Today’s episode is with a very special woman, Veronica Poblete, who Garance met in the Atacama Desert in Chile while on our « Self-Discovery » retreat. Veronica is a biologist, botanist and taxonomist who’s studied around the world and she is also the resident botanist who designed the grounds and gardens of the Alto Atacama Desert Lodge [...]

Veronica Poblete: Mother of the Desert

Pardon My French is a podcast hosted by Garance Doré, founder of the eponymous website, author of the New York Times best-selling book Love Style Life, and CFDA award winning writer, illustrator and photographer. Grounded in her love for fashion, creativity and self-expression, here she shares stories and her point-of-view on everyday subjects with her guests, in a relaxed and open conversation. In everything she does, Garance brings a French eye (and accent), with an unabashed sense of humor and authenticity that has made her known around the world.  Garance’s readers are her friends, and now her listeners will be too. New episodes released every Monday.

Garance was so honored when her friend Stephanie Danan asked her to participate in the Pre-Fall campaign for Co, the brand she co-created with her partner, Justin Kern. Not only because she deeply respects Stephanie and everything she does, but because she knows how important it is for Stephanie to collaborate with people she truly [...]

Stephanie Danan: Conscious Creation

In our last pocket episode of the season, Christina, Linne, Veronica and Carie are talking about what we thought our adult lives would look like when we were youngsters. From the influence of media shaping the lives we wanted to lead and crafting our lives around those ideals, to the reality of paying NYC rent [...]

Pocket PMF: Myths of Adulthood

This month on the site we’re covering the idea of growing up and getting older. Adulting, if you will. Today Veronica’s in NYC with Linne and Christina and Carie’s calling in from LA and the four of them are talking about the realness of burnout (it’s officially a medical diagnosis), the stresses and the freedoms [...]

Pocket PMF: Adulting

It’s possible you don’t know the name Ian Schrager, but you definitely know some of the projects he’s created. You know — the incredibly iconic nightclub, Studio 54, that he co-founded in the late 1970s, or one of the numerous hotels he has around the world with EDITION Hotels that he created in partnership with [...]

Ian Schrager: Boundary Pusher

Sometimes in life, renewal comes after of one of those « aha » moments and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it comes after an accumulation of a few, or many little things that bring you to a place where you’re finally ready to dig deep and make some changes, on your own terms. Even if it means having [...]

Veronica Poblete: Mother of the Desert

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