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  • The Blonde One

    The Blonde One
    Jan 23 2026
    Lauren’s guest is Veronica Swanson Beard, co-founder of the brand Veronica Beard. (Her partner is her sister-in-law, Veronica Miele Beard.) They discuss building a family business, work marriages, getting your pricing right, the opportunities and challenges in multibrand retail, and keeping women interested season after season. 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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    49 min
  • The Legacy of Valentino Garavani, the Great Prada Men’s Show, and Fashionable Sex

    The Legacy of Valentino Garavani, the Great Prada Men’s Show, and Fashionable Sex
    Jan 20 2026
    Lauren’s guest is editor Isabella Burley, founder of Climax Books. They discuss Valentino Garavani, whose passing was announced as they were recording the episode. They also consider men’s fashion week in Milan, the legacy of stylist Melanie Ward, the most anticipated shows of this Couture season, and, of course, what exactly Isabella is up to with Climax, where books are “exciting.” 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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    51 min
  • GQ’s Next Editor & A Vanity Fair Temp Check

    GQ’s Next Editor & A Vanity Fair Temp Check
    Jan 16 2026
    New York Times reporters Jessica Testa and Michael Grynbaum join Lauren for a very special episode about the current state of legacy publisher Condé Nast. (Remember, Michael wrote a book about Condé Nast. called The Empire of the Elite.) They discuss Will Welch’s exit from GQ (and potential replacements), if Mark Guiducci is doing a good job at Vanity Fair, and whether every Condé Nast editor is contractually obligated to thank H.R. lord Stan Duncan in their departure (or arrival). 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 h et 11 min
  • Red Carpet Wars

    Red Carpet Wars
    Jan 13 2026
    Lauren’s guest is Who What Wear co-founder, Future Publishing S.V.P., and Substacker Hillary Kerr. They discuss the best and worst of the Golden Globes red carpet, and what the lineup portends about the rest of the awards season, and the fashion industry at large. They also get into the Guccissance and the future of Saks Global. Mentioned in this episode: Dior, Chanel, Rose Byrne, Matthieu Blazy, Jessie Buckley, Valentino, Colman Domingo, Teyana Taylor, Schiaparelli, Jonathan Anderson, Kate Young, Jamie Mizrahi, Mia Goth, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Hastings, Justine Lupe, Rebecca Ramsey, and plenty of other fashion people. 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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    44 min
  • Inside the Saks Saga

    Inside the Saks Saga
    Jan 9 2026
    Lauren is joined by financial whiz Bill Cohan, author of Puck’s Dry Powder, to discuss the situation at Saks Global, the department store group that is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy imminently. They discuss how the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman got here, and where the business is going in 2026, considering the implications for individual brands and the fashion industry at large. 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 min
  • The 2026 Fashion Discourse So Far

    The 2026 Fashion Discourse So Far
    Jan 6 2026
    Lauren is joined by return guest and Vanity Fair senior staff writer Marisa Meltzer, who is also the author of Soft Power on Substack and the fall bestseller It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin. They discuss just about everything in the news: Rama Duwaji, why Bernard Arnault should buy Bergdorf Goodman, the red carpets at the Critics Choice Awards and the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the return of fur, the fashion in ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Sentimental Value,’ in-store Dior, and plenty more. 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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    58 min
  • Costume Drama

    Costume Drama
    Jan 2 2026
    Lauren’s guest is Stacey Battat, costume designer behind a ton of Sofia Coppola movies, including Somewhere, The Beguiled, Priscilla, and On the Rocks. (She’s also worked on several television series, including Becoming a God in Central Florida and The Better Sister.) They discuss what being a costume designer actually entails, the differences between film and TV, Cartier watches, Stacey’s life as a shopgirl at Marc Jacobs on Mercer in the early 2000s, curly hair, and plenty more. 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 min
  • Fashion’s Biggest Year Ever

    Fashion’s Biggest Year Ever
    Dec 29 2025
    Lauren is joined by listener favorites Jacob Gallagher (The New York Times) and Becky Malinsky (5 Things You Should Buy) for a supersized episode covering the biggest stories of 2025, from all the designer changes (Dior, Chanel, Gucci, Celine and more) to the trends (resale, potato shoes), to the shakeups (Versace) and goodbyes (Giorgio Armani). 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 h et 43 min