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Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Is the Algorithm Killing Personal Style? Featuring @pigmamiii and @jalil_johnson_
April 10, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBIn a world where shopping integrations and #sponsored posts dominate our social feeds, it can often feel like the rapid onslaught of trends and aesthetics is homogenizing personal style and killing creativity. Who What Wear assistant shopping editor Ana Escalante recently dug into the topic of style fatigue (check out the full story here!), and today, she joins Editor in Chief Kat Collings to discuss the big, bad algorithm and how it's impacting personal style. Escalante tapped a co...
Nidhi Kapur: Founder and CEO of Maiden Home
April 08, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBAs a child, Nidhi Kapur constantly repainted and redecorated her bedroom, but she never thought that she would actually pursue a career in the design industry. In fact, after graduating college, Nidhi worked at major companies such as McKinsey & Company and Google before landing a role as the director of business development at the beauty subscription-box company Birchbox. But when she bought her first apartment and began the interior design process, she quickly recognized a lack of...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Our April Cover Star Sydney Sweeney on Producing, Elevating New Storytellers, and Diving Into Horror
April 03, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBSydney Sweeney returns as Who What Wear's first repeat cover star! Make sure to check out her experimental, surrealist cover story here—you've likely never seen her quite like this. This week, senior editor Eliza Huber sits down with Sweeney to talk about all of her recent projects, from launching her own production company to filming rom-com Anyone But You, action film Madame Web, and horror flick Immaculate. There's a lot to cover. Sweeney also discusses how producing has transfor...
Brigette Romanek: Interior Designer, Founder of Romanek Design Studio, and Author of Livable Luxe
April 01, 2024 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBBrigette Romanek is the brilliant interior designer behind the homes of celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore, and Beyoncé. In addition to maintaining a roster of high-profile clients, she also lends her design eye to retail locations, such as beauty destination Thirteen Lune and clothing brand The Great. With so many incredible projects under her belt, this past October, Brigette released a book called Livable Luxe, which details her process, some of her favorite spaces, ...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Tapping Into 2024’s Biggest Spring/Summer Trends With Levi’s
March 27, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBWith fashion month behind them, Editor in Chief Kat Collings and Associate Director of Special Projects Kristen Nichols are here to give their 2024 spring/summer trend report. The ladies have identified the leading styles from both on and off the runway, and this spring, you can expect to see casual layering, Western-inspired details, and tons of denim. We'll also be shifting away from frilly bows and Barbie pink and moving toward a more modern, mature way of dressing. In addition t...
Karla Welch: Stylist and Co-Founder of The Period Company
March 25, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBKarla Welch is back on the show! Karla first joined us back in 2018 on our Life Lessons mini-series to discuss her incredible styling career, her clothing brand, xKarla, and more. Since we last chatted, Karla founded The Period Company, which offers affordable period products, including reusable pads and absorbent underwear in a variety of styles and fabrics. The brand is sold at retailers such as Walmart, Urban Outfitters, and Amazon, and has donated over 1 million pairs of period ...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Supermodel Ashley Graham on Becoming an Entrepreneur, Putting Her Money Where Her Mouth Is, and Mentoring Female Founders on Her New Show, Side Hustlers
March 20, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBAfter making history as the first size-14 model featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2016, supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham has used her star power to repeatedly confront and redefine the fashion industry’s archaic beauty standards. Graham has actively pushed brands to take a chance on her—learning the business of fashion, developing her own lines, and becoming an investor along the way. Today, Ashley’s sharing how her own entrepreneurial journey led her ...
Abby Jimenez: Best-Selling Author and Founder of Nadia Cakes
March 18, 2024 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBFrom building the wildly successful bakery mini-chain Nadia Cakes to becoming a best-selling romance author, Abby Jimenez is no stranger to a career pivot. Jimenez spent her early career in a variety of service and retail roles, but when she was suddenly let go from her job as a retail manager, she leaned into her love of baking. With a Michaels cake-decorating course under her belt, Jimenez soon began selling cakes and cupcakes out of her home kitchen, and since then, her bakery, N...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: The Story Behind Emma Stone's Oscars Dress, as Told by Her Stylist, Petra Flannery
March 13, 2024 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBAnd just like that, an eventful 2024 award season has come to a close. Today, we’re joined by super stylist Petra Flannery, whose roster of clients includes Emma Stone, Zoe Saldana, Reese Witherspoon, Claire Danes, and Emilia Clarke. Flannery is here to dish about the Oscars and give us the behind-the-scenes details on Emma Stone’s greatest red carpet looks, from the pale-yellow slip dress at the Poor Things premiere to the stunning mint-colored peplum dress she wore while accepting...
Gail Simmons: Food Writer, Culinary Multi-Hyphenate, and Top Chef Judge
March 11, 2024 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBGail Simmons is the ultimate culinary multi-hyphenate. Though she’s perhaps best known for her 21-season tenure as judge on the competition reality show Top Chef, which debuts its latest season on March 20, she’s also made a lasting impact on so many other areas of food media. Simmons has spent 15 years of her career leading teams at Food & Wine (including organizing the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen); has written numerous books; and has even launched her own production company, Bumb...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Celebrity Hairstylist Mara Roszak on Crafting Emma Stone's Award-Season Looks and Getting Red Carpet–Level Hair at Home
March 06, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBWith the Oscars only days away, celebrity hairstylist and Roz founder Mara Roszak is dropping all the details behind creating her gorgeous red carpet looks. Her client list includes stars like Olivia Wilde, Juno Temple, and Zoe Saldaña, but it's been an especially busy award season for her longtime client Emma Stone on the heels of her Oscar-nominated film Poor Things. Roszak is not only sharing the inspiration for Stone's hair looks this season, but she's also giving the full break...
Sandra Oh Lin: Founder and CEO of KiwiCo
March 04, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBSandra Oh Lin is the founder and CEO of KiwiCo, the company that’s helping millions of children develop creativity and problem-solving skills through art- and STEM-based activities. Remembering how much she loved participating in hands-on projects with her mom when she was a child, Lin sought to inspire that same sense of innovation and “creative confidence” in her own kids. Soon, other parents began asking about the activities she was creating for her children’s playdates, and she ...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Zac Posen on Designing Costumes for the Epic Black and White Ball Scene in Ryan Murphy's Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
February 28, 2024 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBZac Posen is an internationally acclaimed fashion designer whose designs have been worn by Natalie Portman, Oprah Winfrey, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Rihanna, among many others. Posen is known for his fine craftsmanship and glamorous gowns, and powerful women have historically sought him out to dress them for significant moments in their lives. Because of this, it only made sense that Ryan Murphy and Gus Van Sant called upon Posen while developing FX...
Dianna Cohen: Crown Affair Founder and CEO
February 26, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBCrown Affair is a haircare brand that empowers people to create ritual out of their hair routine. Launched in 2020 with four products (a towel, a brush, an oil, and a comb), Crown Affair has since grown to include a range of hair products and tools; has become one of the buzziest beauty brands on TikTok; and is now sold at retailers such as Goop and Sephora. But before Cohen founded Crown Affair, she spent her early career in marketing and partnerships and later consulted for some o...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: New York Fashion Week F/W 24 in Review
February 21, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBNew York Fashion Week just wrapped, and Editor in Chief Kat Collings and fashion editor Jasmine Fox-Suliaman are here to give you the inside scoop on what the fall-winter 2024 collections had to offer. Tune in to hear which emerging designers to have on your radar, who's giving a sultry update to workwear, which types of interesting necklines we can expect to see everywhere this fall, and what it was like breathing the same air as Beyoncé at the Luar show. This episode was brought...
Maria Dueñas Jacobs: Super Smalls Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
February 19, 2024 10:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBSuper Smalls is a line of playful, gem-studded accessories inspired by and made for kids. After years as an accessories editor and director at fashion publications Glamour and Elle, as well as working on brand development at personal styling company Stitch Fix, Maria Dueñas Jacobs developed a deep knowledge of the accessories space. So when her daughter, who was five at the time, began playing with her beautiful (and expensive) jewelry, a lightbulb went off for Dueñas Jacobs. Soon, ...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Amy Smilovic, Founder of Tibi, Gives a Style Master Class Through Her Lens of Creative Pragmatism
February 14, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBAmy Smilovic founded the women's luxury brand Tibi in 1997, and over the years, she's honed her distinctive brand identity and coined a phrase for her design philosophy: creative pragmatism. If you're a creative pragmatist like Smilovic, you find your style rooted in creative expression and utility, and you feel at home in an aesthetic that is at once chill, modern, and classic. Written from the point of view that style can indeed be learned, her book The Creative Pragmatist details...
Charlotte Cruze: Co-Founder of Alice Mushrooms
February 12, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBIf you’ve dipped your toe into the world of functional, non-psychedelic mushrooms, you’ve likely seen Alice’s chic adaptogenic chocolates grace your social media feed or the shelves of your local boutique grocer—you have Charlotte Cruze to thank for that. In 2022, Cruze and her co-founder Lindsay Goodstein launched Alice with two products: Nightcap, a sleep aid, and Brainstorm, an energy booster. Today, the line has expanded to include an aphrodisiac chocolate called Happy Ending an...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Talking to Paige Adams-Geller of Paige and Celebrating 20 Years of the Perfect Fit
February 07, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBTwenty years ago, Paige Adams-Geller saw the need for a female voice in the male-dominated American denim industry—someone who deeply understood the female form and could help other women find their perfect fit. As a successful fit model for the top premium denim companies of the time, she knew she was the woman for the job, and Paige was born. Today, Hillary sits down with the founder to talk about the brand's history and many expansions into menswear, outerwear, shoes, accessories...
Natalie Holloway: Co-Founder of Bala and Balacize
February 05, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBNatalie Holloway and her husband, Max, had their aha moment during a yoga class in Indonesia. As the class was more meditative than sweat-inducing, they wondered, Why isn’t anyone making chic wrist or ankle weights that could turn up the resistance on everyday exercises? They immediately began brainstorming their idea on a napkin, and after returning to the United States, the two created prototypes of what would eventually become the best-selling Bala Bangle. With the help of a Kick...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Wes Gordon—Creative Director of Carolina Herrera—Talks Honoring Herrera's Legacy, Storytelling Through Design, and Disregarding Fashion Rules
January 31, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week, Editor in Chief Kat Collings chats with Wes Gordon, the creative director behind the legendary womenswear brand Carolina Herrera. Before taking the reins at the glamorous New York heritage brand in 2018, Gordon ran his own successful namesake line for eight years, establishing himself as a visionary with staying power. Today, he's sharing how graduating into a recession gave him the hard skills he'd need to one day run Carolina Herrera, why we should disregard the archaic...
Gabriela Anastasio: Founder of Anastasio Home
January 29, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBAt a young age, Gabriela Anastasio fell in love with stone while visiting the work sites of her father’s landscaping business. Throughout her childhood, she began to associate a new patio or an updated blue-stone trim around a pool with good fortune, and years later, in 2021, she launched her home accessories brand, Anastasio Home, with a single category: stone trays. The brand quickly gained popularity for its expanding offering of upcycled, luxury home accessories, produced by the...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: 2024 Award Season Fashion: Trends, Style Standouts, and Predictions
January 24, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBFrom Ayo Edebiri’s custom 3D-molded Louis Vuitton gown at the Emmys to Greta Lee’s Loewe menswear moment at the Critics Choice Awards, our favorite celebs continue to stun this award season. This week, Who What Wear Editor in Chief Kat Collings sits down with Erin Fitzpatrick, our associate director of fashion news and resident award show expert, who often serves as our eyes and ears live from the red carpets. They’re deep-diving on the style standouts we’ve seen thus far, predictin...
Yanghee Paik: Rael Co-Founder and CEO
January 22, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBRael is a line of clean, high-performance feminine hygiene products, skincare, and supplements designed to help people with periods through every phase of their cycle. Back in 2017, Yanghee Paik and her fellow co-founders were shocked by the outdated offerings in the United States and set out to bring the advanced fem-tech innovations they grew up with in Korea to the U.S. market. They then launched Rael with organic cotton cover pads, which quickly became the best-selling pads on A...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Wendi and Nicole—the Sister Styling Duo Behind Jacob Elordi, Chris Pine, and Seth Rogen—on Encouraging Men to Take Fashion Risks
January 17, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBSisters Wendi Ferreira and Nicole DeJulio teamed up as a styling duo in 2005 and have since raised the bar astronomically for men's fashion across Hollywood. While they've become experts in classic suiting and have often debated over as little as an eighth of an inch of material on Tom Cruise's pant legs, they've also helped clients hone and experiment with personal style beyond the gray, black, and navy suits that used to dominate red carpets. With Ferreira and DeJulio's styling ex...
Morgan Zanotti: Co-Founder and President of Primal Kitchen
January 15, 2024 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBIn 2015, Morgan Zanotti and her Primal Kitchen Co-Founder Mark Sissan set out to do something unheard of: replace the unhealthy condiments, sauces, and dressings that had come to dominate American grocery stores with equally delicious “cleaned up classics.” Built on a foundation of high-quality ingredients, the brand launched with an avocado oil mayonnaise and has since grown to over 70 products that can be found at over 16,000 retail locations. But before Zanotti was building one o...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Molly Dickson on How a Small-Town Tomboy Became the Stylist Behind Hollywood It Girls Sydney Sweeney, Sadie Sink, and Katherine Langford
January 10, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBCelebrity stylist Molly Dickson may be a sporty tomboy at heart, but she’s lauded as the ultimate girls’ girl on the Hollywood styling scene. After assisting Leslie Fremar for seven years, Dickson began her independent styling career, working with Scarlett Johansson and dressing Katherine Langford right as Langford’s Netflix hit 13 Reasons Why took off. She’s also responsible for Sadie Sink’s glorious style evolution from teen to adult, Kelsea Ballerini’s magical mid-performance dre...
Shan-Lyn Ma: Zola Co-Founder and Co-CEO
January 08, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBShan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and co-CEO of wedding registry site Zola, was destined to be an entrepreneur. In fact, her childhood bedroom décor featured a poster of her idol, Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo. After graduating with her MBA from Stanford, Ma pursued her lifelong dream and took a role at Yahoo, first as an intern and later in product marketing. Two years later, she moved over to e-commerce company Gilt Groupe as its first Product Lead. It was during her time there that s...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: The 2024 Beauty Reset
January 03, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWelcome back! For the first episode of 2024, Editor in Chief Kat Collings and Beauty Director Erin Jahns are here to walk you through refreshing your beauty routine for the new year. While you’re creating your annual goals, why not also start setting healthy habits like tossing your expired makeup or giving your nails a much-needed break from heavy manicures? Erin’s also sharing how to find a skincare specialist that’s right for you, which ingredients and treatments are sure to domi...
Elizabeth Saltzman: Celebrity Stylist
January 01, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBElizabeth Saltzman is the woman behind the impeccable style of some of Hollywood's most talented ladies. Think Jodie Comer, Julia Garner, and Gwyneth Paltrow. However, Saltzman initially wanted to pursue architecture and became involved in the Downtown New York nightclub and art scenes. But, unable to avoid her fashion destiny for long, she took a retail job at the Madonna- and David Bowie–approved fashion destination Parachute. From there, she was recruited to work at Giorgio Arman...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Will Kahn Talks Demystifying Fine Jewelry Through His Excellently Curated Instagram Account, @willsnotebook
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBWill Kahn is a stylist, editor, and overall jewelry expert whose résumé includes roles such as accessories director at Town & Country magazine and jewelry director at Moda Operandi. But of all his projects and accolades, our favorite is his Instagram account, @willsnotebook. What began with one post documenting Kahn's editorial process—namely, photographing pieces of fine jewelry placed on top of his personal notebook, surrounded by his notes—became a unique, approachable avenue of ...
Brit Marling: Writer, Director, Showrunner, and Actor
December 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBBefore becoming an entertainment powerhouse, Brit Marling was headed toward the world of investment banking. But during a college internship at Goldman Sachs, her gut told her that finance wasn’t the field she should be in. With a desire to tell stories, she soon pivoted into independent filmmaking. In 2011, she made a major splash in the entertainment industry when her films Another Earth and Sound of My Voice premiered side by side at the Sundance Film Festival. Both films were no...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Cult Gaia Founder Jasmin Larian Hekmat on the Under the Sun Fashion Show, Disengaging From Trends, and her Bratz Doll Roots
December 13, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBJasmin Larian Hekmat is the founder, designer, and CEO of fashion-girl favorite brand Cult Gaia. Hekmat started Cult Gaia as an accessories line, creating stunning pieces that doubled as objets d’art like the iconic Ark Bag. Eventually, she realized that in order to style the pieces the way she envisioned, she’d need to start designing clothes to go with them, thus the ready-to-wear and lifestyle brand was born. Hekmat's commitment to producing meaningful, artistic pieces has never ...
Monique Rodriguez: Mielle Organics Founder and CEO
December 11, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBThough Monique Rodriguez always had an interest in beauty, she initially started her career as a nurse. Monique spent eight years in the medical field, but after experiencing a tragic life event, she returned to her passion for beauty to help work through her grief. She began experimenting with hair product formulations in the kitchen, sharing her personal haircare journey and explaining the science behind the ingredients on social media. But when her followers urged her to bottle a...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: The 2023 Low-Cost, High-Joy Gift Guide
December 06, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBThis week, Who What Wear Editor in Chief Kat Collings, editor Eliza Huber, and associate editor Yusra Siddiqui are here to walk you through the second annual Low-Cost, High-Joy Gift Guide. After spending weeks curating a list of 53 unique, delightful items that won't break the bank this holiday season, our editors have unlocked the golden rules of gifting in 2023: 1) Socks are actually a great gift when they're from Sandy Liang. 2) When in doubt, gift something that was made in Fran...
Alice Bell: Astrologer, Author, and British Vogue Contributor
December 04, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBAfter graduating with her master's degree in fashion journalism and racking up industry internships at publications like British Vogue and Women’s Wear Daily, Alice Bell set out to become a fashion editor. She landed a coveted role as a fashion assistant at U.S. Vogue, and while working there, started spending her free time dissecting her love life through the lens of astrology. While her interest in editorial work waned, she quickly became the unofficial office astrologer for Vogue...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Who What Wear Beauty: The Holiday Party Makeup Guide
November 29, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBThis week, Who What Wear Beauty Director Erin Jahns is back just in time to prepare us for December’s many celebratory events. The holiday season is the perfect time to experiment with new beauty looks, and whether you’re a beauty pro looking to re-create the year’s biggest runway trends or a makeup novice trying to elevate your look in one simple step, Erin’s got you covered. Plus, she’s recommending which brands to shop for the most festive products and sharing tips for ensuring y...
Lindsay Holden: Co-Founder of Odele
November 27, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBIn 2020, Lindsay Holden, alongside her Co-Founders Britta Chatterjee and Shannon Kearney, set out to disrupt the haircare space with the launch of their clean, inclusive, and salon-grade haircare brand, Odele. Derived from the Norwegian phrase for “to share,” Odele can be used by anyone who shares a shower, regardless of age or gender. Despite launching amid a global pandemic, the company reached profitability in the first six months of business, and today, the line is on shelves at...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Laura Brown on Inviting People In, Helping Out, and Collaborating With Sézane on the French Enough Collection
November 22, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBLaura Brown is a journalist, a former editor in chief of InStyle, the founder of LB Media, and the BFF everyone wishes they had. After losing her EIC position due to InStyle’s print shutdown in 2022, Brown was suddenly free to do whatever she wanted—namely bridging the gap between her fashion world and various community-building programs. Among her other initiatives to “meddle for good,” Brown recently became chair of (RED)’s Creative Council, where she rallies her friends in fashio...
Gara Post: The Now Massage Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
November 20, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBBack in 2015, Gara and her team at Post Investment Group recognized the lack of affordable yet elevated massage experiences—and The Now was born. With chic design and exceptional massages at the forefront of their business, they opened the first boutique as a calming oasis within Los Angeles, and over the last eight years, The Now has grown to over 50 locations, launched a line of wellness products, and introduced a membership model. But Gara’s not stopping there: in 2022, using her...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: The 2023 Luxury Report: The Brands, It Items, and Trends
November 15, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBThis week, Hillary sat down with Kristen Nichols, Who What Wear's associate director of special projects. Kristen put together this year's Luxury Report, which details the brands and celebrities influencing designer shopping, the most coveted high-end items of 2023, and, of course, the ins and outs of the quiet-luxury trend. Plus, Kristen shares how to source sold-out items like the Alaïa fishnet flats, and Hillary explains her theory on why all fashion leads back to the Olsen twins...
Heidi Caillier: Interior Designer and Author
November 13, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBThough Heidi is a highly sought-after interior designer now, she didn’t predict she’d end up in the design world. After graduating with a masters in international public health, she spent her early career working at a medical clinic in the Gambia. But when she returned to the U.S. to continue working, she was disappointed by how administrative many of the stateside roles were and began a quest to find a new career. She tried a variety of career paths including bartending, acupunctur...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Mara Hoffman on the Evolution of Her Brand and Using Discomfort as a Catalyst for Change
November 08, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBMara Hoffman began her eponymous brand in 2000 by designing and selling one-of-a-kind, handmade garments out of her New York apartment. Twenty-three years later, she's still known for making gorgeous statement pieces with bold colors and prints, but she continues to evolve her approach toward sustainable design and manufacturing. Hoffman recently partnered with textile-to-textile recycling company Circ to release a groundbreaking dress made from 50% recycled textile waste, and she i...
Vicky Tsai: Tatcha Founder
November 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBVicky Tsai founded her skincare company, Tatcha, with the goal of helping heal people’s skin and soul. But while Vicky’s a major player in the beauty space now, it took years of trial and error to find work that matched her values. She first began her career on Wall Street as a derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch in New York City, but after witnessing 9/11 firsthand, she left her job to attend Harvard Business School for a fresh start. She interned at SK-II, then took a job at Starb...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Priscilla Costume Designer Stacey Battat on Re-Creating Iconic Looks and Channeling ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s Fashion
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBStacey Battat is a costume designer and longtime collaborator of director Sofia Coppola, known for her work on films like The Bling Ring and The Beguiled. But most recently, Battat took on the huge undertaking of crafting the looks for A24’s newly released biographical drama, Priscilla. Based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me, Coppola’s Priscilla, which stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi, depicts the couple's epic yet tumultuous relationship, this time from Priscill...
Sohla El-Waylly: Chef, On-Camera Personality, and Cookbook Author
October 30, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBGrowing up, Sohla El-Waylly always had a passion for cooking, but it wasn’t until after she graduated college with an economics degree that she made the leap to attend culinary school. In the years following, she worked in fine-dining restaurants, even opening and running her own high-end diner for a year, before pivoting to food media and landing jobs at major food publications such as Serious Eats, Bon Appétit, and The New York Times. Along the way, she began showcasing her cookin...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Welcoming Marie Claire's New Editor in Chief, Nikki Ogunnaike!
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBThis week, Hillary hands the mic to Who What Wear Editor in Chief Kat Collings for a special episode welcoming Nikki Ogunnaike to her new position as editor in chief at Marie Claire, Who What Wear’s sister brand! Nikki has big plans for the iconic publication, which she hopes to make feel like "a group chat of your most ambitious friends." The two EICs discuss growing up with Marie Claire, high-impact, low-lift personal style, and the accuracy of the Miranda Priestly depiction of an...
Emily Schuman: Founder of Cupcakes and Cashmere and Lavune
October 23, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBEmily Schuman had the initial idea for a food and fashion blog called Cupcakes and Cashmere back in 2008, and today, the company has grown into a full-fledged media and e-commerce business. In addition to running the Cupcakes and Cashmere company, engaging with the 570,000+ followers on her personal instagram and designing and restocking the bestselling jewelry on her online shop, Emily recently embarked on a new endeavor: candles. In December 2022, Emily debuted Lavune, initially l...
Who What Wear with Hillary Kerr: Comedian and Writer Ziwe on Her Insightful, Hilarious New Book, Black Friend: Essays
October 18, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBZiwe is a comedian and writer perhaps best known for her provocative Instagram Live and Youtube interview series, Baited, or her Showtime variety sketch show, Ziwe. Both shows highlighted her talent for getting to the heart of the most divisive American issues, while still managing to produce hilarity. Today, she’s here to discuss her most personal project yet: Black Friend: Essays. Ziwe talks about how her comedy background helped lay the foundation for the book’s content and struc...
Eliza Blank: The Sill Founder and CEO
October 16, 2023 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBAs CEO and founder of The Sill, Eliza Blank is the ultimate plant person. Inspired by her mother’s love of gardening and her own struggle to find plants for her tiny NYC apartment, she started The Sill as a direct-to-consumer houseplant company, bringing the benefits of plants to indoor environments. Though Blank had the initial idea for The Sill back in college, she didn’t yet have the tools to execute it. So when she graduated, she actually began her career as a brand strategist a...