American Fashion Podcast
By American Fashion Podcast
Categories: Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Design
Exploring fashion as an art and a business. American Fashion Podcast is the fashion show for fashion people, diving deep into the designing, making, and selling of garments and accessories through long-form interviews with people at all levels and in all corners of the business, with an emphasis on sustainability and innovation, since 2014. Hosted by Charles Beckwith and Cathy Schepis.
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Recent episodes
- Episode 257: John David Ridge
John David Ridge is a celebrated American fashion and costume designer, through whose stories we hear firsthand what it was like to be just about everywhere in those worlds over the past fifty years.
- Episode 256: Gerber Technology's 3D Fashion Design Experts
Gerber invented the technology that has underpinned the fashion industry for roughly the last five decades. Few people in the industry know the landscape of product development and manufacturing technology better than our guests in this episode, Karsten Newbury, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer…
- Episode 255: A brand, a manufacturer, and a sewing machine maker walk into a pandemic...
Recorded in May 2020, the story of a collaboration between Lucky Brand, New Fashion Products, and Brother International Corporation to use what they had and start making masks as quickly as possible. — Guests: Peter Holland, Vice President, Industrial Products Division, Brother International…
- Aaaaaannnnd.... we're back.
Hi, this is Charles. So... a weird couple of months there, for various reasons. Not sure if you noticed some of them. Anyway, dropping 6 episodes as quickly as I can get them edited. A few of them are actually from last year and just never got out the door. Then... fresh new stuff... weekly…
- Episode 254: The Eyes and Ears of Investors - Gabriella Santaniello, Founder of Retail Consulting Firm A Line Partners
Gabriella Santaniello is the Founder of the retail consulting firm A Line Partners. "With over 15 years working in the fashion industry and 12 in finance, Gabriella brings a unique blend of experience to discuss what is happening with fashion specifically at the retail level – she provides the…
- Episode 253: Maxine Bédat's Denim Odyssey
Maxine Bédat is Executive Director at New Standard Institute and the author of the new book, "Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment." The book: https://www.amazon.com/Unraveled-Death-Garment-Maxine-Bedat/dp/0593085973/ https://www.newstandardinstitute.org/…
- Episode 252: Todd Snyder
Designer and executive Todd Snyder is credited with changing the landscape of the global menswear industry on more than one occasion. From his time at J Crew, Old Navy, and Ralph Lauren, to running his own label, his career and aesthetic continue to set a special standard in the business…
- Ann Roth, Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer
A repost of our episode #197, featuring costume designers Ann Roth and Giovanni Lipari. On April 25th, Ann Roth received the Academy Award for her work on the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
- Episode 251: Navigating The Supply Chain With Mary Cally
Mary Cally is an industry veteran who has worked on supply chain and manufacturing logistics issues for many large brands. We spoke with her on March 9th, just as the COVID-19 situation was beginning to shut down New York City. Find additional episodes of American Fashion Podcast in our Archives…
- Episode 999: American Fashion Podcast - your weekly look under the hood of the fashion business
Listen to new episodes for free and find all 250+ episodes in our archive: https://americanfashionpodcast.com/archives
- Episode 250: The Alabama Chanin Story
In this, our 250th episode, we welcome one of the true original champions of the slow fashion movement, Natalie Chanin, designer and founder of the Florence, Alabama-based and globally recognized leading ethical fashion brand Alabama Chanin. https://alabamachanin.com/…
- Episode 249: Supply Chain On The Brain - Lisa Morales-Hellebo
Our guest in the studio, Lisa Morales-Hellebo, is the Co-founder and GP at REFASHIOND Ventures, the Co-founder of The New York Supply Chain Meetup, and the Co-founder of The Worldwide Supply Chain Federation. She also happened to start the New York Fashion Tech Lab and was a pioneer in visual…
- Episode 248: Lafayette 148 New York: Fantastically Vertical
Lafayette 148 New York CEO Deirdre Quinn discusses the brand's recent move to the Brooklyn Navy Yard innovation hub, their still thriving print catalog business, their next-generation vertically-integrated factory in China, and the brand's long fiscally conservative journey from a little shop in…
- Episode 247: The Women Who Run Badgley Mischka
Behind Mark and James are three dynamic partners who helped them buy the brand back from Iconix Group, and lead the iconic brand behind the scenes. Our guest are President Christine Currence, Executive Vice President of Sales Lara Piropato, and Executive Vice-President of Production Kimberly…
- Episode 246: Pier 59 Studios Founder Federico Pignatelli
Prince Federico Pignatelli della Leonessa is the Owner and President of Art and Fashion Group, the parent company of Pier 59 Studios. He involves himself in fashion, photography, art, cinema, virtual reality, and numerous other interests and enterprises. As the owner of Industry Model Management…
- Episode 245: The Models' Bill of Rights
Models' Bill of Rights Co-Founder Simone Aptekman talks about the movement for transparency and accountability in the world of models, agencies, and their contracts. https://www.modelsbillofrights.com/ https://www.simoneaptekman.com/ - - - For access to hundreds of additional episodes going back…
- Episode 244: Workforce Development For The American Fashion Industry
The future of the industry is being decided in a metaphorical crucible where labor and automation are currently burning. To understand what's coming in this wild and unpredictable reaction, we invited a panel of experts in the field of Workforce Development to discuss their initiatives and the…
- Episode 243: Simple, Reusable, Chic - Scout Bags Elevate The Tote Task
Deb Waterman Johns is Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder at Scout. A former Vogue editor with a fine arts background, she turned a Chinatown discount store find into an upgraded staple. https://www.scoutbags.com/ - Find more episodes of America Fashion Podcast by clicking "Archives" in the main…
- Episode 242: The Mighty Company
Jessie Willner was an artist with a dream of wild wonderful ethically-produced leather statement jackets. Together with her best friend Hanover Savas and the occasional "Hadidas" moment, they're making it happen in Los Angeles, and now around the world, with The Mighty Company…
- Episode 241: Amaio - High End Beyond Swimwear
To label Amaio as a swimwear company is to miss the much larger picture of their "après swim" approach, which is more of a total resort approach, as described in detail by founder and designer Samantha Khoury in this interview about her French couture-inspired Made In Los Angeles brand. Amaio…
- Episode 240: To Create "Everybody & Everyone" Veronica Chou Left No Sustainability Stone Unturned
Veronica Chou is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Everybody & Everyone, a "big startup" "eco-innovative" women's clothing brand with a big vision and a heavy investment in the granular details of sustainability. https://everybodyeveryone.com/ References: https://www.commonobjective.co/…
- Episode 239: Making Nice Bags In Brooklyn - Canvas & Hyde
Lisa Pongrass, an Australian living in New York City, is Founder & CEO of Canvas & Hyde, a luxury handbag brand manufactured in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (and Italy). Lisa discusses how she made the move from her marketing background to designing accessories, how she thinks about sustainability, and…
- Episode 238: Casting Coin Founder and CEO Michelle McCormack
Fashion photographer and media producer Michell McCormack set out to solve inefficiencies in the talent pipeline for fashion and entertainment brands, and the result is an app and platform called Casting Coin. https://americanfashionpodcast.com/
- Episode 237: The Best Fashion Technology Discussion You’ve Ever Heard
Powering Fashion's Future: Technology Tools Impacting Today's Fashion Industry A panel discussion recorded as part of the Fashion Innovate program at the TexWorld USA 2020 trade show in New York City. Big thank you to Eileen Small from TexWorld for coordinating all of this leading up to the event…
- Episode 236: Ill-Fitting Intimates? After 2 Years of Research, CUUP Definitely Has Your Size.
CUUP co-founders Abby Morgan and Kearnon O’Molony talk about breaking out of the marking and grading mindset for making bras that make it so “you would never have to compromise between fit, function, and style” and using “fit therapists” to get it all just right. https://shopcuup.com/
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