Great free design advice (if you can endure the elitist, borderline racist commentary!)
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“I have listened to many episodes of the Alice Lane podcast and consider it to be a good source of design information in most cases (not all). The thing it does best is to accurately portray the lifestyle of two white female designers, Jess Bennett and Suzanne Hall (and most times a male colleague, Cory, though he apparently doesn’t rank highly enough to be mentioned as a host?), running a very high-end design and retail business and living with considerable financial privilege. I’m sincerely glad that they find joy in what they do, and that they make lots of their design advice available for free to those of us who can’t or won’t spend 14k on a sofa or 175 on a cutting board.
I really cringe, however, at several problem areas of the podcast:
1) Any aesthetic (home decor or personal style of dress) that doesn’t perfectly match what they sell or wear is derided as “out,” “gross,” “ick” etc. There is NO acknowledgment that other standards of beauty and aesthetics might exist anywhere else, or that any other ideas have value other than their own. They are grown up Mean Girls. This is underscored by the fact that the hosts can’t think independently and ALMOST NEVER disagree with one another on whether trends or design elements are in or out or have staying power. They can only regurgitate each other’s opinions.
2) They are also openly misogynistic and in the most recent episode managed to body shame and make nasty remarks about both men and women who wear leggings, and women who wear large hoop earrings and hair extensions. I don’t even know where to begin with this, it makes me so sad-mad. The GLARING white privilege, the willful ignorance of varying cultural ideals of beauty. One of the women said leggings “aren’t modest” and Cory said he would not let his little daughter grow up to wear them. Seriously?? Victim blaming and restricting women’s freedoms has gotten us into quite a mess but it’s clear these three see none of those problems in their upper class, white world.
There’s much more to life than gutting your kitchen, and creativity and absolute beauty happens all the time with little to no budget - any truly good designer or artist will tell you that. (But not these folks, because they want to sell you their services and overpriced stuff.)”
tgrgjyfrdrgyihfeeethyjtree via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/14/23
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“Not only are these two brilliant interior designers, they are also witty, funny, personable & full of useful knowledge. I’m so glad they’ve decided to share it with the rest of us! Hooray!”
Dubyabeejay via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/28/19
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“I'm so excited that there's finally a podcast! The design insights, ideas, and sheer entertainment these ladies provide is unmatched. Alice Lane is unparalleled in the interior design world, and I can't wait to listen to their inspiration while I'm going about my busy day. Thank...”Read full review »
hob1kenob via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/28/19
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“Trying to design a room can feel over whelming. Such great advise to start with the rug. Using the rug as a guide to determine all the other pieces and colors - so helpful.
Can wait to get more tips of the design trade!”
Proper Pattie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/28/19
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