Episodes

  • Peak Gift Guide

    Peak Gift Guide
    Nov 19 2024
    Lauren is joined by journalist Emilie 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
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    53 mins
  • Bridge-and-Tunnel Fashion and Balthazar on Election Night

    Bridge-and-Tunnel Fashion and Balthazar on Election Night
    Nov 15 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • It’s Gala Season!

    It’s Gala Season!
    Nov 12 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Bill Cunningham Blues

    Bill Cunningham Blues
    Nov 8 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Kamala Is a Fashion Person

    Kamala Is a Fashion Person
    Nov 5 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Rise of Luxury and the Fall of Magazines

    The Rise of Luxury and the Fall of Magazines
    Nov 1 2024
    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
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    59 mins
  • Fashion’s Other Big Night

    Fashion’s Other Big Night
    Oct 29 2024
    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
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    52 mins
  • DVF!

    DVF!
    Oct 25 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 15 mins