The Glossy Podcast

Ahead of the madness that is fashion month, we invited Rony Zeidan — the founder of the luxury agency RO NY, who spent time at Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren — to join our New York Fashion Week podcast to share his predictions for the upcoming season, and speculate on questions like whether or not social media has been a blessing or a curse for luxury brands, and if see-now-buy-now is truly dead.

As brands shut down brick-and-mortar stores and dedicate resources to e-commerce, many see Amazon as a constant elephant in the room and look to its strengths to drive their own strategies. But Jenny Baike, co-founder and CEO of Orchard Mile — a luxury marketplace — says her company is not competing with the retail giant. Baike joined us on the Glossy Podcast to share what brands should know before selling online, why luxury brands are keeping their distance from Amazon and what a marketplace offers shoppers that other retailers can't.

When brands try to act like customers’ friends, they typically fail. Even so, Of a Kind has made it its ongoing mission to feel like an “in-the-know best friend” to those who receive its email newsletters and visit the site. Behind the brand are Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo, who had the idea in 2010 to launch an e-commerce site for exclusive, limited-edition goods made by independent designers. Co-founder Claire Mazur joined us on the Glossy Podcast to share more about what makes Of a Kind work.

With the fall issue of GQ Style, featuring cover celeb and modern man Aziz Ansari, now on shelves, Welch joined the Glossy Podcast to break down how he built a magazine for the digital and mobile era, tracing the evolution of GQ Style as a GQ spin-off, and

It was the Coach saddle bag that first made Liz Kaplow realize that brands needed to do a better job of communicating their stories to customers. Kaplow, who launched her PR and communications agency Kaplow Communications in 1991, joined the Glossy Podcast to reflect on why storytelling is as relevant as ever, while brands are being forced to evolve.

Marissa Vosper's brand, Negative Underwear, wants to offer a different take on the lingerie market with her made by women, for women bras. 

Poshmark co-founder Tracy Sun appeared on the Glossy Podcast to discuss how her company identified an emerging market in social selling on mobile and built that niche into a full network for individual seller boutiques.

Tara Foley, the founder and CEO of clean beauty retailer Follain, joined the Glossy Podcast to discuss the growth of the organic beauty and skincare industry, and why she put her degree in public policy toward raising awareness around the lack of industry regulations.

As The Limited has since filed for bankruptcy, its former plus-size brand Eloquii has raised $21 million in funding and expanded into brick-and-mortar. Chase joined the Glossy Podcast to discuss the plus-size fashion landscape, why it’s still thin on competition, and how ‘body positive’ brand messaging isn’t always so positive. 

Eric Korman, CEO and founder of the direct-to-consumer, sustainable perfume brand Phlur, joined the Glossy Podcast to share what he's learned about the opaque fragrance industry and supply chain, and how he created a company for the modern consumer.