The Glossy Podcast

The Glossy Podcast episodes:

• 04.24.2024

  Lilly Pulitzer CEO Michelle Kelly: Our ‘balanced marketing mix’ includes catalogs and commercials

  Before becoming Lilly Pulitzer’s CEO eight years ago, Michelle Kelly had been with the company for 12 years. That experience helped set her up for success as the company’s leader, she said on this week’s Glossy Podcast. "I was able to...

  
• 04.21.2024

  Digiday Media Presents: The Return Season Three

  Digiday Media's WorkLife is proud to present season three of The Return, a podcast about the modern workforce, with this season focused on middle management. Last season, we heard what it’s like for Gen Z to enter the workforce for the...

  
• 04.19.2024

  Week in Review: Women's basketball players are the new fashion icons

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi is joined by Glossy managing editor Tatiana Pile and Digiday Media audio producer Sara Patterson to break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. Viewership of...

  
• 04.17.2024

  The Normal Brand’s Jimmy and Lan Sansone: ‘To build a lasting brand, you need a brick-and-mortar presence’

  In 2015, Jimmy, Lan and Conrad Sansone launched The Normal Brand, a fashion company focused on easy, comfortable clothing suitable for both workdays and weekends. In the nine years since, without outside funding, the brothers have opened 11 stores — in...

  
• 04.12.2024

  Week in Review: Allbirds' struggles, Hermès's watch expansion, Beyoncé's cowboy moment

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about Allbirds' precarious financial situation, including how it got...

  
• 04.10.2024

  Larroudé CEO Ricardo Larroudé on taking shoes from idea to product page in 1 day

  In December 2020, mid-pandemic, husband-and-wife duo Ricardo and Marina Larroué combined their career experiences — his centered in the financial sector and hers including fashion director roles at Style.com and Barneys — and started the shoe brand Larroudé. Based on its unique...

  
• 04.05.2024

  Week in Review: Express's bankruptcy, Amazon's layoffs and PVH's earnings

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, Express is reportedly on the verge of declaring bankruptcy. Meanwhile, PVH Corp...

  
• 04.03.2024

  Elwood Clothing’s Justin Saul: ‘Learning the manufacturing side of the business first was a blessing’

  L.A.-based Elwood Clothing has had three lives.  Currently a street- and loungewear brand owned by creative director Justin Saul and business director Jackson Wirht, it first launched in 1996 with different ownership and a focus on skate culture. Twelve years later,...

  
• 03.29.2024

  Week in Review: Alessandro Michele joins Valentino, H&M's strategy, fast fashion's greenwashing

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about the swift appointment of Alessandro Michele as the...

  
• 03.27.2024

  What Goes Around Comes Around’s founders: Luxury brands 'holding things close to the chest' benefits resale

  Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione co-founded the luxury resale company What Goes Around Comes Around 31 years ago, starting with a single storefront in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood. In the decades since, they’ve built up a strong B2B business, with distribution...

  
• 03.22.2024

  Week in Review: Shoptalk recap, Nordstrom wants to go private, Gap x Palace

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about Jill’s experience at Shoptalk, with a focus on the...

  
• 03.20.2024

  Filson head of strategy Neil Morgan on evolving the 127-year-old American heritage brand

  In 2016, Neil Morgan discovered outdoor apparel brand Filson through a pop-up store in New York City and the fashion blog A Continuous Lean. Morgan was instantly drawn to the brand's heritage and quality, and that same year, he joined...

  
• 03.15.2024

  Week in Review: Talking fashion's consolidation, the TikTok ban and Kate Middleton, with WSJ's Sarah Ball

  On this week's Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and special guest co-host Sarah Ball, editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal Magazine, break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. They discuss the consolidation in...

  
• 03.13.2024

  Mytheresa North America president Heather Kaminetsky: ‘I feel for younger digital businesses’

  Among luxury e-commerce players, which have experienced shakeups and declining sales over the last year, Germany-based Mytheresa has proven an exception — and its U.S. business is driving much of that success.  On the latest Glossy Podcast, Heather Kaminetsky, president of Mytheresa...

  
• 03.08.2024

  Week in Review: Paris Fashion Week recap, anti-fast-fashion legislation, Foot Locker's poor showing

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about Zofia’s time at Paris Fashion Week, look at...

  
• 03.06.2024

  Cos North America's Katie Reeves: 'There is a store renaissance happening'

  Cos, the H&M Group fashion label founded in 2007, is now hitting its growth stride. The London-based brand has been expanding its international storefront, with new stores in Mexico City and Stockholm plus a new outpost in New Jersey in 2023....

  
• 03.01.2024

  Week in Review: Answers to listener questions about retail, TikTok and marketing

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we have a special mailbag episode where we answer questions from our...

  
• 02.28.2024

  AYR's Maggie Winter: 'We don't want to choose between growth and profitability'

  When Maggie Winter co-founded apparel brand AYR 10 years ago, her goal was simple: provide consumers with luxe alternatives to fast-fashion everyday staples. Initially, those luxe alternatives only included high-quality denim and other apparel in the womenswear category, but in 2022,...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Week in Review: Crocs's rise, luxury's struggles and the Jacquemus x Nike Swoosh bag

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we discuss the meteoric rise of Crocs; the struggles in luxury, namely...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Citizens of Humanity Group’s Amy Williams: We’re a ‘wholesale-first’ company

  Amy Williams’s denim career spans 25 years, with many of those years spent working in Los Angeles. After holding executive roles at Gap and Lucky Brand Jeans, she joined Citizens of Humanity Group 14 years ago. She is now the...

  
• 02.16.2024

  London Fashion Week Edition: Designer Patrick McDowell - 'It's hard running a brand — many designers are struggling'

  Ahead of their runway show on Saturday night, which will be held in collaboration with the Guildhall School of Music in London, designer Patrick McDowell sat down with Glossy for a London Fashion Week edition of the Glosst Podcast. On the...

  
• 02.14.2024

  New York Fashion Week Edition: Badgley Mischka’s James Mischka - Getting our collection in front of influencers is ‘the most important thing’

  Mark Badgley and James Mischka launched their eveningwear-focused fashion brand, Badgley Mischka, 35 years ago. In the years since, the company has expanded to various product categories, largely through licenses. Most recently, it entered the prestige fragrance space through a...

  
• 02.13.2024

  New York Fashion Week Edition: Sergio Hudson - As an African American sportswear designer, I’m ‘a unicorn’

  Ahead of his runway show on Monday night, which featured two styles available for immediate purchase via a Rakuten partnership, Sergio Hudson sat down with Glossy to take part in our New York Fashion Week podcast series. Along with discussing...

  
• 02.12.2024

  New York Fashion Week Edition: Tanner Fletcher’s Fletcher Kasell - Outside funding is ‘absolutely necessary’ for fashion brands to be successful

  In 2020, mid-pandemic, Tanner Richie and Fletcher Kasell launched their fantasy-fueled genderless fashion brand, Tanner Fletcher. In the three years following, the brand gained much industry respect, becoming a CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund finalist and nominee for the CFDA’s Emerging...

  
• 02.11.2024

  New York Fashion Week Edition: Tibi’s Amy Smilovic — ‘Every day, I'm grateful we’re not working with any department stores in the US’

  Twenty-seven years ago, Amy Smilovic and her husband launched Tibi in Hong Kong. Though it was a struggle to get there, the currently NYC-based brand looks much different today. For starters, it’s largely void of prints. And the brand’s direct...

  
• 02.10.2024

  New York Fashion Week Edition: Pamella Roland — 'I'm still in business because I listen to my customers'

  The runway show of Pamella Roland, who launched her namesake fashion brand 22 years ago, is a New York Fashion Week staple. As Roland tells it, she’s shown a seasonal collection at the event every season, except for during the...

  
• 02.09.2024

  New York Fashion Week Edition: Tommy Hilfiger on moving on from see-now, buy-now fashion shows

  Since the start of the pandemic, Tommy Hilfiger has only hosted a fashion show in September 2022 — when it gathered the fashion community at Brooklyn’s Skyline Drive-In for an Andy Warhol Factory-themed experience. This season, the brand is making its...

  
• 02.07.2024

  Blackstock & Weber’s Chris Echevarria wants to be 'this generation's' Ralph Lauren

  In 2018, Chris Echevarria launched Blackstock & Weber, the Brooklyn-based footwear brand that has become well-known for its updated takes on classic loafers.  “I own the business 100%, and it’s grown 300% every year since we started,” Echevarria said on the Glossy...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Week in Review: TikTok's music troubles, H&M's new CEO, Lyst's latest brand rankings

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. On this week’s episode, we talk about TikTok’s music shakeup and recent investment in...

  
• 01.31.2024

  Tracy Reese on her self-funded, values-driven third fashion brand: 'I had to learn to work differently’

  Based on the way she runs her third fashion label since the 1980s, it's clear that Tracy Reese has learned from the fashion industry's mistakes.  Called Hope for Flowers by Tracy Reese, the 5-year-old brand prioritizes responsible design and production, as...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Week in Review: AI backlash, Neighborhood Goods shutters, struggles at HBC

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international correspondent Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we discuss the backlash brands are facing for the use of...

  
• 01.24.2024

  Apparis’s Lauren Nouchi: Focusing on a hero product ‘allowed us to grow the business’

  Lauren Nouchi and Amélie Brick technically founded their fashion brand, Apparis, in 2016. But it wasn’t until 2018 that it took off, driven by the popularity of a single style: a colorful faux fur coat.  “At the time, it was a...

  
• 01.19.2024

  Week in Review: NRF's highlights, Uniqlo's lawsuit against Shein, Pharrell's latest Louis Vuitton show

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about the recent boost in U.S. retail sales, the big...

  
• 01.17.2024

  Co-founder Brian Murphy on growing Loeffler Randall to an $80 million business by 2025

  Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, footwear brand Loeffler Randall has experienced its fair share of industry highs and lows. Of course, a recent low was the height of the pandemic in early 2020. But since that time, when it...

  
• 01.12.2024

  Week in Review: NYFW’s preliminary schedule, Rent the Runway’s layoffs, fashion’s big night at the Golden Globes

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, editor-in-chief Jill Manoff and international fashion reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we discuss the highlights and surprises of the CFDA’s preliminary official New...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Material Good’s Rob Ronen: ‘Sales should be secondary’ to the in-store experience

  In 2015, Rob Ronen and Michael Herman co-founded Material Good, a retailer specializing in fine jewelry and rare timepieces that first opened in New York City's Soho neighborhood. They had no backers — and still own 100% of the business...

  
• 01.05.2024

  Week in Review: Jacquemus's CEO departure, Abecrombie & Fitch's rebirth, Chiara Ferragni's charity scandal

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we discuss the abrupt departure of Jacquemus CEO Bastien Daguzan and what...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Harlem's Fashion Row founder Brandice Daniel on the state of DE&I in fashion: ‘The regression is disheartening’

  2023 was a big year for Harlem’s Fashion Row, the agency that launched in 2007 to connect brands and designers of color. To start, the company partnered with H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Nordstrom, and Abercrombie & Fitch; launched the combined e-commerce...

  
• 12.29.2023

  Glossy's Year in Review: AI, IPOs and the great luxury slowdown

  Every week on the Glossy Week in Review Podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi is joined by co-hosts editor-in-chief Jill Manoff and international reporter Zofia Zwieglinska to break down the biggest fashion news stories of the week. But on this special...

  
• 12.27.2023

  MCM’s Dan Manioci: 'You have to be quick and respond to the customer in real time’

  In 2018, after working as an advertising director for companies including Hearst and The Economist, among others, Dan Manioci joined luxury leather goods company MCM as vp of marketing and global performance. According to him, the five years since have...

  
• 12.20.2023

  J.McLaughlin CEO Mary Ellen Coyne on achieving high AOV, high LTV and high margins

  At 46 years old, classic American sportswear brand J.McLaughlin isn't afraid of change. That's thanks, in large part, to Mary Ellen Coyne, who's been the company's CEO since 2016.  "I'm firmly a leader who believes in testing and learning," she said...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Week in Review: COP28's fossil fuel commitment and Generative AI's impact

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international correspondent Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. On this final Week in Review episode of the year, we speak about...

  
• 12.13.2023

  Me+Em’s Clare Hornby: We’ve maintained our ‘price-quality equation’ by only selling DTC

  Clare Hornby's 14-year-old fashion brand, Me+Em, has hit its stride. From 2021 to 2022, it grew its revenue from £46 million to £80 million. What's more, it's been profitable for seven years. That's despite selling exclusively direct-to-consumer, when, it seems,...

  
• 12.08.2023

  Week in Review: Talking watches with guest co-host Quaid Walker of Bezel

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi breaks down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, he's joined by special guest co-host Quaid Walker, co-founder and CEO of the online watch...

  
• 12.06.2023

  Pistola’s Grace Na on winning customers with an ‘opening premium price point’

  Ten years ago, Grace Na launched her L.A.-based denim brand Pistola after seeing a white space in the market. “At the time, a lot of the premium labels were owned and run by men, and the premium price point was really...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Week in Review: Farfetch may go private, workers strike at Gucci

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about rumors that Farfetch may be going private soon and...

  
• 11.29.2023

  Summersalt's Lori Coulter and Reshma Chattaram Chamberlin on success beyond swimsuits and e-commerce

  A lot has changed for Summersalt since 2017, when it launched as an online-only, perfect-fit swimsuit brand and quickly gained popularity on Instagram. For starters, it has since expanded to product categories including sleepwear, activewear and intimates, Plus, it now...

  
• 11.24.2023

  Week in Review: Saks Fifth Avenue struggles to pay vendors, Gucci sues retail partners

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international fashion reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. On this week’s episode, we discuss the state of luxury retail by...

  
• 11.22.2023

  Tanya Taylor on longevity in the fashion industry and new growth opportunities

  Surviving as a completely self-funded fashion brand for 10 years is no easy feat. However, designer Tanya Taylor beat the odds. This year, her namesake brand is celebrating a decade in business. Also this year, Tanya Taylor opened its first store,...

  
• 11.17.2023

  Week in Review: Plummeting watch prices, Black Friday strategies, garment worker strikes in Bangladesh

  On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international correspondent Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we discuss what’s causing luxury watch prices to plummet, what strategies...