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Shutter Stories: A Canon Podcast on Photography, Filmmaking and PrintInternational Women’s Day: Embracing Equity with Rosie Lugg and Nicole ChapoteauIt’s International Women’s Day and the theme for 2023 is ‘embracing equity’, but how does this apply to photography and content creation? Canon Ambassador and professional photographer, Ilvy Njiokiktjien speaks to the Fashion Director of Vanity Fair, Nicole Chapoteau, as well as content creator, Rosie Lugg, who uses TikTok and Instagram to achieve success in photography, to find out what challenges they’re facing in their industries.Join Ilvy as she discusses representation and equity with our guests in this special International Women’s Day episode.Thanks so much for listening!Follow us on Twitter...2023-03-0845 min
The Raw CollectionFashion Week Protocols with Nicole ChapoteauTo kick off NYFW, Vanity Fair's Fashion Director, Nicole Chapoteau, will share the dos and don’ts of attending Fashion Week & take us behind the scenes of what makes a haute show!2023-02-0833 min
Rodeo Drive – The PodcastWear what makes you happy! Vanity Fair’s Nicole Chapoteau on gender fluid dressingFashion used to be separated into womenswear and menswear. Today, it is much more gender fluid. “It's really about a movement of pleasing yourself and being self aware and not you know, hindering who your true self is,” says Vanity Fair Fashion Director Nicole Chapoteau, “And I think clothing is like one of the first ways you can express that.” Chapoteau joins host Pari Ehsan for a conversation about her approach to the editorial pages of the magazine, and about dressing and expressing identity – in daily life and on a celebrity photoshoot.“It is all about p...2022-06-2120 min
Priority StandingSeason 2, Episode 3: And The Winner Is...It was the end of awards season with the Oscars this past week, and we're ready to put in our pre-orders for Maison Valentino mid-riff baring numbers because they were hot. Hot Couture!! This week our live from the red carpet (our living rooms) coverage has no shortage of opinions. From Carey Mulligan to Zendaya to Daniel Kaluuya , we're always here for the fashuuuuns. We also bid farewell to two legends we've lost, DMX and Alber Elbaz. Life is short, y'all. Live in the moment!2021-05-0134 min
Small Doses with Amanda SealesSide Effects of Black in Fashion (with Nicole Chapoteau)This week, we’re joined by VF fashion editor Nicole Chapoteau, who gives us the head to toe on all things Black in Fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-04-281h 15Priority StandingSeason 2, Episode 2: Cash Me Outside, BOOTH!It is not the sole responsibility of Black stylists and Black talent to support Black designers!!!! And thank you, Jason Bolden and Law Roach, for stating the facts. This week we take a minute to discuss a certain WWD article that has us HEATED. But first, let's start with the positive. Whether it was on the actual red carpet or a shaky Zoom connection, celebs like Cynthia Erivo and Anya Taylor-Joy brought some much needed glamorous fashuuuuns to this year's Golden Globes. However, between the HFPA having zero Black members and a severe lack of diversity...2021-03-0537 minPriority StandingSeason 2, Episode 1: No. Really. We Did it, Joe!!!!Well, we made it to 2021. And...We did it, Joe!!!! We promise we did!!!! For our Season 2 premiere, we're discussing the resplendent fashion looks we were blessed with on a very historic Inauguration Day. We saw major moments for Black designers and American designers as the sun came out for the dawn of a new day. From Kamala Harris wearing Christopher John Rogers to Michelle Obama making THE entrance in Sergio Hudson, optimism ruled the day when it came to fashion. In fact, Jen will never get over Michelle Obama's epic entrance in her...2021-01-2925 min
SOUER LAB PODCASTSOEUR LAB featuring Nicole Chapoteau (Fashion Editor, Vanity Fair)Soeur Lab catches up with Vanity Fair's newly appointed Fashion Director, Nicole Chapoteau. Nicole rose in the ranks having worked at many of your favorite fashion and beauty magazines such as Marie Claire, Allure and InStyle, and as a stylist and brand consultant for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Ebony among others. In turn she has cemented herself as a force in the fashion space. She chats with us about her career journey, being Black in fashion, growing up Haitian, styling Dr. Angela Davis for that Vanity Fair cover, being a mother and much more. Tune in!
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Support this podcast...2020-12-241h 03Priority StandingEpisode 8: Plus One, Paul CavacoThis week on Priority Standing, we begin our new guest series, "Plus One," with the one and only, legendary editor, Paul Cavaco. We discuss the making of a fashion editor, the transition from models to celebrities on the covers of magazines, Paul's favorite supermodels and of course, his behind the scenes stories from the Oprah Vogue cover shoot and the making of Madonna's Sex book. And no matter where we've journeyed in our careers, Paul will always be our Fashion Dad. 2020-12-1844 minPriority StandingEpisode 7: Blue, White and Who?Shirley. Angela. Michelle. Kamala. Stacey. On this week’s episode, we celebrate our true winners of this week: Black women. And with politics, comes the inevitable subject of fashion. In order to form a more perfect union, it’s important to explore the relationship between the two and how closely they go hand in hand. For women in politics, and especially women of color in politics, navigating the criticism in regards to their sartorial choices is not an easy feat. However, there are still plenty of euphoric moments we can get excited about. So even though Election Day felt like...2020-11-1500 minPriority StandingEpisode 6: Cloooooothes!!!!What's our seat assignment? It's section and row H-O-M-E for us. And that means front row for everything and everyone! This week we review our favorite Spring/Summer 2021 looks from Fashion Month. Yes, the industry still managed to produce a month full of digital shows and real life shows. If you attended the shows in person, we hope you wore a mask and sat at least six feet apart from everyone. If you watched from home like us, we hope your digital experience was glitch-free without any 90s-era-dial-up buffering moments. From new designer collaborations at major...2020-10-1600 minPriority StandingEpisode 5: Blackity Black Black BlackAward shows this week can be described in four words: Blackity Black Black Black. Round of applause for the culture. Black celebrities and designers dominated both the Emmys and the CFDA awards with well deserved accolades for their creative contributions to the television and fashion industry. Our collective favorites include Zendaya in Christopher John Rogers and Armani Privé and Regina King in two Schiaparelli looks, including a shocking pink suit worn with a Breonna Taylor T-shirt. It was also a big week for black designers. Kerby Jean-Raymond, Telfar Clemens and Christopher John Rogers all won C...2020-09-2521 minPriority StandingEpisode 4: Beat the BotsPat McGrath's Supreme lipstick. Kim Jones designing for Fendi Womenswear. Monica 100% bringing it with her Fendi look. Fashion Week? This week on Priority Standing, we chat about a busy week of drops, new appointments, winning looks and a new, weird fashion week because let's be honest, fashion is weird. Let's just hope Nic will finally get her Pat McGrath Supreme lipstick.2020-09-1427 minPriority StandingEpisode 3: We've Got you CoveredWe can't even remember if there were florals for spring, but what we do know is that the September issues of magazines were pretty groundbreaking. In this episode of Priority Standing, we choose our favorite covers because we'll never not get excited about the most important issue of the year. Publications around the world managed to produce the ever anticipated fall issues with their staffs mostly working from home. Between styling sessions over Zoom and photoshoots happening under strict health guidelines, the hard work and creative forces of the publications' staffs produced an exciting array of covers that seemed...2020-09-0437 minPriority StandingEpisode 2: Exclude Me?You get a Fendi dress, you get a Fendi dress, you get a strawberry dress...EVERYBODY GETS A DRESS! In this week's episode of Priority Standing we give you the exclusive on exclusivity. Is having the cover exclusive with fashion magazines obsolete during a global pandemic? With the logistics of acquiring samples in disarray due to lockdowns around the world, and limited samples available to lend, the idea of magazines being able to score the cover exclusive on a look comes into question. How does this currently evolving situation and mindset on exclusivity affect the retail landscape and...2020-08-2740 min
Priority StandingEpisode 1: Welcome to Priority StandingWelcome to Episode One of Priority Standing. We are four fashion industry veterans embarking on our second decade in fashion. We've seen it all! We are the Priority Standing, we are people of color, and we'd like for you to have a seat at the table. Join us, Nicole, J Rod, Tiffany and Jennifer, as we talk about the past, the future and everything in between when it comes to fashion. This week, we discuss two very important fashion and cultural moments: Beyoncé's Black is King and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP. Was there l...2020-08-1437 min
Black Girls Texting023 #BlackGirlsBossUp ft. Tiffany Reid and Nicole ChapoteauChelsea, Glynn and Sade talk being Black career-driven women with our #BlackGirlsDoingShit Senior Fashion Director for Cosmopolitan & Seventeen Magazine Tiffany Reid and former Allure magazine Fashion Director and Stylist Nicole Chapoteau!
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