The Pattern

By Mike Litman

Before it's obvious. Daily culture intelligence from 150+ sources. Fashion, design, technology, brands, music, art, and lifestyle. The patterns others miss, every morning at 8:30am UK time.... more

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The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.

The Pattern episodes:

July 03, 2026 No. 129: Craft is the new territory. Luxury is buying the supply chain.
Culture Pulse: 72
Chanel buys France's oldest shirtmaker. LVMH opens its ateliers. Luxury is not just selling craft anymore — it is buying the source. @ThePattern
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July 02, 2026 No. 128: Privacy is becoming a premium product, not a policy position.
Culture Pulse: 74
Privacy just became a revenue strategy, not a compliance box. Venice AI's unicorn moment is the proof. Today's Pattern: trust replaced capability as the AI purchase driver.
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July 01, 2026 No. 127: Bodies are the new frontier. Brands are building for heat, not aspiration.
Culture Pulse: 74
Today's Pattern: Rick Owens made a tracksuit that air-conditions you. UBTech priced a companion robot for consumers. The body is now the brief. @ThePattern
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June 30, 2026 No. 126: Archival brands are becoming design languages, not product categories.
Culture Pulse: 74
A24 uses aesthetic identity as an AI filter. Gentle Monster edits Prada's logo. Song for the Mute collapses court vs trail. Point of view is now the only moat. @ThePattern
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June 29, 2026 No. 125: Luxury is courting tech money by selling it the sea.
Culture Pulse: 74
LVMH just built a yacht for tech billionaires. Old money is officially coming to new money, not the other way round. @ThePattern
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June 28, 2026 No. 124: Furniture tourism just became the new design education.
Culture Pulse: 74
Singaporeans are flying to Chinese factories with floor plans instead of buying from showrooms. The consumer just built a better supply chain. The Pattern, 28 June.
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June 27, 2026 No. 123: Brands are hiring craftspeople to fix what marketing broke.
Culture Pulse: 74
Givenchy hires Burton. Moschino hires Sunnei. Universal skips the influencers. The pattern: spectacle is handing in its notice. @ThePattternBrief
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June 26, 2026 No. 122: Design is now the intellectual property. Tech companies just proved it.
Culture Pulse: 74
Swatch v Samsung: the $170M case that turns luxury design codes into digital IP. Fashion just became a platform governance story. @ThePattern
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June 25, 2026 No. 121: Print is back. But this time it is selling a lifestyle, not content.
Culture Pulse: 74
Print titles are launching product lines. Heritage brands are quoting themselves. Editorial voice was always the product. Brands just noticed. | The Pattern, June 25
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June 24, 2026 No. 120: Hollywood's AI anxiety is a distribution problem, not a creative one.
Culture Pulse: 74
Hollywood passed on the OpenAI film to protect vendor relationships, not artistic ones. That's the signal. The Pattern, 24 June 2026. #culture #strategy
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FAQs about The Pattern:

How many episodes does The Pattern have?

The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.