Kai-Isaiah Jamal discusses their experiences in the designer Willy Chavarria’s powerful fashion film ‘Safe From Harm.’ They also explain the emotional process behind bringing their character to life. Mostly, the Croydon-bred poet, model and actor describes love as a universal theme that represents life and death. In a conversation with M-C Hill, Jamal discusses the limits of love, the Willy Chavarria family and living in a church. This conversation took place on 22 May 2024. Hosted on Acast....

Carla Sozzani turned creative projects with Azzedine Alaïa, Rei Kawakubo and Paolo Roversi into family-driven partnerships. Her editing eye and visionary mind attracted Byronesque to propose a passion project on fashion retail and images. Byronesque conceived Sozzani letting go of select Alaïa, Ghesquière and Demna Balenciaga, Junya Watanabe and Comme des Garçons pieces for a retail initiative whose proceeds benefit her non-profit Fondazione Sozzani organization. In discussion fashion critic...

Olivier Rousteing shows that nothing looks better than confidence. His openness on social media helped his Balmain era find its army. Balmain was Olivier and Olivier was Balmain. He helped shift Balmain away from a fashion audience to pop culture ones. Kim Kardashian never scared him. Neither did ambition. Nor did balancing kindness with craftsmanship. In an incredibly forthright conversation with Lou Stoppard, Olivier Rousteing explains it all. This interview took place 10 April 2015. ...

Above all else, what's most important to designer Molly Goddard is that people experience the same level of fun as she does when wearing one of her signature tulle creations. 'It's about wearing a feeling rather than a garment' she tells Lou Stoppard in this episode of In Fashion. Tracing her days as a student under Louise Wilson to making her mark in an industry she's made entirely her own, Goddard touches on her early love for Galliano, the importance of failure and how her own childhood...

Nicola Formichetti has always used the tools of the day to construct subcultures’ worlds at their most stylish. Perhaps this explains why he became a properly, mproper stylist. Between beverage sips, Formichetti discusses his earliest fashion memories, manga dreams and clubland. The various colours, shapes and phases that came from being a nomad brought him to fashion and to working with Lada Gaga. All of this happened without a plan, by the way. Formichetti just goes. This interview took...

Highly regarded German-born photographer Peter Lindbergh always looked for beauty that was not always beautiful. Lindbergh always worked on his own definitions that defined certain women in certain eras. His honesty celebrated the women he believed in. Lou Stoppard asks sharp questions to figure out if Peter Lindbergh, a fashion photographer, does indeed like fashion. His answers, much like his pictures, reveal honest truths. This episode of In Fashion with Peter Lindbergh explains fashion in...

Publisher and Dazed founder Jefferson Hack sits down with Lou Stoppard to stress how balancing partnerships are important to level up from ‘Dazed & Confused’ being a punchline. Hack connects the lines between independent and anarchist, fashion and style, escapism and arriving that reveal how attraction breeds ideas. He also shares how finding your creative family fuels an industry to aim for a higher creative aptitude. Hack’s intuition led to independence that freed Dazed group to speak...

Hearing creative director Matthew Williams define what Been Trill is certainly encapsulates a certain pre-streetwear, pre-hashtag zeitgeist in fashion. These temporary spells of ideas created on a critical, but ratchet, playground were the early arenas for Matthew Williams’ authentic passion projects. Williams and Lou Stoppard talk about a formula in childhood that factored how football, Nike logos, denim production and job termination lead to good things, like trusting his own voice. This is...

Daring to be different drives David Sims’ ambitions the most. Forming the style and character that has redefined three successful eras in imagemaking has shown that he who dares, wins. In an autobiographical conversation with Lou Stoppard, David Sims complains about childhood influences that he can’t seem to shake. This ironic, authentic interview took place 26 March 2015. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glen Luchford looks back upon a life that could have gone only two ways, according to his mum’s psychic. In a particularly lively edition of In Fashion, Luchford uses humour to seduce listeners by sharing stories on shooting the Stone Roses, or was it Guns N’ Roses? Shampoo was Luchford’s key to unlocking a job in photography. It helped elevate his suburban existence one step above the banal. That is Glen Luchford’s criteria for a great fashion image — make it anything but dull. And so that...

Tim Blanks reflects on a career that never had any plan in this episode of In Fashion. Maybe it started with the allure of sex and decadence from Andy Warhol’s Factory. It certainly continued with weird music and animation jobs in other stages. Blanks shares how finding fashion as the place where spectacle is important, was important to him. From hair to music to stripped down garment runway, all those qualities tie into Tim Blanks’ essential checklist. He explains why he does what he does,...

Few would doubt a statement proclaiming Kim Jones to be the most influential menswear designer of our time. He's graced the likes of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Fendi with his presence and inspired many more with his oeuvre. In this In Fashion special, he reflects on his close collaborators, his desire to collect and what the future holds for him. This interview took place on 28 May, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Few have championed emerging fashion talent like Sarah Mower has. Winning British Vogue's Talent Contest while still at Leeds University, Mower began her career in journalism at Ms London magazine before being made fashion editor at the Guardian. In this frank and candid In Fashion episode, she touches on why many people are disillusioned with fashion, the challenges of starting a business and much, much more. This interview took place on 17 April, 2014. Hosted on Acast. See...

In 1995, a young designer named Edward Buchanan was appointed as the first design director of Bottega Veneta in Italy, a place which nearly three decades later, the trailblazing fashion designer now calls home. In this episode of In Fashion, Buchanan sheds light on all, from church ladies, music and style, to his friendship with Debra Shaw and establishing his innovative knitwear label, Sansovino 6. Listen as he shares personal experiences of the systemic racism people in fashion continue to...

The culture shock that was Central Saint Martins Central helped form the Ib Kamara the fashion industry knows and loves today. In this In Fashion episode, the mega stylist reflects on the importance of creative friendships, collaboration and the unique process he champions when creating an image, choosing to imbue his characters with a story of their own to help bring the styling to life. This interview took place on 18 October, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Before Jonathan Anderson was the creative titan we know today, the Irish designer was ruffling feathers in London’s menswear scene with a pair of frilly shorts from his A/W 13 collection. In this episode of In Fashion, Anderson discusses the restrictive conservatism of menswear and how he’s pushing the boundaries of fashion as a medium for artistic expression. Listeners gain a deeper understanding of the visionary mindset of the trailblazing talent before he took the fashion industry by storm...

The designer Matthew M. Williams founded the cult brand 1017 ALYX 9SM over a decade ago, and recently departed Givenchy where he was creative director. In this up-front and honest chat, he returns to SHOWstudio’s In Fashion series to talk about what his life in fashion looks like now, and being a business owner, creative, designer and father. This interview took place on 2 February, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.