Pop Fashion

Pop Fashion

By Kaarin Vembar and Lisa RowanNewsArtsFashion & BeautyBusiness News
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Pop Fashion episodes

  • Trouble at Thinx, United Leggings Scandal, Givenchy Fashion

    Trouble at Thinx, United Leggings Scandal, Givenchy Fashion

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! This week, the world wide web is buzzing about United turning customers away for wearing leggings. Saks Fifth Avenue is barely apologizing for exposing customer info, and the former CEO of Thinx is being accused of, among many other things, sexual harassment. Givenchy named its first woman artistic director, Amazon's launching an IP registry, and the Supreme Court announced a decision about cheerleading uniforms. Plus, we catch up post-vacation with a whole bunch of listener letters. Come hang out!

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    Website: www.lisarowan.com

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    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    48 min
  • Feminist Fashion, Warehouse Robots, The Cost of Hoodies

    Feminist Fashion, Warehouse Robots, The Cost of Hoodies

    Welcome to a bizarro-world episode of Pop Fashion podcast. This week Lisa and Kaarin report separately to give you one jam-packed episode. Lisa starts by reading from Paris Hilton’s fantastic book Your Heiress Diary (#yourewelcome) In real news, the Pulitzer Center put out a report regarding Indonesia’s textile boom and how it is impacting the environment. A video from BuzzFeed makes us question the cost of a hoodie. There is a rise in feminist apparel, but is it helping or hurting the causes behind the clothes? In other news, Walmart purchased ModCloth, a museum on Long Island has an exhibit all about Roy Halston Frowick (aka Halston), and Mexico’s sugar industry might be a harbinger for future retail exports. Finally, companies are scrambling to fulfill online orders at warehouses and the future involves robots. Come hang out with us!

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    Lisa’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

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    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    45 min
  • MAC in Ulta, Leaked Fashion Memos, The Row Interns

    MAC in Ulta, Leaked Fashion Memos, The Row Interns

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! This week, Neiman Marcus put itself up for sale, Sophia Amoruso has a new media company (but, we don’t quite understand what it is), and Marissa Mayer is leaving Yahoo. In other news, dreams of a Google jacket are now true, a settlement was reached between The Row and interns, and Gordmans filed for Chapter 11. Also, an internal memo was leaked from LuLaRoe and you can soon buy Mac in Ulta stores. Come hang out with us!

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    Website: www.popfashionpodcast.com

    YouTube: Pop Fashion Podcast, http://bit.ly/1Fja7rk

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    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

     

    51 min
  • Louboutin Fashion Trademarks, Target’s Plan, Nike’s Plus-Size Line

    Louboutin Fashion Trademarks, Target’s Plan, Nike’s Plus-Size Line

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! This week, Target has big plans for a major overhaul, Louboutin lost a trademark case in Switzerland, and Hood By Air canceled its fashion show in Paris. Snapchat’s IPO went….sort of OK, Lane Bryant x Prabal Gurung is … sort of OK, and we have an “About Damn Time” story about Nike. Plus, a new fashion museum is coming to Paris ohhhh only about two years after Lisa visits this spring. Come hang out!

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    Twitter: www.twitter.com/JustPopFashion

    Website: www.popfashionpodcast.com

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    Lisa’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    51 min
  • Meryl Streep's Oscars Dress, LuLaRoe Leggings Fashion, BCBG Drama

    Meryl Streep's Oscars Dress, LuLaRoe Leggings Fashion, BCBG Drama

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! This week, Kaarin tries to explain the battle among Meryl Streep and Karl Lagerfeld. Buckle in for this one, kids. LuLaRoe customers are having trouble with the quality of the company's leggings, and BCBG is prepping for bankruptcy. In the lightning round, JCPenney is closing stores, Moonlight actors are in Calvin Klein ads, and Alibaba's counterfeit conviction rate is freaky low. A Target bomb plot got foiled by the feds, major brands pulled out of a summit in Bangladesh, and a closed American Apparel store lives again...sort of. Nothing happened this week, really. Come hang out!

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    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    54 min
  • Karlie Kloss in Vogue, Lisa Frank Beauty, Walmart Buys Fashion Websites

    Karlie Kloss in Vogue, Lisa Frank Beauty, Walmart Buys Fashion Websites

    Welcome to our third-anniversary show! This week in fashion crime, Chinese police raided a major counterfeit cosmetics operation. A new fashion search engine has us doing praise hands, while Walmart is buying up just about every business it can. Karlie Kloss apologized for a no-good photo shoot, a Lisa Frank makeup collection is coming, and New Yorkers are going cray-cray over a new MTA card design. Etsy announced its new Studio platform, and in Brooklyn, a fashion campus is in the works. Come hang out!

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    Website: www.popfashionpodcast.com

    YouTube: Pop Fashion Podcast, http://bit.ly/1Fja7rk

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    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    58 min
  • Fast Fashion Defined, Payless Problems, New York Fashion Week

     

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! This week, retail’s industry-wide nosedive continues with Nasty Gal finding a buyer and Payless considering major closures. The Sears doom-o-meter climbs as that department store drops Trump products (and we have the Nordstrom update for the week — maybe the last one for a while?). Lacoste is dropping out of NYFW, Neiman Marcus is trying plus-size clothing, the Met did something really cool on the internet, and Merriam-Webster is our boo. Plus! We review New York Fashion Week, for better or for worse, including Victoria Beckham, Oscar de la Renta, Public School, J.Crew, M Martin, Jason Wu, and Diane von Furstenberg. Come hang out!

    Pop Fashion Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/JustPopFashion

    Website: www.popfashionpodcast.com

    YouTube: Pop Fashion Podcast, http://bit.ly/1Fja7rk

    Lisa’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    58 min
  • Nicki Minaj + Shoes, Tiffany & Co.’s Evolution, #GrabYourWallet

    Nicki Minaj + Shoes, Tiffany & Co.’s Evolution, #GrabYourWallet

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! It’s a doozy, packed with fashion news. The CEO of Tiffany & Co. bounced the same weekend of the company’s first TV commercial in 20 years. Two major department stores dropped Ivanka Trump. Is Macy’s is looking for  buyer? Alibaba’s founder made a weird statement about war. Ralph Lauren’s CEO quit, Amazon dropped out of Men’s Fashion Week, Nicki Minaj is angry about shoes, and Kanye West is making New York Fashion Week schedulers crazy. Phew. Come hang out — bring a comfy sweatshirt and some slippers. It’s a doozy!

    Pop Fashion Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/JustPopFashion

    Website: www.popfashionpodcast.com

    YouTube: Pop Fashion Podcast, http://bit.ly/1Fja7rk

    Lisa’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    53 min
  • Rodarte + Proenza Schouler Ditch New York Fashion Week, RIP Wet Seal

    Rodarte + Proenza Schouler Ditch New York Fashion Week, RIP Wet Seal

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! First, we update the tally of designers leaving New York Fashion Week this year. Wet Seal is finally calling it quits, and an eyeglass designer faked his own kidnapping. In the speed round, the editor of British Vogue stepped down, a classic fashion book and movie is coming to Broadway, and Lady Gaga’s heading to the Super Bowl (in a Tiffany ad). Meanwhile, Abercrombie is cutting 150 jobs, and women in Britain have something new to shout about (hint: fewer dumb dress code rules). Come hang out!

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    46 min
  • Versace & BCBG, Pepper the Retail Robot, Luxury on eBay

    Versace & BCBG, Pepper the Retail Robot, Luxury on eBay

    Welcome to another episode of Pop Fashion! The TPP is dead, and we have the details. Meanwhile, BCBG is closing stores, and Versace is delaying its IPO. Victoria’s Secret is refining the way it gets wood-pulp fibers (sexy!), and a robot may be coming to a store near you. Want to get a luxury deal on eBay? A counterfeit-fighting crew will soon be available. Come hang out!

    Pop Fashion Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/JustPopFashion

    Website: www.popfashionpodcast.com

    YouTube: Pop Fashion Podcast, http://bit.ly/1Fja7rk

    Lisa’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/lisatella

    Website: www.lisarowan.com

    Kaarin’s Links

    Twitter: www.twitter.com/closetcaucus

    Website: www.truetostyle.com

    56 min

About Pop Fashion

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Welcome to your fashion news comedy podcast! Finance writer Lisa Rowan and retail journalist (and former stylist) Kaarin Vembar discuss fashion news, pop culture, business, and creativity.