Antidote’s Lauren Amos and Karlo Steel on the return of ‘fashion with a capital F’ In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Lauren Amos and Karlo Steel — the buyer and founder of luxury fashion retailer Antidote, respectively — to discuss the relevance of fashion shows, the state of luxury consumer behavior and the shows they're shopping this season.
Luxury Briefing: NYFW collections reflected pragmatism or fantasy, and a sharpened focus on commerciality At New York Fashion Week Spring 2024, designer collections largely fell into one of two buckets: pragmatic or fantastical, decidedly practical or intentionally whimsical. But all designers seemed to agree on a heightened focus on commercial viability as the season’s dominant theme.
- Highsnobiety editor-in-chief Willa Bennett on building content, commerce and experiences around NYFW
In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Willa Bennett, who joined fashion and media company Highsnobiety as its editor-in-chief in 2022. Highsnobiety had a presence at New York Fashion Week with a three-day “Neu York” pop-up shop and various on-site events. Bennett talks about...
- Studio 189’s Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah on using fashion as an agent for social change
In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah, founders of Studio 189, the 10-year-old fashion brand and social enterprise that hosted a runway show on Sunday. Dawson and Erwiah discuss how they’ve built and grown a company with purpose, and...
Luxury Briefing: The new designer brand playbook champions lifestyle and accessibility To a heightened extent and with a new focus on accessibility, luxury brands are building out the story they’re telling, leveraging channels from Spotify to stores to fashion week runways.
- NYFW designer Jackson Wiederhoeft on learning from Thom Browne and gaining the CFDA’s support
In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with emerging designer Jackson Wiederhoeft, whose training includes Parsons School of Design and three years under Thom Browne. Like Thom Browne’s, Wiederhoeft's collections are decidedly theatrical, whimsical and, therefore, perfectly suited to a runway. He discusses the importance...
- Dora Maar CEO Lauren Wilson on leveraging NYFW’s marketing opportunities
In this podcast series, running throughout Fashion Month Spring 2024, Glossy and influential leaders are breaking down the evolution of the experiential event, as driven by technology. First up is Lauren Wilson, founder and CEO of Dora Maar. Along with sharing New York Fashion Week's importance to her evolving business,...
Serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore on why her footwear brand is ‘really an engineering company’ Kilgore sold her first business, Bliss Spa, to LVMH in 1999. That was before starting the "masstige" beauty brand Soap & Glory, which she sold to Walgreens Boots Alliance in 2011. In the years since, she's launched Soaper Duper, Beauty Pie and FitFlop, the latter of which she described as...
Luxury Briefing: ‘Niche luxury’ the new ‘quiet luxury’ With the concept of “quiet luxury” now mainstream, a new wave of brands with $600 sneakers and $1,200 handbags is emerging. Their bet is that luxury consumers are itching for styles less basic.