In VOGUE: The Archives

After first resisting her role in a storied Italian luxury family brand, Miuccia Prada spent the '90s transforming the company into a major fashion house. She accomplished that metamorphosis by infusing her designs with her own interests and internal contradictions, challenging traditional ideas of beauty and luxury. By embracing her own identity as a modern woman, Prada brought the world into her designs-–and captured imaginations around the globe.

Joining Vogue’s editorial team on this episode are, in order of appearance: Photographer Glen Luchford, designers Miuccia Prada and Lawrence Steele, fashion critic and journalist Suzy Menkes, and stylist Lucinda Chambers.

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Karl Lagerfeld reinvented the role of designer as a creative director, rather than just an in-house couturier. That model, which is standard today, came to wider prominence in the 90’s — a shift which will be perhaps his most lasting legacy. Lagerfeld channeled the zeitgeist and made fundamental changes to the production and marketing of every house he worked at, but most famously, Karl reinvigorated the legendary house of Chanel. His success at Chanel became the blueprint for creative directors of legacy fashion houses. 

Episode 4: Karl Lagerfled & The Role of Creative Director features guest interviews with Amanda Harlech, Anna Wintour, Kim Jenkins, Eric Wright, Tom Ford, and Claudia Schiffer. From Vogue’s Editorial team: Laird Borelli-Persson and Mark Holgate. 

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The 90’s marked the moment when now iconic American designers turned their distinctive fashion labels into household names. Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and Ralph Lauren cemented the notion of the designer as brand behemoth, defining an aspirational American lifestyle beyond fashion—into homewear, fragrance, and beauty. We follow the stories of the designers who best exemplified this flourishing moment. 

Episode 3: Brand Americana features guest interviews with Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, David Lauren, Tyson Beckford, Robin Givhan, Virginia Smith, Thirstin Howl III, and Rack-Lo. 

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The 90s brought a backlash to the lingering decadence of the 80s. This was the birth of grunge. As supermodels rose to prominence, so did this counterculture, which emphasized anti-fashion and rejection of superficiality. But can anyone be exempt from fashion?

Episode 2: Grunge Strikes Back features guest interviews with Marc Jacobs, Kim Gordon, Anna Sui, Cathy Horyn, Grace Coddington, Camilla Nickerson, Tonne Goodman, Kimberly Jenkins, and Megan Jasper. From Vogue's editorial team: Mark Holgate, Laird Borrelli-Persson, and Nicole Phelps.

See Marc Jacobs 1993 Spring/Summer collection for Perry Ellis here. For more on this week’s episode and to access additional Vogue content, make sure to visit vogue.com/podcast.

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The 90s, a pivotal decade when fashion and mainstream culture collided, can best be understood through the invention of the supermodel. The fashion models who rose to prominence at the turn of the decade, transforming into supermodels, married the fashion industry with mainstream pop culture. 

Episode 1: The Rise of The Supermodel features guest interviews with Victoria Beckham, Garren, Tonne Goodman, and Camilla Nickerson. From Vogue’s editorial team: Mark Holgate, Laird Borelli Persson, and Nicole Phelps. 

See the iconic 1991 Versace Fall 1991 Ready-to-Wear Collection here and learn more about the making of George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” video. For more on this week’s episode and to access additional Vogue content, make sure to visit vogue.com/podcast.

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