StyleZeitgeist Podcast

We are back with our friend, the journalist and critic Philippe Pourhashemi to give you our (not very favorable) impressions of the Paris men's Spring / Summer 2022 and Couture Fall / Winter 2021 shows. Find out what we thought about the Balenciaga couture debut, Chanel and Fendi, Margiela, Rick Owens, Prada and Raf and much more.

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On this episode we host Dr. Valerie Steele, the Director of the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology), whose knowledge of fashion and ability to put it in socio-historical context is positively awe-inspiring. We discuss her own journey from a high-school dropout to a Columbia doctorate, how and why she chooses topics for fashion exhibits, the genius of Alexander McQueen, fashion fetishes, and the bondage inspiration behind Dior's New Look. You read that right!

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On this episode we speak with Rick Owens about the role of sex and death in his life and work, about his journey from the Los Angeles underground to one of the most celebrated fashion designers of today, and about the importance of retaining that edge along the way.

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This past Paris Fashion Week left me underwhelmed, but I still wanted to review it with the journalist Philippe Pourhashemi, as has become our new tradition. But when I reached out to Philippe, I found out that there was actually someone who was dispirited even more than I was. "Eugene, we can't talk about Rick Owens for an hour," he told me, politely declining the podcast offer. I mean, I could, but he had a point. I did like a couple of more collections - TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist and Dries Van Noten - but apart from these usual suspects, it was hard to argue with Philippe. "It's simply not worth talking about," he said. Fair enough. So, if you want to know what we thought about this PFW - we are treating you to 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence as homage to John Cage. It's a special Eugene Rabkin remix, so you get to hear me clacking away on my keyboard as I write a new article. C'est la vie!

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We speak with Jian DeLeon, the menswear and editorial director at Nordstrom, Eugene's former editor at Highsnobiety, a menswear geek par excellence, and one of the quickest minds when it comes to analyzing men's fashion in cultural context, about his personal style and career journey, and the kind of men's fashion that Eugene finds perpetually perplexing.

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For this episode we caught up with Cintra Wilson, one of our absolute favorite writers, the former Critical Shopper for the New York Times, the author of several books of cultural criticism,  a one-time StyleZeitgeist magazine contributor, the mother of our most favorite phrase that keyboard ever put onto computer screen, "If Marni is post-sex, Comme des Garcons is post reason," and an all around brilliant punk. We talk about her tenure at the New York Times, her breathtaking metaphors and inimitable sense of humor, and touch a bit on fashion semiotics. This one is a must for any aspiring fashion writer.

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On this episode we discuss the relationship between fashion and music, via personal style journey, with Wesley Eisold, the frontman of Cold Cave and American Nightmare.

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We brought back on the journalist and fashion critic Philippe Pourhashemi to break down the Fall / Winter 21 season.

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On this episode we discuss the work of the cult fashion designer Carol Christian Poell.

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In this episode we discuss fashion, vintage and new, why some fashion ends up in the pantheon and others in the back of your closet, and some other things with Gill Linton the founder of Byronesque. 

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