luxury PRI wanted to interview Alisa Volskaya, the founder of the public relations firm AVEC, for a few reasons. First of all, every time I would bump into her at a fashion show or event, our conversations about the state of the industry, future trends, and fashion in general always went well past surface chit-chat. Secondly, I was impressed by her drive and third, it just takes a lot of guts to launch a PR company during a moment when that field is in the middle of such a paradigm shift. Not to mention doing it in 2020, the year the world...
2021-05-1236 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt073 Alexandre de Betak: Fashion's Consummate CreativeConsummate creative Alexandre de Betak is an industry touchpoint in the world of fashion. He is behind some of the most era-defining fashion shows, events, and exhibitions of the past three decades. The proverbial man behind the curtain, Alex has brought to life the visions of designers as diverse as Raf Simons, Michael Kors, and Gabriela Hearst, and brands big and small, from Dior and YSL to Jacquemus and Rodarte. Throughout our fascinating conversation, we talk about where the spark of creativity comes from, how to keep those creative juices flowing, and how Alex is instilling in his own children...
2021-04-3055 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt072 August Getty: Couture's Virtual VisionaryFashion designer August Getty is a gentle soul whose goal is to create a fully inclusive, fully immersive sartorial world where everyone is welcome. All that is required is that you be yourself 100% both in the real world in one of his one-of-a-kind couture creations, or in the digital sphere where he recently created a whole new virtual universe he has baptized Tinitus.It is inside Tinitus that August brought to life four digital gowns for this past haute couture season, with 3D imagery so detailed it probably caused some of the biggest couture houses to turn green with envy...
2021-04-0625 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt071 Sasha Samsonova: Photographing Female PowerPhotographer Sasha Samsonova is generating quite a buzz with her striking images of women who are comfortable in their own skin and unabashedly sexy. A female Helmut Newton, Sasha is all about celebrating the beauty and strength of the women who stand before her lens. Born and raised in Ukraine, Sasha is an autodidact photographer who was already shooting for Harper’s Bazaar by the time she was 17 years old, having picked up a camera after her plans to become a professional ballroom dancer fell by the wayside. But her innate understanding of how the body can express emotion in th...
2021-03-1942 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt070 Romeo Hunte: A Designer Hustling His Way To The TopRomeo Hunte first registered on my radar in a way that I have never connected with a young designer before. He sent me a DM on Instagram during the global lockdown last year and suggested that the two of us jump on an Instagram Live to talk about the state of fashion in the throws of a global pandemic. And that is exactly what we ended up doing.I am telling you this story because I think it perfectly illustrates who Romeo is. He always takes the initiative, he has a clear vision of where he wants his brand and...
2021-02-2533 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt069 Declan Chan: China's Most Stylish Fashion StylistDeclan Chan is one of those front-row fashion fixtures that you always keep an eye out for at the shows. A fashion editor and stylist by trade, Declan has also become a favorite subject for anyone who loves to appreciate those who take the time to put together a look. Declan always looks put together, but with flare. And his outfits are just as eye-catching as the spreads he creates in the pages of publications like Vogue Hong Kong, The New York Times, the South China Morning Post, and Men’s Uno Hong Kong, or the campaigns he crafts for co...
2021-02-0831 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt068 Pascal Morand: Leading French Fashion Into The FutureIt is hard to miss Pascal Morand when he arrives at a fashion show. Not only does he tower above most of the guests, but he is also always surrounded by the who’s who of the industry, designer hopefuls, and fashion journalists who all want to bend his ear about one aspect or another pertaining to the business of fashion. But that is what you sign up for when you are the executive president of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.However, Pascal wears his title with the ease of someone who has spen...
2021-01-2538 min
ODDA ConversationsConversations 002: Roksanda IlinčićRoksanda Ilinčić, the UK-based fashion designer from Belgrade, Serbia, has woven a myriad of different aspects of her unique identity into her namesake brand over the past 15 years. Her melange of volume, color, and her own heritage with silhouettes and fabrics that telegraph grace and delicacy—distinguish her as an exceptional, invaluable talent. For Roksanda, the importance of mining her own life experiences while continuing to strive to grow as a creative person, through working with others, is paramount to her continued success as an artist and a businesswoman.
In conversation with Nneka Anozie
Original Musi...
2020-12-2146 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt067 Anna Dello Russo: A Fashion Force of NatureAnna Dello Russo is a fashion force of nature. To the uneducated, she is the eternal star of the concrete catwalk. The colorful, upbeat and sometimes outrageous outfits she wears to the fashion weeks she attends are always the must get shots for the photographers that stalk the streets outside the show venues.But for those who know Anna, she is much more than a fabulous clothes horse. She is one of the industry’s leading stylists and art directors. After getting a master’s degree in fashion at the Domus Academy in Milan, Anna had the good fortune, right at t...
2020-12-1944 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt066 Steven Kolb: The CFDA's Pragmatic Visionary CEOSteven Kolb and I have traveled in the same circles for years. But until this podcast, we never really had the chance to have a deep dive discussion about life in general and more specifically, life in fashion. As the CEO of the CFDA, Steven is basically the ringmaster of New York Fashion Week, so it is a bit difficult to pin him down. But what I have always appreciated about him is how level headed he is. Even in the eye of the fashion tornado, you can count on Steven to be matter-of-fact with his insights, feedback, and suggestions...
2020-12-1235 min
ODDA ConversationsConversations 001: Soo Joo and Yoon AMBUSH©To mark the occasion of the launch of ODDA Korea we reached out to our cover star, supermodel Soo Joo to speak with Yoon, the Korean co-founder and creative director for Tokyo-based label AMBUSH. These two artists discuss everything from Korean culture and the representation of minorities in the fashion industry to how to stay creative during a pandemic and reflections on life in general in the new normal.
The conversation was curated by the founder of ODDA, David Martin.
Original Music by Valerio Parrotta
Edited by Dominic Celemen
Narrated by Jessica Michault
2020-12-0857 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt065 Sascha Lilic: The Stylist Who Tells It Like It isCreative director and stylist Sascha Lilic is a fashion month’s fixture. His distinctive look, of a beret and monocle, always makes him easy to spot at a show. You can also always count on Sascha to give you a great sound bite about what he thinks of a presentation, and it’s often something that will make you laugh out loud or blush. Maybe it was all those years working alongside his mentor, the iconic photographer Helmut Newton, who was also known not to mince words, that formed Sascha’s talent for finding the perfect bon mots.But to be fai...
2020-11-0647 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt064 Nick Wooster: Fashion's Consummate ConsultantAs Japan Fashion Week is almost upon us, it is fitting that I finally post my Fashion Your Seatbelt interview with Nick Wooster. Nick and I met up at Japan Fashion Week back in October of last year; long before anybody had ever heard the words COVID or Coronavirus. Originally, I had planned on posting this podcast in March, when the last Japan Fashion Week was scheduled to start. But then the world shut down and the fashion week didn’t take place in the real world. But what do Japan Fashion Week and Nick Wooster have in common? Well, Ni...
2020-10-1136 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt063 Milan Vukmirovic: Fashion's Renaissance ManI am going to be very honest here and say that every time I end up being placed next to Milan Vukmiorvic at the front row of a fashion show, a smile spontaneously forms on my face. And at the exact same moment, I say a little prayer that the show will run a bit later than normal. This is because Milan is just a great front row buddy. He and I end up always getting into these extensive philosophical conversations about the current state of fashion. We discuss the nuances of shifting tides of trends we have picked up...
2020-09-2555 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt062 Carine Bizet: The Fearless French Fashion CriticThis intro is going to be a very short one. Basically, I want to jump right in and let you all listen for yourself as the French fashion critic Carine Bizet, who is not one to live her life as an open book on Instagram, finally gives us a glimpse into her life in fashion. Carine is one of only a handful of true “take no prisoners”, speak truth to power fashion writers working in the industry.Well, actually she is no longer working in the industry. Earlier this year, after building a name for herself at Madame Figaro and leav...
2020-09-1840 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt061 Michel Gaubert: Fashion's Master of MusicFor decades in the world of fashion, there has really only been one man who has given the industry its sonographic soundtrack. And that man is Michel Gaubert. Michel eats, sleeps, and breaths music. It has been the framework of what he does in his career, as a sound director for most of the leading fashion houses on the planet, and it has been the guiding force in his life as well. His fascination with music is what pushed him to learn English, move to California in his youth and it is through music that he has made some of...
2020-09-1144 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt060 Louise Trotter: Lacoste's First Leading LadySometimes it just feels like destiny when a designer lands at a fashion house. This is the case for British designer Louise Trotter, who took up the mantle of creative director at Lacoste at the tail end of 2018. Growing up she played a considerable amount of tennis and Lacoste was always her go-to label. Her husband is also a bit of a tennis nut and over the years has built up his own collection of Lacoste pieces that take up considerable room in his closet. But perhaps the most profound connection comes from the one that Louise feels with the...
2020-09-0432 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt059 Christian Lacroix: Fashion's Master of Color and PrintI’ll never forget my first Christian Lacroix fashion show. Watching all of the supermodels walk his catwalk in outfits that mixed colors, patterns, and prints in combinations my mind could never have conceived would ever work together, let alone look as fabulously as they did on the Lacroix catwalk. Lacroix’s shows were always full of energy, passion, and precision but above all love...with just the perfect dash of joie de vivre added in for good measure. By the end of every show, the audience was always revved up to throw out onto the catwalk, during the grand fina...
2020-08-0244 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt058 Marine Serre: The Designer Upcycling Fashion's FutureWhen you meet Marine Serre for the first time, it is hard not to notice; or maybe a better word would be feel, the pent up energy in her diminutive frame. It is easy to understand why she spent years as a child playing tennis at almost a professional level before turning her drive towards design. You can practically see the wheels turning in her head as if she is doing a million things at once. And yet...and I don’t know exactly how... Marine also has a reserved shyness about her. It is a potent and powerful combination th...
2020-07-2529 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt057 Mary Vogt - The Hollywood Costume Designer You Need to KnowThe art of a costume designer is to tell a story without saying a word. So let’s just get this straight right from the start, Hollywood costume designer Mary Vogt has spoken volumes over her impressive career. One that is filled with spellbinding sartorial stories that have stood the test of time. Because let’s face it, it doesn’t get more iconic than having the ensembles you designed for a film become tentpole cosplay outfits and Halloween costumes for generations.Mary is the mind behind the amazing costumes in the staple Halloween film Hocus Pocus that starred Bette Midler...
2020-07-1050 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt056 Gabriella Cortese - Antik Batik's Founder Finds Success in Boho ChicWhat is that old saying, “do a job that you love and you will never work a day in your life”. That is the life that Gabriella Cortese is lucky enough to lead. She is the founder and visionary behind the brand Antik Batik and as part of her job, she gets to travel the world for months at a time looking for new ways to incorporate the beauty of ethnic designs and craftsmanship of local artisans into her Bohemian chic collections.Born in Turin, Italy Gabriella grew up with eclectic style inspirations all around her. Her mother instilled in her...
2020-07-0328 min
DécousuDécousu épisode 5 avec Jessica Michault: L'actualité de la Haute CoutureLa Haute Couture semble être menacée, à chaque nouvelle génération on craint sans cesse de ne la voir disparaître. Mais même si ce milieu peut paraître hors-sol, il est en réalité profondément ancré dans son époque.Dans cet épisode, j'ai eu le plaisir de rencontrer Jessica Michault, gourou de la mode comme elle aime à se définir. Jessica a partagé avec Décousu ses connaissances sur l'actualité mode et en particulier couture, à une époque ou tout évolue très vite. Entre le digital, l'écologie et la crise sanitaire, le milieu de la mode ne cesse de se reno...
2020-06-2728 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt055 Rebecca Todd - The Straight Talking Hollywood StylistRebecca Todd is one of those “she is just born with it” stylists. Self-taught and a straight talker she is at the top of the stylist game in Hollywood. And that is because Rebecca is constantly hustling, networking, and pushing herself creatively. That drive has resulted in a highly successful career in both styling and costume design that spans over 20 years. And her mile-long list of clients includes everyone from Blake Lively, Kobe Bryant, Melissa McCarthy, and Dwayne Johnson to Elle MacPherson, Ryan Hansen, Lizzy Caplan, and the one and only Betty White. Rebecca started out in Hollywood in public rela...
2020-06-2648 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt054 Kevin Germanier - The Designer Making Sustainable Fashion GlamorousIn the fashion world, there are a handful of times that you run across an up and coming designer that is so earnest, articulate, and talented that you make a secret wish in your heart that you hope they’ll make it big. That is exactly how I felt after talking with the 28-year-old designer Kevin Germanier for this podcast. I had seen his work before first hand at press day presentations in Paris. And Kevin’s vibrant, beaded, and bold designs always stood out. But what also made them stand out in my mind was when I discovered that his...
2020-06-1936 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt052 Hillary France - The CEO of Brand Assembly Has Got Fashion's BackA self-described “supply chain nerd” Hillary France, the CEO and co-founder of Brand Assembly, is helping fashion creatives focus on crafting their visions of the future while she and her team take on the day to day, back of house fundamental tasks that any growing small business has to master if it wants to become successful. Her full-service BtoB business does everything from bookkeeping, warehouse management, and running e-commerce operations to creating costing sheets, merchandising and sales plans, and even social media and global marketing strategies. But Hillary, who founded her company in 2013, wanted to do even more for her clie...
2020-06-1231 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt052 Nellie Partow: The Designer Who Is Always In Your CornerIt says something about a brand that when you click on the about page on its website to get the backstory on the designer, a YouTube video of her boxing in the center ring at Madison Square Garden pops up. Showing her winning her title fight in front of a sold-out crowd. If nothing else the footage clearly illustrates that designer Nellie Partow knows how to roll with the punches and has no intention of ever being down for the count.Which is a good thing considering that her independent label finds itself in that ambiguous middle ground of no...
2020-06-0534 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt051 JJ Martin: The Entrepreneur Putting a Bold Stamp on FashionI have known JJ Martin for my entire professional career. And yet, until this podcast interview, I hadn’t realized just how much our lives were parallel. We are both California girls, we both left the United States to follow our hearts to Europe, and we both became top fashion journalists in international fashion capitals. Now all of this is a fun side note to this interview. But the real reason I wanted to speak with JJ is to finally learn the how and why behind her choice to launch her company, La Double J, in 2015. If ever there was an...
2020-05-2948 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt050 Jens Grede - The Man Shaping SKIMS FutureThe world is starting to get back to work which means many women are turning to shapewear brands to help counteract the last few months of comfort food consumption. So I thought this would be a perfect time to chat with Jens Grede. Jens is the partner and board director of Kim Kardashian West’s shapewear brand SKIMS. And this Sweden native is a savvy fashion executive whose eclectic career path has given him quite a unique and clear-eyed perspective on the industry. After a stint working at the interior design magazine Wallpaper* at the start of his career, at th...
2020-05-2231 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt049 Olivier Theyskens - Fashion's Dark Romantic DesignerI have been following the career of Belgian fashion designer Olivier Theyskens pretty much from the beginning. I have seen him grow from a wunderkind, whose dark goth-like gowns were being worn by the likes of Madonna to the Oscars when he was just 21 years old, into the established and well-respected artist he is today. A designer who has come up with a signature style of dark romantic ensembles that are formed from rigorous attention to construction, precise tailoring, and meticulous fabric choices. Olivier has never been one to bend to the ebb and flow of fashion. Instead, his work...
2020-05-1540 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt048 Alison Lowe - Budding Fashion Brands Go-To Guiding HandNow more than ever start-up fashion labels are in need of a guiding hand when it comes to best practices for the new normal corona economy the world is entering. That is why it made perfect sense to speak with one of the industry’s leading experts in the field, Alison Lowe. For close to two decades Alison has traveled the world consulting emerging fashion labels about how to make it in an industry saturated with competition. Most of it with bigger budgets, wider reach, and international awareness. Her calm, plan talking guidance and overall positive attitude has helped countless la...
2020-05-1236 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt047 Burak Cakmak - The Man Making the Fashion World Socially ResponsibleBurak Cakmak, the Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design in New York is a man with a mission. His entire career has been in the pursuit of making the fashion world more streamlined, socially responsible, and sustainable. Born in Turkey during a time when the country was a closed market and under a single-party rule, Burak saw first hand what it was like to live and survive with minimal options in front of him. As the country opened up, so did Burak’s eyes to what the outside world had to offer, and through education, he grabbed it wi...
2020-05-0134 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt046 Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele - The Iconic Stylist Who Has Seen It AllCarlyne Cerf de Dudzeele has always been a woman who follows the beat of her own drum. She speaks her mind. Follows her gut. And has an unparalleled eye when it comes to making unexpected sartorial combinations work. The godmother of the high/low fashion mix, she famously and fearlessly combined the most basic pair of stonewashed denim jeans with a Christian Lacroix haute couture top that featured a beaded and bejeweled cross for Anna Wintour’s very first American Vogue cover as the magazine’s editor-in-chief, back in 1988. It was a watershed fashion moment that people point to as the...
2020-04-1722 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt045 Michelle Elie -The Fearless Fashion CollectorMichelle Elie is a fashion aficionado who has elevated the concept of a collector to dizzying new heights. The American-Haitian born jewelry designer and former fashion model literally walks the walk and talks the talk when it comes to her profound love of the work created byone of fashion’s most avant-garde designers, Rei Kawakubo. For decades Michelle has not only collected, but regularly wears, some of the most envelope-pushing pieces Kawakubo has ever created for her Comme des Garçons brand. Not surprisingly she is an evergreen favorite of street style photographers outside the shows during Paris Fashion Week. Whi...
2020-04-0352 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt044 Dana Thomas - Fashion's Leading Investigative JournalistDana Thomas is a dyed in the wool, true blue journalist. She lives it, breaths it and consumes it every day. She is the Woodward and Bernstein or the Ronan Farrow, if you will, of the fashion industry. Her deep dive, investigative books into the inner workings of the fashion world have earned her the respect of her peers and I am sure, when she comes knocking, a few shivers of fear down the spine of at least a couple of CEOs during her career. In 2007 she published the New York Times bestseller, "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster" which...
2020-03-2048 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt043 Casey Cadwallader - Mugler's Man with a MissionCasey Cadwallader is a man with a mission. As the artistic director of Mugler, he is building the brand for a new generation of women and showing the world how sexy, sensual and strong clothing can also be very inclusive. Already he has generated quite a buzz around his runway casting which has included models of all shapes, sizes, ages and colors. Having singer Cardi B sit front and center at his first show helped set the tone for this new era at the house. A house that has struggled, until now, to find a designer with a clear enough...
2020-03-1339 min
A vision of a world built with integrity.#29 JESSICA MICHAULT - from Suzy Menkes’ assistant to global fashion guruTowards the end of last year, we had the pleasure of working with a really great client, Puig (a third-generation family-owned fashion and fragrance business based in Barcelona and Paris, that owns brands including Dries Van Noten, Paco Rabanne and Christian Louboutin (beauty), to explore lots of topics close to our heart. It also gave us the opportunity to invite global fashion guru, Jessica Michault, to be part of our trip to Paris and Barcelona.
Having studied political science - not your typical route into an incredible career in fashion - Jessica’s first job at 23 was as...
2020-02-2821 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt042 Sara Sozzani Maino - Vogue Talents' Driving ForceI think few people in the fashion industry would argue with me if I said that Sara Sozzani Maino is one of the hardest working women in fashion. Sara is the head of Vogue Talents and Italian Vogue’s deputy editor for special fashion projects. And pretty much no matter where I am in the world or what event I am attending, I invariably seem to spot Sara, with her lion’s mane of black hair, her monochrome - usually black - attire and her practical footwear, which is a must since she is in constant motion. I see her work...
2020-02-1427 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt041 Vikki Kavanagh - THE OUTNET'S Secret WeaponVikki Kavanagh is the Global Buying and Merchandising Director at THE OUTNET, the sister e-commerce website to Net-a-porter and Mr. Porter. And the reason she has held that venerable position at the company for almost three years now is because she is a true buyer’s buyer.What I mean by that is that she has the art of buying coursing through her veins. Since she was a teenager she has been fascinated by this aspect of the fashion industry. And it was right out of school, at her first job working in a House of Fraser department store, where sh...
2019-12-1820 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt040 Alexandre Mattiussi - The founder of AMI, A Menswear Brand That Is Everyone's Best FriendThere are some fashion insiders who call Alexandre Mattiussi “a one in a generation” fashion designer. And I would have to agree with that assessment. He is a bit of a fashion unicorn in that, not only is he a down to earth, friendly and gregarious guy who happens to be a very talented fashion designer, he also has a real head for - and a love of - both the business of fashion and the theatricality of it. Born in 1980 in the Normandy countryside, Alexandre studied at the Duperré fashion design school in Paris and decided to specialize in mensw...
2019-11-1746 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt039 Joey Zwillinger - The co-founders of Allbirds, the Sustainable Sneaker BrandWhen I began to do some research on Joey Zwillinger, the co-founder of the sustainable footwear brand Allbirds, it was hard not to notice the pull quote from Time magazine on the company’s website that referred to its Merino wool sneakers as “the world’s most comfortable shoe”, or when Refinery 29 said “we won’t blame you if never wear any other shoe ever again”. Clearly, the brand that Zwillinger, a biotech engineer, created with Tim Brown, a former football player from New Zealand, has fans, including the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio who invested early in the company – raising 2.7 million dollars...
2019-10-1825 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt038 Arthur Arbesser- The Austrian Designer Making it in ItalyThe first thing you notice when you meet Arthur Arbesser, besides his head of floppy hair and big round glasses, is his upbeat attitude. He radiates nothing but positivity and you get the impression that he always has a sunny side view on the world. It’s a perception that is further supported by the fashion he creates – which is colorful, often with graphic motifs, and rich with artistic references that span many different fields, from architecture and painting to sculpture and ballet. His sartorial style is eclectic and original and it perfectly dovetails with his own creative history as a des...
2019-09-1724 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt037 Law Roach - The Stylist to the StarsI first met Law Roach in early 2018 at a Tommy Hilfiger show in Milan when he came up to me to say how much he liked the 60 Second Fashion Reviews I did on Instagram. I was instantly charmed by his warmth, his openness and, off course, his amazing outfit. I soon realized, although I didn't know it at the time, that I was a fan of Law as well. I had been appreciative of his work over the years as the stylist for actress Zendaya and more recently Ariana Grande, as well as Tiffany Haddish and Tom Holland. Additionally, I...
2019-09-0634 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt036 Jeremy Langmead of MR. PORTERJeremy Langmead is the Brand and Content Director of MR PORTER. Full disclosure, I have known Jeremy for over a decade and I have watched in amazement as he create, launched and grew the MR PORTER website into an award winning e-commerce platform created for men looking to have access to both the best fashion in the menswear market and the best editorial content designed to help those men relate to their sartorial choices on a deeper level. The platform’s “5 ways” series and “how it” articles have helped men around the globe educate themselves and given them the tools to make th...
2019-07-2629 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt035 Marco de Vincenzo - The Future of Italian FashionI have followed the career of designer Marco de Vincenzo since his very first show when he started his brand back in 2009. And it has been a privilege to watch him grow into one of the most exciting Italian fashion designers working today.If you are doing the math, you now know that this year marks the 10 year anniversary of the launch of the Marco de Vincenzo brand. It also happens to be the year Marco turns 40 and the year he launches his first menswear collection. Somthing he will do later this month at Pitti Uomo in Florence. And beside r...
2019-06-0738 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt034 Ramesh Nair - The Man Behind the Moynat BrandThis year marks the 150th anniversary of the stealth wealth luxury brand Moynat. And just like the company, which is thought to be one of the oldest heritage French trunk-making houses in the world, the man behind the brand, creative director Ramesh Nair, is someone who likes to let the quality of his work speak for itself. But don’t let Ramesh’s soft spoken, unassuming appearance fool you. He might not be a designer who craves the fashion limelight but he is a man with a clear vision for Moynat - and he has the fashion chops to make that...
2019-04-0553 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt033 Robin Meason - Founder of the Ritual Projects PR AgencyRobin Meason is a woman who has lived quite an amazing, globe-trotting existence. And the reason she has had such an adventurous life is because she always follows her heart.Following her heart is also what happens to make her one of the best fashion PR’s in the business. Robin was born and raised in Texas, where she studied European civilization at Texas State University, but she always had a thing about France, and Paris in particular. She might have lived in London, Los Angeles, Athens and Australia, over the years but she has always come back to Paris.It...
2019-03-1739 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt032 Massimo Giorgetti - The Founder and Designer of MSGMThis year marks the 10th anniversary of the MSGM brand founded by Massimo Giorgetti. But when you meet the Rimini born Italian designer, it is hard to believe someone so open, outgoing and honest has been at the helm of a successful and growing fashion company for a decade, without getting jaded. But that is the case for this self-taught designer, who originally got a degree in accounting and spend his youth as a DJ, before he launched his company in 2009. He quickly made a name for himself- and his brand thanks to his use of bright and bold logo-clad...
2019-02-2336 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt031 Lee Oliveira - The Street Style Photographer with a Poet's EyeIf you are a devoted follower of street style then you know that there are just a handful of photographers who you want to take your photo as you arrive at a show. Or at the very least stand outside at a show pretending to be super busy on your phone. One of them is the Brazilian born, Australia based, photographer Lee Oliveira. His visual signature is one of discretion. Unlike those concrete catwalk photographers that have you to walk across the same crosswalk over and over to get a shot, or ask you to stop and pose for them...
2019-02-0824 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt030 Alejandro Gómez Palomo - The Up and Coming Designer of Palomo SpainLet me tell you about the white hot Spanish designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo. You have probably already heard about his brand Palomo Spain – which he launched in 2015 – because of Beyoncé. She famously wore one of his floral menswear pieces for her first official photo with her newborn twins, Rumi and Sir. Palomo calls himself a menswear designer, that is what he studied during his time at the London College of Fashion, and yet his theatrical outfits can easily cross gender lines. His clothing is not so much focused on a person’s sex, but rather their level of sartorial daring...
2019-01-2538 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt029 Glenn Martens - The Mastermind at the heart of the Y/Project BrandGlenn Martens is the creative director of the brand Y/Project. He is also one of the most talented young designers working in Paris today. His Spring/Summer 2019 show was a seminal collection that beautifully underlined the real breadth and width of his conceptual creations. Designs that have their foundation in streetwear but their execution is of a couture level.Born in Bruges, Belgium, Glenn was not one of those designers who dreamed about fashion from an early age. Instead he studied interior design and just by happenstance ended up applying to the prestigious - and famously rigorous - Royal...
2019-01-1143 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt028 Klaus Stockhausen - A Fashion Director with a Musician's SoulKlaus Stockhausen is the contributing fashion director at Zeit Magazine and is a fixture of the fashion scene. This is a man who has really lived life to the fullest, and has done it with lots and lots of laughter. In fact, I don’t think I have ever laughed as much in an interview as I did with Klaus. He is honest and playful. Self-deprecating and just the right amount of catty so you know it’s all in good fun.Just to give you an idea about who Klaus is. He started his career as a DJ in Germ...
2018-12-1439 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt027 Johnny Coca - The Creative Director Turning Mulberry AroundThe fashion industry is buzzing about the Spanish designer Johnny Coca. Everyone wants to know how, in just three years, he has turned the Mulberry brand around. A big part of his success comes thanks to his innovative business strategy, his inventive and exuberant collections and some seriously covetable bags and accessories. Mulberry made the right call when they hired Johnny. And I am guessing that decision was pretty much a no brainer for the brand, considering that Johnny spent years working alongside Phoebe Philo at Celine. He was head of the design studio when it came out with the...
2018-11-3027 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt026 Gabriela Hearst - A Woman with a Signature Brand and a PlanGabriela Hearst is a self-taught designer, who only launched her signature label three years ago. This year she was nominated for the CFDA womenswear designer of the year award, just opened her first flagship store in New York, debuted a permanent showroom in Pars. She is also currently on track for being profitable by the end of the year.But Hearst is no overnight success. She has years of experience in the fashion industry. However, it was her conscious decision to shift to only creating clothing using the best materials she could lay her hands on, to focus on versatile...
2018-11-1630 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt025 Brian Phillips - The Fashion PR Force of Nature and Founder of Black FrameThe rise of Brian Phillips, the President of Black Frame, to the top echelons of the fashion industry, is both well-known and impressive. Instead of working his way up through the ranks of PR companies he founded Black Frame after having made fashion inroads at the cult magazine Visionaire straight out of college, worked at the now defunct production company Fatal Art Syndicate, and built up a close knit group of friends who just happened to work in the fashion industry. Friends that including Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, the duo behind Opening Ceremony (which Brian helped promote from the s...
2018-11-0243 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt024 Giuseppe Zanotti - The Footwear Designer with his Sights Set on the StarsNext year shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of his signature label.When he started out, during the heart of the 90s era of minimalism, his sexy, vibrate footwear was in stark contrast to anything else on the market And since then he has built up a reputation for creating shoes that are closely linked to the world of music (another one of his passions) as well as using innovative materials and eye catching embellishments – all of it grounded in old school artisanal craftsmanship. A powerful combination that today means the Zanotti brand is a...
2018-10-2222 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt023 Giambattista ValliGiambattista Valli is an extremely talented Italian designer, who was born in Rome and has now built up his own empire. A fashion empire, dedicated to creating romantic, feminine and beautiful clothing for women who want to look and feel special.Valli has done something that very few modern designers have been able to accomplish. He spent years honing his craft alongside great designers like Roberto Capucci and Emanuel Ungaro, before making the bold choice in 2005 (when most of his peers were becoming designers for big name fashion houses) to launch his own signature label. In fact, he reportedly famously p...
2018-10-0532 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt022 Tamu McPhersonTamu McPherson is lovely inside and out. In the world of fashion, she is known as much for her joyful, friendly and outgoing nature as she is for her exquisite taste in clothing and her talent as a photographer. The Jamaica born, digital talent, is the woman behind the website All the Pretty Birds, and first got noticed back in 2006 when she was a budding street style photographer, who had left her job as a lawyer for a Hedge fund in New York and moved to Milan. While she was photographing all of the stylish guests attending the fashion shows...
2018-09-2234 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt021 Phil OhIf there is one person more dedicated to fashion coverage than me, it might just be photographer Phil Oh (AKA Mr. Street Peeper) who is a fixture outside pretty much every fashion show under the sun. He is there (alongside Tommy Ton and Scott Schuman) rain or shine, morning or night, fall, winter, spring or summer. You can’t miss him with his long black hair, dark rimmed, slightly geeky glasses and one colorful, eye catching outfit after another.Also eye catching are the photos he captures on the concrete catwalk. Phil has a tendency to snap his subject in ac...
2018-09-0734 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt020 Ines de la FressangeYou know that classic line…about looking up a word in the dictionary and you would find a photo of a particular person there, as an embodiment of said word? Well, in the case of Ines de la Fressange if you looked up the words Parisian chic in the dictionary you might actually find a photo of her there. She is so linked to this idea that she even wrote a worldwide best selling book on the subject, which of course was called Parisian Chic. It has already produced a few equally clever and easy to read offspring.But calling In...
2018-08-0730 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt019 Eugenia de la TorrienteEugenia de la Torriente is the incredibly articulate and fashion savvy editor in chief of Vogue Spain and is considered to be one of the most respected fashion voices in Spain. Before she got her current gig at Vogue last year, she was editor-in-chief of the Spanish edition of Harper’s Bazaar, as well as fashion editor of El Pais, and editor of El Pais Semanal. Eugenia has also worked as a professor, regular speaking at leading luxury and fashion conferences and has published several books on fashion.She arrives at Vogue Spain at a pretty important time in the his...
2018-07-1725 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt018 Henrik MostIKEA is a brand that is no stranger to collaborations. It’s a company that loves to elevate everyday item to artwork, while still making those designer home designs something accessible even for the first time home owner, young adult or student setting out on their own. Spearheading the company’s latest collaboration is Henrik Most, who is the Creative Lead at Ikea. Most is the one who is working hand-in-hand with white hot designer Virgil Abloh, who just presented his first collection as the menswear designer of Louis Vuitton, on a line of cobranded Ikea items.I interviewed Most at t...
2018-06-2915 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt017 Marcelo BurlonMarcelo Burlon a fashion designer somehow seems so limiting. This is a man who doesn’t shy away from a challenge and, more importantly, whatever project he is working on he comes at it with such a sense of positivity, playfulness and joy that it’s no surprise that he has been so successful.Today Marcelo is perhaps most famous for being the mastermind behind the Marcelo Burlon: County of Milan brand. A company that he started in 2012 as just a cool t-shirts label inspired by his native Patagonia, that garnered a cult following for its 180 euro a pop designs, has...
2018-06-1934 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt016 Stephanie PhairStephanie Phair, the chief strategy officer at luxury online marketplace Farfetch, has been in the news lately because she was just appointed as the new Chair of the British Fashion Council, succeeding Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet, who stepped down in December 2017 after five years in the role. Stephanie will basically be overseeing core events that the BFC puts on, most notably London Fashion Week and The Fashion Awards, while at the same time still doing her day job as CSO at Farfetch. The Chairmanship of the BFC is a seriously big side hustle, but I have no double that Stephanie is...
2018-05-2820 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt015 Adam PrtizkerI was lucky enough to be a moderator of a panel that Adam Pritzker, the Chairman and CEO, Assembled Brands, was on at the famed Fashion Tech Forum conference that took place in Los Angeles. The event was hosted by the renowned Karen Harvey, who founded the Karen Harvey Consulting Group and is known for her ability to make high level connections between fashion and tech companies around the globe.It made sense that Pritzker would be speaking at Karen’s conference. He co-founded and raised millions for his tech-education platform General Assembly, which – among other things became known for its...
2018-05-1117 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt014 Paula CademartoriLet me tell you a bit about Ms. Paula Cademartori. The first thing you notice about Paula is her smile. It is always there...from ear to ear…honestly she is one of the most positive, up beat people you are likely to meet working in fashion. And her colorful headquarters in Milan, where we did this podcast interview, beautifully reflects her personality. As do her vibrant shoes and her eye catching bags, with their very distinctive clasp.Paula originally moved to Italy from Brazil (where she earned a degree in industrial design,) back in 2005 when she was just 21 years old...
2018-04-2731 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt013 Fausto PuglisiFausto Puglisi is a designer who embraces life with both hands. Born in Sicily he is one of fashion’s big personalities. Everything he does he does with 100% passion and creative fire. From his visceral and vibrate fashion shows to his friendships- Fausto is a man who clams the center stage with an open heart and a desire to inspire the women he dresses and the fashion world at large. Fausto career started auspiciously…working with the famed stylist Patti Wilson in New York before he headed West and in LA he wooed big names like Jennifer Lopez and Whitney Hous...
2018-04-1332 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt012 Jeff Carvalho of HighsnobietyLate last year I was honored to be asked by Karen Harvey, CEO of Karen Harvey Consulting Group and founder of Fashion Tech Forum to participate in the latest Fashion Tech Forum conference in Los Angeles. And besides speaking on the center stage of the forum I had the all access privilege to interview some of the key speakers at the event.So backstage, between presentations, round-table talks and motivational speeches I got to pick the brains of some of the leading minds in the fashion and tech industry. The first chat from this series of interviews that I want...
2018-03-3017 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt011 Ruth ChapmanIf you are a woman working in fashion today might I suggest Ruth Chapman, the co-founder of Matchesfashion.com, as a role model. Not only did she build up her fashion empire with her husband Tom from scratch, with a single brick and mortar store in Wimbledon, in southwest London, 30 years ago, she turned it into one of the leading independent luxury e-commerce players in the industry.Under her guiding hand Matches Fashion.com became known for its nurturing and dedicated support of young designers, with a healthy dose of national pride in highlighting home grown British brands… as well as...
2018-03-1638 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt010 Carlo CapasaThis year marks the 60th anniversary of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, the governing body of Italian fashion. During that time the industry has gone through quite a lot of changes, but arguably no more so than in the last decade. Fashion shows have become far more than just an industry affair attracting editors and journalists, but a consumer-facing event that are powered by social networks and digital technology, which has helped democratize the industry. There has also been a growing self-awareness within the industry about its impact on the environment leading to the rise of more sustainable fashion...
2018-02-1625 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt009 Stephen JonesThere are some people who work in fashion that you could just listen to for hours. Their knowledge about the industry, both institutional and anecdotal make them treasured sources of information and education. And if there is one person working in fashion today who does this, pretty much better than anyone else its Stephen Jones.Stephen has been a milliner for 40 years and during that time he has become the go to hat maker for…well…just about everyone. From fashion designers and celebrities to rockstars and royalty, Stephen has created the finishing touch for thousands and thousands of outfits. Clie...
2018-01-2639 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt008 Angela MissoniThis year marks the 20th anniversary of Angela Missoni’s reign at the head of the family owned Missoni house. During those two decades she has proven over and over again that there is always room for creativity, even within the confines of a house that has such an iconic DNA. In the case of Missoni, the brand’s hallmark colorful knitwear, in zigzag shades, has been the upbeat foundation for countless collection. Each one a master class in color blending, knitwear innovation and feel good fashion.Speaking from first hand experience, having attended pretty much every single show that Ange...
2017-12-1916 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt007 Cedric CharlierBelgian designer Cédric Charlier is about to celebrate two milestones in his life, the 5th anniversary of his brand and his 40th birthday. Both dates have kind of snuck up on him. This is because he is a designer who is so incredibly focused on the work. In fact, this has always been the case with Cedric, who studied at the famous La Cambre fashion school in Belgium and worked on the design teams at Celine during the reign of Michael Kors and perfected his craft alongside Alber Elbaz during his Lanvin years. From there he became the artistic di...
2017-12-0420 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt006 Julie de LibranDesigner Julie de Libran has breathed new life into the iconic French fashion house Sonia Rykiel since she became the creative director of the brand in 2014. Her ability to reinterpret the codes of the label for a new generation of empowered women has made her one of the few designers who is able to honor a house's past while blazing a bright path into the future. During this interview, Julie opens up about a childhood split between France and California, what she learned from working with designers like Gianni Versace, Marc Jacobs and Miuccia Prada, before joining Rykiel and what...
2017-09-3021 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt005 Leaf GreenerLeaf Greener is a fashion force of nature. To the ill-informed she might be seen as just another concrete catwalk celeb with a bright smile and bubbly personality who looks great in her eye catching outfits. But Leaf is so much more than this. After a six years as the senior fashion editor of Elle China She launched her digital magazine " LEAF", which she publishes on the leading Chinese platform WeChat. A move that helped transform her into one of China’s most influential independent fashion editors. She is endlessly being courted to consultant leading western luxury houses on how to wo...
2017-09-1021 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt004 Joanne PalmaroJoanne Palmaro is a budding actress of Italian and German descent who looks like a modern day boho version of Peggy Lipton with just a soupçon of Bridget Bardot. This twenty-something is in the ingénue phase of her career having had just a few acting roles under her belt in some short French films like "Errance" and the TV mini series "Addict". And she has been featured in short films for brands like Miu Miu, Armani, Jour/ne and H&M.But like any good contemporary feminist she is taking her future into her own hands. She has al...
2017-08-2115 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt003 Marie MasMarie Cabirou is the talented woman behind the fledgling French fine jewelry house Marie Mas. She has the pedigree and the skills to become a leader in luxury jewelry design. Cabirou studied at the prestigious École Duperré and the IFM (French Fashion Institute) in Paris. And you probably already love her work, if you took a shine to the artistic and asymmetrical jewelry that was a hallmark feature of the Dior shows during the reign of Raf Simons at the house.
2017-07-2118 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt002 Felipe Oliveira BaptistaOn the eve of the 85th anniversary of Lacoste, the company's creative director, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, talks about the special place Lacoste has within the fashion world, Novak Djokovic, the brand's new ambassador, and why he decided to close his signature label to focus all his energy on the renowned French house.
2017-07-1217 min
Fashion Your Seatbelt001 Olivier Rousteing - The Creative Director of BalmainOlivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, talks about his new collaboration designing costumes for the Paris Opera house, the debut of his make-up line with L'Oreal, his childhood, his friendship with Kim Kardashian and where he wants to take the Balmain brand.
2017-06-0926 min