Latest Catwalk Podcast Episodes
074 Alisa Volskaya: The Future of Luxury PR
Fashion Your Seatbelt - May 12, 2021 14:26 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsI wanted to interview Alisa Volskaya, the founder of the public relations firm AVEC, for a few reasons. First of all, every time I would bump into her at a fashion show or event, our conversations about the state of the industry, future trends, and fashion in general always went well past surface...
RENEE NEBLETT. KOKROBITEY INSTITUTE
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - May 12, 2021 04:30 - 1 hourFROM A PLACE WORTH KNOWING ABOUT - to creating a beautiful eco co-working space in paradise. The story of the Boston-born artist and educator leads through very diverse human cultural experiences ... in the Black Panther movement, in a German art academy, in her Kokrobitey Institute in Ghana … R...
073 Alexandre de Betak: Fashion's Consummate Creative
Fashion Your Seatbelt - April 30, 2021 15:29 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsConsummate creative Alexandre de Betak is an industry touchpoint in the world of fashion. He is behind some of the most era-defining fashion shows, events, and exhibitions of the past three decades. The proverbial man behind the curtain, Alex has brought to life the visions of designers as divers...
JO MAIDEN. SOKO KENYA
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - April 12, 2021 05:00 - 1 hourSUSTAINABILITY. MADE IN KENYA - from a tiny rural workshop, dressing the First Lady Michelle Obama, to partnering up with the biggest British online fashion retailer, ASOS and to starting a social enterprise, the Kujuwa Initiative - Jo Maiden, the founder of SOKO Kenya is creating some positive ...
072 August Getty: Couture's Virtual Visionary
Fashion Your Seatbelt - April 06, 2021 16:25 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsFashion designer August Getty is a gentle soul whose goal is to create a fully inclusive, fully immersive sartorial world where everyone is welcome. All that is required is that you be yourself 100% both in the real world in one of his one-of-a-kind couture creations, or in the digital sphere whe...
071 Sasha Samsonova: Photographing Female Power
Fashion Your Seatbelt - March 19, 2021 16:19 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsPhotographer Sasha Samsonova is generating quite a buzz with her striking images of women who are comfortable in their own skin and unabashedly sexy. A female Helmut Newton, Sasha is all about celebrating the beauty and strength of the women who stand before her lens. Born and raised in Ukrain...
PAAKOW ESSANDOH. MIZIZI
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - March 12, 2021 20:34 - 43 minutesJERSEYS STIR EMOTIONS - the founder of MIZIZI streetwear brand turned his own story into a successful passion project. Together with his amazing CSO, the Chief Spiritual Officer, and with his diverse creative community Paakow Essandoh runs a growing Black-owned fashion business that is from, spe...
070 Romeo Hunte: A Designer Hustling His Way To The Top
Fashion Your Seatbelt - February 25, 2021 09:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsRomeo Hunte first registered on my radar in a way that I have never connected with a young designer before. He sent me a DM on Instagram during the global lockdown last year and suggested that the two of us jump on an Instagram Live to talk about the state of fashion in the throws of a global pan...
NIKY ROEHREKE
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - February 12, 2021 06:00 - 1 hourJUST HUMAN, AN ART IN ITSELF - the Japanese German artist-activist discovered the possibility for change through art, immersing in the unexpected beauty of the everyday without feeling the need to hold on to it, tech-free, using all her senses. This can turn every moment into a mesmerizing exper...
069 Declan Chan: China's Most Stylish Fashion Stylist
Fashion Your Seatbelt - February 08, 2021 16:08 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsDeclan Chan is one of those front-row fashion fixtures that you always keep an eye out for at the shows. A fashion editor and stylist by trade, Declan has also become a favorite subject for anyone who loves to appreciate those who take the time to put together a look. Declan always looks put toge...
068 Pascal Morand: Leading French Fashion Into The Future
Fashion Your Seatbelt - January 25, 2021 18:39 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIt is hard to miss Pascal Morand when he arrives at a fashion show. Not only does he tower above most of the guests, but he is also always surrounded by the who’s who of the industry, designer hopefuls, and fashion journalists who all want to bend his ear about one aspect or another pertaining to...
FIONA DIEFFENBACHER
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - January 12, 2021 21:04 - 1 hour2020 SHIFTS - FROM STUDIO BASED TO MAGICAL DIGITAL SPACES OF CREATIVITY. The designer, author and educator at Parsons School of Design on her creative journey at the intersection of faith and fashion and her new spiritual rhythms in the heart of NYC. SHOW NOTES_ Enjoyed this episode?...
067 Anna Dello Russo: A Fashion Force of Nature
Fashion Your Seatbelt - December 19, 2020 15:31 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAnna Dello Russo is a fashion force of nature. To the uneducated, she is the eternal star of the concrete catwalk. The colorful, upbeat and sometimes outrageous outfits she wears to the fashion weeks she attends are always the must get shots for the photographers that stalk the streets outside th...
066 Steven Kolb: The CFDA's Pragmatic Visionary CEO
Fashion Your Seatbelt - December 12, 2020 17:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsSteven Kolb and I have traveled in the same circles for years. But until this podcast, we never really had the chance to have a deep dive discussion about life in general and more specifically, life in fashion. As the CEO of the CFDA, Steven is basically the ringmaster of New York Fashion Week, s...
ZANELE MUTEPFA-RHONE. part II
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - November 17, 2020 21:39 - 1 hourOH, WHAT A GIFT TO LISTEN - brandZanele creates an inclusive hub and a platform for people to feel seen, to feel heard. "Take the time to listen" - 2020 has shown again that there are more people who want to be listened to. The founder Zanele knows her purpose - dream crazy, serve people! And th...
065 Sascha Lilic: The Stylist Who Tells It Like It is
Fashion Your Seatbelt - November 05, 2020 23:01 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsCreative director and stylist Sascha Lilic is a fashion month’s fixture. His distinctive look, of a beret and monocle, always makes him easy to spot at a show. You can also always count on Sascha to give you a great sound bite about what he thinks of a presentation, and it’s often something that ...
ZANELE MUTEPFA-RHONE. part I
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - October 26, 2020 20:28 - 36 minutesOH, WHAT A GIFT TO BE SEEN - the culture and diversity strategist sees people for who they are and for all they can be. Zanele shares how curiosity, a deep love for people, progressive ways of thinking and confident resourcefulness are the keys to open new doors and to create new platforms that ...
ZANELE MUTEPFA-RHONE. BRANDZANELE
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - October 26, 2020 20:28 - 36 minutesOH, WHAT A GIFT TO BE SEEN - the culture and diversity strategist sees people for who they are and for all they can be. Zanele shares how curiosity, a deep love for people, progressive ways of thinking and confident resourcefulness are the keys to open new doors and to create new platforms that ...
BEMNET YEMESGEN
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - October 20, 2020 16:00 - 1 hourWHEN THE STARS ALIGN, JUST WALK - the journey of the creative polymath from San Francisco is deeply rooted in his childhood in Ethiopia, where his passion for photography and film began. A storyteller at heart, Bemnet loves telling the untold life stories of people through both image and sound. ...
064 Nick Wooster: Fashion's Consummate Consultant
Fashion Your Seatbelt - October 11, 2020 16:29 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsAs Japan Fashion Week is almost upon us, it is fitting that I finally post my Fashion Your Seatbelt interview with Nick Wooster. Nick and I met up at Japan Fashion Week back in October of last year; long before anybody had ever heard the words COVID or Coronavirus. Originally, I had planned on po...
LUCILLA BOOYZEN. SA FASHION WEEK
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - October 10, 2020 21:04 - 1 hourTHE STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY - since launching South Africa Fashion Week in 1997, PEOPLE AND LIFE have been wonderful inexhaustible sources of energy, drive, motivation and inspiration that never dry up for the founder and pioneer of SAFW. A teacher at heart - Lucilla highly values the privilege of...
LUCILLA BOOYZEN
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - October 10, 2020 21:04 - 1 hourTHE STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY - since launching South Africa Fashion Week in 1997, PEOPLE AND LIFE have been wonderful inexhaustible sources of energy, drive, motivation and inspiration that never dry up for the founder and pioneer of SAFW. A teacher at heart - Lucilla highly values the privilege of...
Fashion's reluctance to change
Eyes on the Brands - October 03, 2020 17:00 - 57 minutesLockdown has shaken the Fashion industry. It has forced the industry to pause and rethink their structure and how fashion is viewed and showcased to the world. The set of digital shows that have taken place during lockdown has shown how digital fashion still needs more attention and thought to be...
062 Milan Vukmirovic: Fashion's Renaissance Man
Fashion Your Seatbelt - September 25, 2020 18:59 ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsI am going to be very honest here and say that every time I end up being placed next to Milan Vukmiorvic at the front row of a fashion show, a smile spontaneously forms on my face. And at the exact same moment, I say a little prayer that the show will run a bit later than normal. This is because ...
063 Milan Vukmirovic: Fashion's Renaissance Man
Fashion Your Seatbelt - September 25, 2020 18:59 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsI am going to be very honest here and say that every time I end up being placed next to Milan Vukmiorvic at the front row of a fashion show, a smile spontaneously forms on my face. And at the exact same moment, I say a little prayer that the show will run a bit later than normal. This is because ...
062 Carine Bizet: The Fearless French Fashion Critic
Fashion Your Seatbelt - September 18, 2020 17:53 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsThis intro is going to be a very short one. Basically, I want to jump right in and let you all listen for yourself as the French fashion critic Carine Bizet, who is not one to live her life as an open book on Instagram, finally gives us a glimpse into her life in fashion. Carine is one of only a ...
061 Michel Gaubert: Fashion's Master of Music
Fashion Your Seatbelt - September 11, 2020 13:44 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsFor decades in the world of fashion, there has really only been one man who has given the industry its sonographic soundtrack. And that man is Michel Gaubert. Michel eats, sleeps, and breaths music. It has been the framework of what he does in his career, as a sound director for most of the leadi...
JACQUELINE SHAW. AFRICAN FASHION GUIDE
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - September 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 hourETHICAL SUSTAINABLE FASHION - the founder of the African Fashion Sourcing Agency is celebrating 10 years of connecting trade to the rich diversity of beautiful textiles, crafts and manufacturing across the African continent. It’s about a beautiful life fueled with ENERGY. CREATIVITY. PURPOSE. PA...
060 Louise Trotter: Lacoste's First Leading Lady
Fashion Your Seatbelt - September 04, 2020 14:28 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsSometimes it just feels like destiny when a designer lands at a fashion house. This is the case for British designer Louise Trotter, who took up the mantle of creative director at Lacoste at the tail end of 2018. Growing up she played a considerable amount of tennis and Lacoste was always her go-...
BRIAN CHUNG. ALABASTER
CATWLK SOULTLK podcast - August 31, 2020 08:52 - 50 minutesCREATING THE BIBLE LIKE A MAGAZINE. AN ARTBOOK - the co-founder of the Los Angelos based publishing brand ‚Alabaster‘ and his partner create a spiritual experiences that involve your eyes, your ears and your nose as a response to the SPIRITUAL QUESTION OF THE GENERATION NOW. “There are spaces to...