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Backstage with Naeem Khan, Reem Acra, Vivienne Tam, Gant, Josie Natori, Tia Cibani, Hellessey, Michael Costello, and more! - references: Fashion Week, Reinvented (NY Times) Go2Runway Luke Aaron Gen Art Erin Fetherston Desigual

Mr. Mickey, editorial director of Paper Magazine, is in the studio... along with WWD's Media Editor Alexandra Steigrad, Manufacture New York's Bob Bland, and fashion and runway photographer Udor.

Where are print magazines going? What's the deal with the circle of freelancers who seem to try to write for every major fashion publication? Do magazines affect designers when they're creating a collection? Does "no" mean "not that in that form"? What's the deal with all the intern lawsuits? How do you find opportunities to make your mark in this business? Plus, Mickey's take on street style, style bloggers, and his favorite insult.

Check out our fashion trade show guide!

Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

references:

* CITTA = health + education + economic development

* Gary Graham

* Mona Kowalska

* Rick Owens

* Bryan Boy

* Susie Bubble

* Network (1976 film)

Mr. Mickey, editorial director of Paper Magazine, is in the studio... along with WWD's Media Editor Alexandra Steigrad, Manufacture New York's Bob Bland, and fashion and runway photographer Udor. - Where are print magazines going?

Wendy Brandes and Loris Diran talk about their careers and adventures (part two). Designer Adolfo Sanchez comments on the predicted collapse of American Apparel and the likely impact on the Los Angeles fashion manufacturing community.

Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

references:

* H&M's $1m recycling prize is clever but no solution to fast fashion (The Guardian)

* The Alternatives: Designers Subverting Fashion’s Status Quo (NY Times)

* American Apparel Is Nearly Dead (and It's Not Just Dov Charney's Fault) (Complex)

* Maxine Bedat of Zady interviewed on Fashion Is Your Business (FIYB)

* Make Life A Ritual

Wendy Brandes and Loris Diran talk about their careers and adventures (part two). Designer Adolfo Sanchez comments on the predicted collapse of American Apparel and the likely impact on the Los Angeles fashion manufacturing community. -

FGI Award-winning designers Wendy Brandes and Loris Diran talk about their careers and adventures, as well as the new normal in fashion. Part one of two.

Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

references:

* Norma Kamali

* Claude Montana

* Thom Brown

* Net A Porter is growing insanely large

* Jimmy Au's (clothing for men under 5'8")

* Peter Manning (clothing for men under 5'8")

FGI Award-winning designers Wendy Brandes and Loris Diran talk about their careers and adventures, as well as the new normal in fashion. Part one of two.

Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

references:

* Norma Kamali

* Claude Montana

* Thom Brown

* Net A Porter is growing insanely large

* Jimmy Au's (clothing for men under 5'8")

* Peter Manning (clothing for men under 5'8")

FGI Award-winning designers Wendy Brandes and Loris Diran talk about their careers and adventures, as well as the new normal in fashion. Part one of two. - Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

Techpacker.com Co-Founder Sayam Kochar and his wife, designer Daniella Samper-Kochar, talk about a tool that is changing how small and medium sized brands are able to communicate with their manufacturers. Charles Beckwith questions the moral implications of making a tool that facilitates outsourcing more production. Additionally, this episode features discussion of the new restricted press access list from WME-IMG for New York Fashion Week, the unpaid internship fight in the courts, modeling agencies fixing their rates, Conde Nast opening fashion colleges, DKNY erasing its past to make way for the Public School designers, and more.

Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

If you would like to comment on the show or the topics we discuss, you can leave a voicemail for us to play during a future episode at (646) 979-8709.

references:

* Ajaie Alaie

* How Lexus became the new sponsor of New York Fashion Week (Fortune)

* DKNY Wipes Its Social Media Accounts, Drops 'PR Girl' (Fashionista)

* Top Modeling Agencies Under Fire for Colluding to Fix Prices (The Fashion Law)

* Inside Condé Nast's Expanding Education Business (Fashionista)

* Will ‘Uber for Models’ Disrupt the Industry? (Business of Fashion)

* Removing the 140-character limit from Direct Messages (Twitter's Blog)

* Are Unpaid Internships Acceptable in Fashion? (The Fashion Law)

* Are Unpaid Internships Acceptable? (Business of Fashion / same author)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kZg_ALxEz0

Techpacker.com Co-Founder Sayam Kochar and his wife, designer Daniella Samper-Kochar, talk about a tool that is changing how small and medium sized brands are able to communicate with their manufacturers. Charles Beckwith questions the moral implications of making a tool that facilitates outsourcing more production. Additionally, this episode features discussion of the new restricted press access list from WME-IMG for New York Fashion Week, the unpaid internship fight in the courts, modeling agencies fixing their rates, Conde Nast opening fashion colleges, DKNY erasing its past to make way for the Public School designers, and more.

Recording space for this episode was provided by designers Iuri Shubladze and Luba GnaSevych.

If you would like to comment on the show or the topics we discuss, you can leave a voicemail for us to play during a future episode at (646) 979-8709.

references:

* Ajaie Alaie

* How Lexus became the new sponsor of New York Fashion Week (Fortune)

* DKNY Wipes Its Social Media Accounts, Drops 'PR Girl' (Fashionista)

* Top Modeling Agencies Under Fire for Colluding to Fix Prices (The Fashion Law)

* Inside Condé Nast's Expanding Education Business (Fashionista)

* Will ‘Uber for Models’ Disrupt the Industry? (Business of Fashion)

* Removing the 140-character limit from Direct Messages (Twitter's Blog)

* Are Unpaid Internships Acceptable in Fashion? (The Fashion Law)

* Are Unpaid Internships Acceptable? (Business of Fashion / same author)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kZg_ALxEz0