Podcast Episodes

Drest founder Lucy Yeomans: 'There's been a massive shift in how luxury brands speak to consumers'

Because Drest is centered on bringing together notoriously slow-to-evolve luxury fashion brands and innovative gaming technology, it would seem that …

4 years, 10 months ago

M.M.LaFleur CEO Sarah LaFleur: 'We have this opportunity to rewrite the rules' of workwear

Workwear was different when CEO Sarah LaFleur launched M.M.LaFleur, her fashion brand targeting working women.

“Dresses were the majority of our busin…

4 years, 11 months ago

Rails founder Jeff Abrams on 'cautiously moving forward' with physical retail expansion

When Jeff Abrams launched L.A.-based fashion brand Rails in 2008, he couldn’t have predicted the demand for comfortable clothes in 2020. The cashmere…

4 years, 11 months ago

LVMH head of corporate responsibility Karin Raguin: 2020 was a 'tipping point' for brand transparency

Managing corporate responsibility for a global company with 160,000 employees can’t be easy, especially in 2021. But Karin Raguin, vp of talent manag…

4 years, 11 months ago

'Skipped a few steps': Erin and Sara Foster on leaning into their fashion opportunity

Erin and Sara Foster are used to being described as writers, producers, actors, entrepreneurs, maybe influencers -- but “fashion brand founders” is a…

4 years, 11 months ago

'A really nice pause': Monrow's founders on lessons learned in their break from wholesale

In 2007, Michelle Wenke and Megan George set out to create the anti-Juicy Couture.

“We wanted to be able to wear sweatsuits that catered to people lik…

5 years ago

'People were stressed': Coco and Breezy on fashion’s scramble to embrace diversity

Corianna and Brianna Dotson, better known as Coco and Breezy, have been playing by their own rules since launching the Coco & Breezy eyewear brand in…

5 years ago

'Incredible growth': Duer co-founder Gary Lenett on opening stores mid-pandemic

Many of the fashion retailers who had plans to open brick-and-mortar stores in 2020 wish they could take it all back. Not so, for Duer co-founder Gar…

5 years ago

'Power has transitioned': Axel Arigato's founders on the importance of listening to customers

Axel Arigato co-founders Albin Johansson and Max Svärdh have worked from the bottom-up, in the literal sense.

"The footwear market -- that's where we …

5 years ago

Tamara Mellon's co-founders on why the fashion industry has been 'eaten by digital'

Luxury shoe brand Tamara Mellon opened a store in Soho a month before lockdown. "Great timing," company CEO Jill Layfield joked on the Glossy Podcast…

5 years, 1 month ago