ODDA Conversations

Jewelry designer Gaia Repossi talks about how she is trying to connect with people in a positive way digitally this season. Doing it in a way that is respectful, with intelligence and sensitivity to the times we are currently living through. Acknowledging the impact that our isolation has had on our collective psyche and how this past year has been a time of reflection for an industry that has always been focused on the next.

Designer Antonio Vattev discusses his inspiration for his latest FW21 collection. A lineup that is a mix of 70s rock music, futurism, and joy.

While Zhuo Chen has been focusing on his Fashion Communication and Promotion course at Central Saint Martins, he has also amassed plenty of fascinating and varied experiences both as a model and a content creator. He has worked with the likes of Goomheo, Goetze, and Diesel, while also contributing to Balenciaga through modeling and photography.

Photographer and model Arnaud Lin grew up between Paris, France, and Beijing, China. Existing in between these worlds while studying graphic design at Central Saint Martins drove the photographer to express what it means to have a presence in multiple worlds.

Annie Lai, a Chinese fashion photographer from London captures depth and evolving moments of intimacy while incorporating Asian and western themes throughout her work. Annie talks with us, discussing the importance of connection, her sense of belonging, and more.

Annie Lai是一位常驻伦敦的中国时尚摄影师，毕业于伦敦艺术大学中伦敦时装学院。由于她中西方混合的文化背景，她的作品兼具了亚洲和西方美学，达到了一个微妙平衡，并以独特的眼光来表达亲密关系的那一瞬间。她的近期一系列作品“ In Between两者之间” ，通过抓拍摄影的手法来记录暂住伦敦的中国女孩，由此来探索她与海外生活的个人关系。Lai的作品曾在《Vogue》, 《金融时报》（Finicial times）和《纽约时报》旅游版（New York Times Travel）上发表，她的客户包括Mulberry，优衣库（Uniqlo），Mr.Porter和Farfetch等。

Actor Spence Moore turned to his good friend and co-star in the HBO television series “We Are Who We Are” Faith Alabi to discuss their time together on set. The duo talk about everything from how they got into their respective characters, working with the famed Italian director Luca Guadagnino and what pulled them both into the world of acting in the first place.

What is crystal clear about their conversation is, that as much as the series deals with many profound subject matters, including gender identity, self-discovery, and the importance of meaningful friendships, shooting the series was a very happy and collaborative place that left both Spence and Faith feeling richer for the experience.

In conversation with  Jessica Michault

The up-and-coming actors Katherine McNamara, Henry Zaga and Owen Teague Katherine McNamara are part of the impressive ensemble cast, which includes heavyweights like Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgard, and James Marsden, that star in the new television series “The Stand”. The series is based on the iconic 1978 novel by Steven King with the same name and it is the story of the world in ruins after a man-made plague wipes out over 90% of the population and a battle of Biblical proportions that happens between the survivors.

The actors finished filming the series just days before Canada went into a countrywide lockdown cause by the COVID pandemic. The surreal notion of filming The Stand as the world took on the Corona Virus was one of the many topics that the trio of actors discuss in their group chat for this podcast.

In conversation with  Jessica Michault

Drag Queen extraordinaire Violet Chachki is at the pinnacle of her performance game. She has worked with Dita Von Tesse, Won RuPaul’s Drag Race, and in 2019 she was the first Drag Queen to attend the famed Met Gala.

Here she reflects on 2020, what it taught her about herself and how she continued to contribute artistically even in a lockdown. The past year has helped her focus on living in the moment and embracing the beauty of the now. But perhaps even more importantly in this Memorabilia podcast, Violet looks to the future and what her hopes, dreams, and expectations are for 2021.

In this podcast Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding, the designer duo behind the brand palmer//harding, discuss how they are rethinking their business model to adapt to the new normal of production cycles during the current COVID economy. How step by step, they are making their independent brand more sustainable and why giving back has become central to their business model. They also give us the moving behind the scenes story of what it was like to have their family and friends be the faces of their most recent advertising campaign.

In conversation with  Jessica Michault