Statement Piece

We uncover how Dr. Kirten Parekh came to be a medical influencer as @prescriber on TikTok and built out his investment portfolio in the cannabis industry with the company, Space Coyote. We additionally reflect on how wellness has infiltrated the beauty industry and how to interact with healthcare-related media without a medical background.

We reflect with Content Creator Lexie Lombard on how YouTube has changed throughout the decade that she has been on the platform, her popular quarantine series, her thoughts on cancel culture, and Youtube’s influence on fashion.

Sita and Kathryn walk through trends that they’ve noticed recently, highlighting the trends’ potential origination, their thoughts, and if they themselves would partake.

We explore how the fashion brand, Naso’s Founder and CEO Uyi Omorogbe harnessed TikTok and its algorithm to build out his clothing brand’s awareness and cause, garnering notoriety as the TikTokker behind the series “P*ssing Off My African Parents.” We additionally walk through Naso’s brand narrative, including how it came to collaborate with Banana Republic and fund education for Nigerian residents.

We speak with Twitter activist, freelance fashion writer, creative, and law student Samantha Haran (@decouturize) on her involvement in the virtual met gala, how eliminating seasons in fashion can lead to sustainable practices, the paradox of fashion journalism, and how capitalism plays a role within it all.

We walk through hip hop stars’ historic influences on fashion, including Vanessa Simmons’s own influence through her experiences on the television show, “Run’s House” and being the creative director of the brand, Pastry. We also highlight Vanessa’s career as CEO of Sugar Me and Glitter & Lace, in addition to her passions for clean beauty and women in business.

Get to know more about us as we answer some of your most pressing questions, celebrating the end of our first season and the beginning of our second. Follow us on Instagram @statementpiecepod, TikTok @statementpiecepod, Twitter @StatementPiece_, Facebook and LinkedIn ("Statement Piece: The Podcast") to get more updates about future episodes!

We reflect on Man Repeller Global Sales Director Jasmin Aujla’s career before and within the fashion publication, Man Repeller, zeroing in on her most recent article, “Netflix’s ‘Indian Matchmaking,’ Unpacked by 4 South Asian Women.” We inquire about South Asian representation in media, reflect on cultural differences between being Indian in the United States, United Kingdom, and India, concluding with a reflection on multicultural family dynamics.

We walk through Diandra Barnwell’s career in fashion, journalism, and entertainment, including her experiences at Cosmopolitan Magazine and on the show, “So Cosmo.” We highlight how she got to her present involvements in philanthropy, activism, and entrepreneurship. Additionally, we discuss how tokenism has impacted Diandra and how institutions can limit their complicity.

We analyze findings from the 2020 Boston Consulting Group x Highsnobiety report, “Culture Culture Culture: Quantifying What Matters Most to the New Fashion & Luxury Consumer” and the 2018 Highsnobiety report “The New Luxury: Buying In is the New Selling Out” by Train Trunzo, Jian DeLeon, and Emily Dreesen. We answer what the New Luxury mindset is and how we ourselves invest in subcultural knowledge and pay a premium to feel included in cultural conversation. To read the papers, check out our Instagram @statementpiecepod, Twitter @StatementPiece_, and LinkedIn and Facebook pages, “Statement Piece: The Podcast.”