American Fashion Podcast

Zack Hurley is Founder and CEO of Indie Source, a Los Angeles-based manufacturing and product development service provider that serves as an independent fashion hub for resources and education, and is helping many local independent designers build their businesses.

Links:

• indiesource.com

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Tito Chowdhury is the CEO of FashioNXT, a company fostering innovation in the fashion and technology industries out in Portland, Oregon. Why is this the home town of so many Project Runway winners?

References:

• https://fashionxt.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/tito-chowdhury/
• http://garmentdistrict.nyc/
• http://www.mikesnyctours.com/

Garik Himebaugh is the founder of men’s ethical fashion blog and curated shopping platform eco-stylist.com (aka ecostylist.co).

References:

• Adalante Shoe Company
• Remake
• Evrnu
• Study Hall

Sarah Flint is the designer, founder, and CEO of her namesake footwear label, Sarah Flint. In this interview, she discusses women’s footwear, switching from wholesale to direct to consumer, and her adventures getting comfortable shoes made for women in Italy.

Sarah Flint – https://www.sarahflint.com/

Flagpole swimwear brand founders Jaime Barker and Megan Balch talk about the path and growth of their dancewear-inspired Made In NYC swimwear brand.

To find more episodes of the series or search for a specific guest, refer to our Episode Listpage. If you would like to be a guest on the show, there is a Be A Guest page. You can find press coverage of the show on our Press page. There is also a Media Kit if you’re interested in partnering with us or sponsoring the series. Our email address is [email protected] and our voicemail line is 646-979-8709. You can find American Fashion Podcast on Facebook, on Instagram @americanfashionshow and on Twitter @afpod. To sign up to attend our live shows, visit the Live Shows page. Thanks and keep listening!

Kerry Cooper is the President and Chief Operating Officer at Rothy’s, a footwear brand making an impact on recycling with technology and comfort.

To find more episodes of the series or search for a specific guest, refer to our Episode List page. If you would like to be a guest on the show, there is a Be A Guest page. You can find press coverage of the show on our Press page. There is also a Media Kit if you’re interested in partnering with us or sponsoring the series. Our email address is [email protected] and our voicemail line is 646-979-8709. You can find American Fashion Podcast on Facebook, on Instagram @americanfashionshow and on Twitter @afpod. To sign up to attend our live shows, visit the Live Shows page. Thanks and keep listening!

New York Fashion Week will soon be upon us again, and it’s best to be prepared. We’ve assembled a team of the world’s top experts for The New York Fashion Week Pregame Show to help you navigate the confusion many often feel when Fashion Week is going on.

Timecode for reference: 00:00 Intro and Design Flaw / 06:00 NYMD Designers / 16:26 Yeohlee / 22:23 Featured Guests

This show was recorded with a live audience of American Fashion Podcast fans, friends, and fashion industry insiders at The Cutting Room in Manhattan. As part of Design Flaw, a portion of ticket sales goes to fashion industry-related charities. We had a wonderful guest emcee for the evening, Mr. Robert di Mauro.  Our featured guests are Business of Fashion Chief New York Correspondent Lauren Sherman and fashion financier Gary Wassner, Chairman of Interluxe Holdings and CEO of Hilldun Corporation (“Hilldun is in fashion”). They were joined on stage by American Fashion Podcast hosts Charles Beckwith and Cathy Schepis, as well as former co-host Seth Friedermann, who is a fashion business consultant.

In addition to the deep dive interview, first up were some surprise guests, designer Yeohlee Teng representing womenswear, and from the New York Men’s Day event Matteo Maniatty and Suwana Perry from  Descendant of Thieves, Venus Lo who is the designer of Chan Chit Lo, Dae Lim from Sundae School, and Vasilis Loizides of the namesake label Vasilis Loizides. They were joined on stage by representatives of Agentry PR, which organizes New York Men’s Fashion Day, Henry Kessler and Joe Yang.

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References:

Design Flaw Charities List – https://designflaw.wtf/charities/
Chic Savages (book) – https://www.amazon.com/Chic-Savages-John-Fairchild/dp/0671683349/
Robert di Mauro – https://www.robertdimauro.com/
Garry Wassner on Twitter – https://twitter.com/gary_wassner
Lauren Sherman on Twitter – https://twitter.com/lapresmidi
Seth Friedermann on Twitter – https://twitter.com/sethfriederman
AFP on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/americanfashionshow/
Business of Fashion – https://www.businessoffashion.com/
Interluxe Holdings – http://www.interluxeholdings.com/
Hilldun Corporation – http://www.hilldun.com/
The High School of Fashion Industries – https://fashionhighschool.net/
Course of Trade – https://www.courseoftrade.com/
Agentry PR – https://www.agentrypr.com/
Yeohlee – https://yeohlee.com/
Descendant of Thieves – https://descendantofthieves.com/
Sundae School – https://sundae.school/
Chan Chit Lo – https://www.chanchitlo.com/
Vasilis Loizides – https://vasilisloizides.com/

To find more episodes of the series or search for a specific guest, refer to our Episode List page. If you would like to be a guest on the show, there is a Be A Guest page. You can find press coverage of the show on our Press page. There is also a Media Kit if you’re interested in partnering with us or sponsoring the series. Our email address is [email protected] and our voicemail line is 646-979-8709. You can find American Fashion Podcast on Facebook, on Instagram @americanfashionshow and on Twitter @afpod. To sign up to attend our live shows, visit the Live Shows page. Thanks for listening!

What you’ll hear in this episode includes details of a big upcoming sustainable fashion competition, short interviews with executives from Toshiba, Wipro, and C2RO Technologies, whom Cathy Schepis and Charles Beckwith spoke with at the National Retail Federation’s “NRF Big Show” tradeshow last week, plus what and who Charles saw at the Texworld trade show earlier this week, and finally a bit about a fantastic exhibition opening at The Metropolitan Museum that Charles thinks a lot of designers will really get a lot out of.

Companies and Organizations Mentioned In This Episode

Redress Design Award

https://redressdesignaward.com/
https://redressdesignaward.com/

NRF Big Show

Empowering Retail – http://empoweringretail.com/
Toshiba Commerce – https://www.toshibacommerce.com/
Wipro – https://www.wipro.com/
C2RO – http://c2ro.com/

Texworld

Texworld USA – https://texworld-usa.us.messefrankfurt.com/new-york/en.html
Queen of Raw – https://queenofraw.com/
Brightlabel – https://brightlabel.com/
Helpsy – https://helpsy.com/
Fashion Revolution – https://www.fashionrevolution.org/
BF+DA – https://bkaccelerator.com/
Ecotextile Magazine – https://www.ecotextile.com/
Fabscrap – https://fabscrap.org/
Fashiondex – https://www.fashiondex.com/
Fashion Mingle – https://fashionmingle.net/
Global Fashion Exchange – http://www.globalfashionxchange.org/
Querincia Studio – https://querenciastudio.com/
MCM Enterprise – http://www.mcmenterprise.net/
Maker’s Row – https://makersrow.com/
AGH Trimsource (aka Trimlab) – https://www.trimlab.com/
InVogue Studio – https//invoguenyc.com/
USA Beading – https://usabeading.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-sqVPHnal/

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-r3OpHOBI/

Brooklyn Decker (actress and model) and Whitney Casey (former ABC and CNN anchor) are the founders of Finery, a tech startup with a big edge on organizing your wardrobe. It’s an innovative solution, and this episode gives a window into the lives and perspectives of two very intelligent and dynamic female tech startup founders. The Finery.co founders provide a must-listen episode for anyone thinking about e-commerce.

Finery – https://www.finery.com/

Tracy Matthews is the host of the Thrive by Design Podcast, the co-founder of Flourish & Thrive Academy. She has been an independent jewelry designer and entrepreneur for the past 25 years.

Flourish & Thrive Academy – https://flourishthriveacademy.com/
Thrive by Design Podcast – https://www.flourishthriveacademy.com/podcast/
Tracy Matthews – https://tracymatthews.com/