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The Anna Wintour Succession Saga Jul 01, 2025

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Lauren's guest is Chris Black, marketer, sort-of influencer, and co-host of ‘How Long Gone,’ a podcast for people who wish they were invited to the Bezos-Sánchez wedding. They discuss Jonathan Anderson's Dior debut, the happy couple and extreme displays of wealth, who should succeed Anna Wintour at American ‘Vogue,’ and why press trips have gotten so good lately.

Gatecrashers and Gatekeepers Jun 27, 2025

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Lauren's guest today is Robin Givhan, longtime fashion and cultural critic and author of Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh. They chat about the late designer's upbringing, his anti-perfectionism approach to creation, and the imprint he made on Louis Vuitton. They also get into the changing definition of luxury, and Abloh's role in that transformation. Plus, Lauren shares a dispatch from Paris, where she co-hosted a Puck private dinner at Le Petit Chaise with ShopMy earlier in the week. By Thursday, though, everyone was obsessing over this Anna Wintour-stepping-down-from-American Vogue news, which Lauren addresses in relative depth.

Jonathan's Dior and Bezos’s Tux Jun 24, 2025

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Lauren’s guest this episode is Highsnobiety editor-in-chief (#1 Evan Kinori fan) Noah Johnson. They discuss what’s left of Men's Fashion Week in Milan (Our Legacy, Prada, and Armani); Louis Vuitton, Auralee, and Apresse in Paris; the great expectations around Jonathan Anderson’s first Dior show; weird shoes; Common Projects; Jeff Bezos’s look for his wedding with Lauren Sanchez in Venice later this week; Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wacko style; the aftermath of the Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy costuming drama; Turkish hair transplants; and plenty more.

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Meet the Investor Behind Skims, The Row, and Your Favorite Weed Drink Jun 20, 2025

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Lauren sits down with Nick Brown, the managing director of Imaginary Ventures, which he co-founded in 2018 with Natalie Massenet. Through his work at Imaginary and, previously, 14W, Nick has invested in dozens of modern brands, including but not limited to: The RealReal, Glossier, Everlane, Reformation, Skims, The Row, Cann, and many others. They discuss the evolution of venture capital firms investing in consumer products, the rise of digital commerce, the importance of branding for long-term commercial success, changing consumer behavior, exit scenarios, and plenty more.

A Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Costuming Controversy and Brad Pitt’s Midlife Stylist Jun 17, 2025

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Lauren’s guest today is Leah Chernikoff, Harper’s Bazaar executive editor and co-host of the podcast, The Good Buy. They have a lot to cover: the controversy around the first-look images of actress Sarah Pidgeon playing Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in Ryan Murphy’s An American Love Story; Brad Pitt’s fashion makeover involving velvet and tie-dye; news that Dôen raised some serious money; the death of beauty industry legend/pioneer/all-around great guy Leonard Lauder; and a fashion review of Materialists, the Celine Song movie starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans.

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Dôen Delicates
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Dôen Milkmaid Dress
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Content + Commerce: A Love Story Jun 13, 2025

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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.

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‘Real Men Read Romance’ T-Shirt
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The Man Repeller Attracts Jun 10, 2025

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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.

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Stores: What Are They Good For? Jun 06, 2025

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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.

2 Become 1... Dior! Jun 03, 2025

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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.

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What in the World Is Really Going on With Saks Fifth Avenue? May 30, 2025

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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.

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