Gilbert Cruz

We had production assistance from Dalia Haddad.

This episode was edited by Wendy Doerr and engineered by Rowan Nemisto.

Original music by Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Alishaba Etup, and Diane Wong.

Special thanks to Paula Schumann.

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Welcome to the Daily Sunday Special.

I'm Gilbert Cruz, the editor of the New York Times Book Review.

And every week, I'm here with my colleagues.

We're talking about music and movies and books and TV, just all sorts of fun stuff.

Today, we're talking about fashion.

This month kicked off the big four fashion weeks, New York, London, Milan, and Paris.

And if you've ever seen even a single photo from one of these runways, I think you know that those clothes bear little resemblance to what we wear on a daily basis.

But those clothes and those events are still important and influential in many ways.

I want to know how, and today we're going to talk about that.

We're also going to answer some of your questions about personal style.

With me today are two of my colleagues who cover fashion for The Times, Stella Bugbee, the editor of our Styles Desk.

Hello, Stella.

Hello, Gilbert.