Fashion People

For this special 2024 wrap party, Lauren is joined by Glossy author Marisa Meltzer to discuss Hermès, Alaïa, and Chanel… and every other brand they thought about and wrote about this year. But also: the online luxury blow-up (remember that Matches closed?), the return of mall brands, the Nike crisis, the Devil Wears Prada sequel, The Row’s billion-dollar-plus valuation, Glossier’s attempted comeback, LVMH succession wars, and of course, Chanel’s appointment of Matthieu Blazy. 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

On this fan-service episode of Fashion People, Lauren is joined by Sunita Kumar Nair, author of CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy: A Life in Fashion. They discuss how the former Calvin Klein publicist—who died in a plane crash alongside husband John F. Kennedy Jr. when they were 33 and 38, respectively—became a legitimate style icon (a description that should be reserved for only a handful of people in history). They also discuss CBK’s impact on the American fashion industry in the 1990s (it was big, hello Narciso Rodriguez) and how Nair, a creative director and stylist, ended up writing the book on one of Gen X’s most watched women. 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

Lauren is joined by Harper’s Bazaar executive editor Leah Chernikoff to discuss how covering designer appointments has changed in the 15 years since they first worked together, and why Matthieu Blazy going to Chanel is a seminal moment. They also rate designer panettone (from Gucci to Etro to Prada), contemplate the future of department stores on the back of the Nordstrom take-private news, and break down the significance of Calvin Klein’s return to the runway. Plus, some thoughts on the Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy auction at Sotheby’s. 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

Tiina Laakkonen has done it all—model, muse, designer, stylist. But for the last decade, she ran Tiina the Store, in Amagansett. Tiina joins Lauren to discuss why, after years of selling Arts & Science, Dusan, and Sofie D’Hoore to a hopelessly devoted clientele, she decided to call it quits. They also discuss Paris in the ’80s, London in the ’90s, New York in the aughts, the Hamptons in the 2010s, and Karl Lagerfeld. 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