Episodios

  • Content + Commerce: A Love Story

    Content + Commerce: A Love Story
    Jun 13 2025
    Today on the pod, Lauren is joined by her good buds, Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo, co-founders of 831 Stories (which could be described as the Blumhouse of the romance genre). Claire and Erica are serial entrepreneurs (you may have shopped their previous business, Of a Kind) and experts in using stories to drive sales of actual products. They discuss the dos and don’ts of content and commerce, how to make good merch, podcasting, the Foster sisters, and plenty more. ‘Everyone Reads Romance Novels’ T-Shirt‘Enemies to Lovers’ Trope Hat‘Second Chance Romance’ Trope Hat‘Forced Proximity’ Trope Hat‘Real Men Read Romance’ T-ShirtMischief Fan Club T-Shirt 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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    41 m
  • The Man Repeller Attracts

    The Man Repeller Attracts
    Jun 10 2025
    Lauren is joined by Leandra Medine Cohen, stylist, philosopher, observer, and author of The Cereal Aisle newsletter. They discuss the end of this latest round of designer musical chairs, the Kardashians, designing clothes, editing, shopping in stores when you’re a fashion influencer, what people are wearing on the Upper East Side, and Leandra’s new jewelry line with Aflalo, which is available to pre-order this Thursday on aflalonyc.com. Balenciaga Planet Earth Tee TWP Sheer Button Down Balenciaga Kardashian Shirt Hermes Picotin Khaite Boden Sandal Khaite Loop Sandal Miu Miu Cord Sandal Jamie Haller Double Buckle Sandal Emme Parsons Cecila Sandal 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 m
  • Stores: What Are They Good For?

    Stores: What Are They Good For?
    Jun 6 2025
    Lauren welcomes Jonathan Schley, vice chairman of Newmark’s global retail advisory, to the pod to discuss real estate’s place in the global fashion industry, from the role of physical stores in today’s shopping journey to the reasons certain retail developments look the way they do. It all comes down to real estate, and Jonathan explains why. 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 y 8 m
  • 2 Become 1... Dior!

    2 Become 1... Dior!
    Jun 3 2025
    Today, Lauren and Icon America editor-in-chief Gro Curtis discuss Jonathan Anderson’s appointment at Dior, the first designer in charge of both menswear and womenswear for the brand. It’s a giant deal that has major implications for the LVMH-couture house, but also the LVMH group, and the luxury industry at large. Lauren is pumped. In other news, Gro and Lauren share their hopes and dreams for Michael Rider’s Celine debut in July. (Once again, Lauren is inordinately excited.) Also, Lauren poses the question: Have we reached peak Kardashian? Gro has an answer. Mfpen Polo Hat 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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    46 m
  • What in the World Is Really Going on With Saks Fifth Avenue?

    What in the World Is Really Going on With Saks Fifth Avenue?
    May 30 2025
    Lauren quizzes living legend Bill Cohan, author of Puck’s Dry Powder email, about Saks Global’s mounting debt, and what might happen to Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman if the company were forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. They also discuss why retail is such a tough business, why Bernard Arnault is so successful, and why he might want to take control of Bergdorf Goodman. Plus, Bill shares some great Paris recs. 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 y 2 m
  • The Party Girl & The Chanel Dip

    The Party Girl & The Chanel Dip
    May 27 2025
    An outtake from Puck’s Stories of the Season Emmy’s event, Lauren interviews Parker Posey, star of White Lotus Season 3, but also Dazed & Confused, Party Girl, Daytrippers, You’ve Got Mail, Beau Is Afraid, The Staircase, and plenty others. They discuss Posey’s collaboration with White Lotus costume designer Alex Bovaird, the importance of clothes on screen, her White Lotus character Victoria Ratliff’s exacting caftan wardrobe, and more. Don’t worry, Lorazapam gets a shoutout. Plus, Lauren talks Chanel in the early days of Matthieu Blazy, and what 2024’s decline in sales and profits means for the company. Live Laugh Lorazepam Etsy T-ShirtTuckernuck CaftansJim Thompson Thai Silk Kaftan 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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    25 m
  • Everybody Wants This

    Everybody Wants This
    May 23 2025
    Erin and Sara Foster join Lauren on the pod to share how they built Favorite Daughter into a smash-hit apparel line, despite not being fashion people themselves. They also discuss how the success of ‘Nobody Wants This,’ Erin’s hit Netflix show (that Sara also produced), has propelled Favorite Daughter further in unexpected ways, and why everything they do—podcast, investing, TV, fashion—works in tandem. The trio also discuss Montana Ave. moms and black v-neck sweaters.Sub Urban Riot Kale SweatshirtFavorite Daughter Heart T-ShirtFavorite Daughter beltsThe Phoebe BustierThe Phoebe PantThe Phoebe BlazerFavorite Daughter Paloma DressThe Favorite Skort 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 y 2 m
  • Sweatpants (Are Not) Forever

    Sweatpants (Are Not) Forever
    May 20 2025
    In this jam-packed episode, Lauren and designer Scott Sternberg get into former Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli’s appointment at Balenciaga, the best and worst dressed at the Cannes Film Festival thus far (from Jennifer Lawrence in Dior to Emma Stone in Louis Vuitton to Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix in Givenchy), and the state of the sweatpants market. Scott also lays out a product plan for Burberry, which is in the midst of a turnaround.Burberry bikiniBurberry Highgrove collection short trenchBurberry Long Gabardine Trench CoatRoots sweatpants 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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    48 m
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