Fashion Your Seatbelt
Episodes
094 Farnoush Hamidian: The Model Who Is Redefining The Industry
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Model and poet Farnoush Hamidian has that unquantifiable something, what the French call je ne sais quoi, that only fashion’s most iconic muse...
094 Alexis Mabille: Fashion’s Debonair Couture Designer
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The debonair Alexis Mabille is a renowned French designer known for his innovative work in both fashion and interior design. Born into a big family, h...
093 Stéphane Rolland: The Designer Whose Heart Beats for Haute Couture
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are fashion designers, and then there are couturiers – those rare artists who understand how to sculpt emotion from fabric or create drama fro...
092 Mariam Yeya: The Fabulous Force Behind Mrs. Keepa
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a certain kind of designer who doesn’t just make clothes – she builds a world. Mariam Yeya, the French-Egyptian force behind the fashion...
091 Mohammed Aqra: The Strategist Uplifting Designers in the Middle East
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are visionaries who predict the future — and then there are those who quietly build it. Mohammed Aqra belongs to the latter. As the Chief Stra...
090 Nicolas Santi-Weil: The Fashion CEO Who Leads With His Heart
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Nicolas Santi-Weil, the CEO of AMI Paris, discusses what it takes to build a global multimillion dollar independent fashion brand toda...
089 Burc Akyol: The Designer You Need to Know
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Fashion Your Seatbelt podcast, up and coming fashion designer Burc Akyol shares his unfiltered views on the fashion indus...
088 Charlotte Chesnais: The Cool Girls Jewelry Designer
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak with Charlotte Chesnais, a woman who has spent a decade creating jewelry coveted by cool girls around the world. This year, s...
087 Dima Ayad: The Dubai Designer Changing the Shape of Luxury
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Designer Dima Ayad is rewriting the conversation around Arab fashion, inclusivity, and the power of creative resilience.Born in Lebanon but raised in ...
086 Laure Guilbault: France’s Die Hard Fashion Journalist
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Laure Guilbault, the Paris Correspondent for Vogue Business. Laure is a diehard fashion journalist. She worked at WWD...
085 Lucien Pagès: The Man Shaping the Stories of Fashion
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Lucien Pagès, one of the fashion world’s most accomplished storytellers and the founder of the eponymous Lucien Pa...
084 Charaf Tajer: Takes Fashion Global With His Casablanca Brand
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In just seven short years, Charaf Tajer, the founder and creative director of the brand Casablanca, has proven that the fashion world has room for a m...
083 Guillaume Delacroix: Fashion's Badass Brand Strategist
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Guillaume Delacroix is a luxury brand whisperer. His entire career, from his early days working at Karla Otto and KCD to his time at Giorgio Armani an...
082 Suzy Menkes: Fashion's Greatest Critic
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t think I have ever been as nervous about interviewing someone in my entire career as I was when my former boss and colleague Suzy Menkes agre...
081 Alexandra Van Houtte: The CEO who is galvanizing the fashion industry
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the moment Alexandra Van Houtte first told me about her newly launched platform in 2016, describing it as Google for fashion, I knew she was onto...
080 SCAD President Paula Wallace: A Life of Learning and Service
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about an inspirational story. Paula Wallace, the president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, better known as SCAD had a sing...
079 Anine Bing: Turning Followers into a Fashion Empire
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion entrepreneur Anine Bing is a very savvy business woman who knows how to seize her moment. An early adapter to the social media space, Anine, w...
078 Kaat Debo: The Fashion Curator Looking to the Future
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kaat Debo is the Director and Chief Curator of Antwerp’s famed ModeMuseum fashion museum, better known as the MoMu; a museum that has spent the last...
077 Mary Katrantzou: Fashion's Goddess of Trompe L'Oeil and High Tech
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I’ll never forget the first time I discovered the work of Mary Katrantzou. It was in London in 2008 I believe, and I just happened to wander into a ...
076 Spencer Phipps is Making Sustainable Style A Manly Pursuit
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Designer Spencer Phipps is a born risk-taker. There isn’t a limb on his body that doesn’t have a scar from one escapade or another - that he jumpe...
075 Joseph Altuzarra: Finds Fashion's Perfect Balance
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You get the sense, when you speak to designer Joseph Altuzarra, that he is that perfect combination of creativity and commerce. That as a French Ameri...
074 Alisa Volskaya: The Future of Luxury PR
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I wanted to interview Alisa Volskaya, the founder of the public relations firm AVEC, for a few reasons. First of all, every time I would bump into her...
073 Alexandre de Betak: Fashion's Consummate Creative
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Consummate creative Alexandre de Betak is an industry touchpoint in the world of fashion. He is behind some of the most era-defining fashion shows, ev...
072 August Getty: Couture's Virtual Visionary
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fashion designer August Getty is a gentle soul whose goal is to create a fully inclusive, fully immersive sartorial world where everyone is welcome. A...
071 Sasha Samsonova: Photographing Female Power
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Sasha Samsonova is generating quite a buzz with her striking images of women who are comfortable in their own skin and unabashedly sexy. ...
070 Romeo Hunte: A Designer Hustling His Way To The Top
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Romeo Hunte first registered on my radar in a way that I have never connected with a young designer before. He sent me a DM on Instagram during the gl...
069 Declan Chan: China's Most Stylish Fashion Stylist
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Declan Chan is one of those front-row fashion fixtures that you always keep an eye out for at the shows. A fashion editor and stylist by trade, Declan...
068 Pascal Morand: Leading French Fashion Into The Future
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is hard to miss Pascal Morand when he arrives at a fashion show. Not only does he tower above most of the guests, but he is also always surrounded ...
067 Anna Dello Russo: A Fashion Force of Nature
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Dello Russo is a fashion force of nature. To the uneducated, she is the eternal star of the concrete catwalk. The colorful, upbeat and sometimes ...
066 Steven Kolb: The CFDA's Pragmatic Visionary CEO
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Kolb and I have traveled in the same circles for years. But until this podcast, we never really had the chance to have a deep dive discussion a...
065 Sascha Lilic: The Stylist Who Tells It Like It is
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Creative director and stylist Sascha Lilic is a fashion month’s fixture. His distinctive look, of a beret and monocle, always makes him easy to spot...
064 Nick Wooster: Fashion's Consummate Consultant
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Japan Fashion Week is almost upon us, it is fitting that I finally post my Fashion Your Seatbelt interview with Nick Wooster. Nick and I met up at ...
063 Milan Vukmirovic: Fashion's Renaissance Man
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I am going to be very honest here and say that every time I end up being placed next to Milan Vukmiorvic at the front row of a fashion show, a smile s...
062 Carine Bizet: The Fearless French Fashion Critic
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This intro is going to be a very short one. Basically, I want to jump right in and let you all listen for yourself as the French fashion critic Carine...
061 Michel Gaubert: Fashion's Master of Music
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For decades in the world of fashion, there has really only been one man who has given the industry its sonographic soundtrack. And that man is Michel ...
060 Louise Trotter: Lacoste's First Leading Lady
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it just feels like destiny when a designer lands at a fashion house. This is the case for British designer Louise Trotter, who took up the m...
059 Christian Lacroix: Fashion's Master of Color and Print
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I’ll never forget my first Christian Lacroix fashion show. Watching all of the supermodels walk his catwalk in outfits that mixed colors, patterns, ...
058 Marine Serre: The Designer Upcycling Fashion's Future
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you meet Marine Serre for the first time, it is hard not to notice; or maybe a better word would be feel, the pent up energy in her diminutive fr...
057 Mary Vogt - The Hollywood Costume Designer You Need to Know
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The art of a costume designer is to tell a story without saying a word. So let’s just get this straight right from the start, Hollywood costume desi...
056 Gabriella Cortese - Antik Batik's Founder Finds Success in Boho Chic
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is that old saying, “do a job that you love and you will never work a day in your life”. That is the life that Gabriella Cortese is lucky eno...
055 Rebecca Todd - The Straight Talking Hollywood Stylist
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Todd is one of those “she is just born with it” stylists. Self-taught and a straight talker she is at the top of the stylist game in Holly...
054 Kevin Germanier - The Designer Making Sustainable Fashion Glamorous
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the fashion world, there are a handful of times that you run across an up and coming designer that is so earnest, articulate, and talented that you...
052 Hillary France - The CEO of Brand Assembly Has Got Fashion's Back
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A self-described “supply chain nerd” Hillary France, the CEO and co-founder of Brand Assembly, is helping fashion creatives focus on crafting thei...
052 Nellie Partow: The Designer Who Is Always In Your Corner
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It says something about a brand that when you click on the about page on its website to get the backstory on the designer, a YouTube video of her boxi...
051 JJ Martin: The Entrepreneur Putting a Bold Stamp on Fashion
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I have known JJ Martin for my entire professional career. And yet, until this podcast interview, I hadn’t realized just how much our lives were para...
050 Jens Grede - The Man Shaping SKIMS Future
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is starting to get back to work which means many women are turning to shapewear brands to help counteract the last few months of comfort foo...
049 Olivier Theyskens - Fashion's Dark Romantic Designer
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I have been following the career of Belgian fashion designer Olivier Theyskens pretty much from the beginning. I have seen him grow from a wunderkind,...
048 Alison Lowe - Budding Fashion Brands Go-To Guiding Hand
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now more than ever start-up fashion labels are in need of a guiding hand when it comes to best practices for the new normal corona economy the world i...
047 Burak Cakmak - The Man Making the Fashion World Socially Responsible
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Burak Cakmak, the Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design in New York is a man with a mission. His entire career has been in the pursuit of making...
046 Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele - The Iconic Stylist Who Has Seen It All
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele has always been a woman who follows the beat of her own drum. She speaks her mind. Follows her gut. And has an unparalleled e...
045 Michelle Elie -The Fearless Fashion Collector
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Elie is a fashion aficionado who has elevated the concept of a collector to dizzying new heights. The American-Haitian born jewelry designer ...
044 Dana Thomas - Fashion's Leading Investigative Journalist
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Thomas is a dyed in the wool, true blue journalist. She lives it, breaths it and consumes it every day. She is the Woodward and Bernstein or the ...
043 Casey Cadwallader - Mugler's Man with a Mission
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Cadwallader is a man with a mission. As the artistic director of Mugler, he is building the brand for a new generation of women and showing the ...
042 Sara Sozzani Maino - Vogue Talents' Driving Force
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I think few people in the fashion industry would argue with me if I said that Sara Sozzani Maino is one of the hardest working women in fashion. Sara ...
041 Vikki Kavanagh - THE OUTNET'S Secret Weapon
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Vikki Kavanagh is the Global Buying and Merchandising Director at THE OUTNET, the sister e-commerce website to Net-a-porter and Mr. Porter. And the re...
040 Alexandre Mattiussi - The founder of AMI, A Menswear Brand That Is Everyone's Best Friend
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are some fashion insiders who call Alexandre Mattiussi “a one in a generation” fashion designer. And I would have to agree with that assessm...
039 Joey Zwillinger - The co-founders of Allbirds, the Sustainable Sneaker Brand
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When I began to do some research on Joey Zwillinger, the co-founder of the sustainable footwear brand Allbirds, it was hard not to notice the pull quo...
038 Arthur Arbesser- The Austrian Designer Making it in Italy
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The first thing you notice when you meet Arthur Arbesser, besides his head of floppy hair and big round glasses, is his upbeat attitude. He radiates n...
037 Law Roach - The Stylist to the Stars
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I first met Law Roach in early 2018 at a Tommy Hilfiger show in Milan when he came up to me to say how much he liked the 60 Second Fashion Reviews I d...
036 Jeremy Langmead of MR. PORTER
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Langmead is the Brand and Content Director of MR PORTER. Full disclosure, I have known Jeremy for over a decade and I have watched in amazement...
035 Marco de Vincenzo - The Future of Italian Fashion
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I have followed the career of designer Marco de Vincenzo since his very first show when he started his brand back in 2009. And it has been a privilege...
034 Ramesh Nair - The Man Behind the Moynat Brand
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the stealth wealth luxury brand Moynat. And just like the company, which is thought to be one of the oldest h...
033 Robin Meason - Founder of the Ritual Projects PR Agency
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Meason is a woman who has lived quite an amazing, globe-trotting existence. And the reason she has had such an adventurous life is because she a...
032 Massimo Giorgetti - The Founder and Designer of MSGM
23 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the MSGM brand founded by Massimo Giorgetti. But when you meet the Rimini born Italian designer, it is hard to...
031 Lee Oliveira - The Street Style Photographer with a Poet's Eye
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a devoted follower of street style then you know that there are just a handful of photographers who you want to take your photo as you arri...
030 Alejandro Gómez Palomo - The Up and Coming Designer of Palomo Spain
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Let me tell you about the white hot Spanish designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo. You have probably already heard about his brand Palomo Spain – which h...
029 Glenn Martens - The Mastermind at the heart of the Y/Project Brand
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Martens is the creative director of the brand Y/Project. He is also one of the most talented young designers working in Paris today. His Spring/...
028 Klaus Stockhausen - A Fashion Director with a Musician's Soul
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Klaus Stockhausen is the contributing fashion director at Zeit Magazine and is a fixture of the fashion scene. This is a man who has really lived life...
027 Johnny Coca - The Creative Director Turning Mulberry Around
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The fashion industry is buzzing about the Spanish designer Johnny Coca. Everyone wants to know how, in just three years, he has turned the Mulberry br...
026 Gabriela Hearst - A Woman with a Signature Brand and a Plan
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriela Hearst is a self-taught designer, who only launched her signature label three years ago. This year she was nominated for the CFDA womenswear ...
025 Brian Phillips - The Fashion PR Force of Nature and Founder of Black Frame
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The rise of Brian Phillips, the President of Black Frame, to the top echelons of the fashion industry, is both well-known and impressive. Instead of ...
024 Giuseppe Zanotti - The Footwear Designer with his Sights Set on the Stars
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Next year shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of his signature label.When he started out, during the hear...
023 Giambattista Valli
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Giambattista Valli is an extremely talented Italian designer, who was born in Rome and has now built up his own empire. A fashion empire, dedicated ...
022 Tamu McPherson
22 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tamu McPherson is lovely inside and out. In the world of fashion, she is known as much for her joyful, friendly and outgoing nature as she is for her ...
021 Phil Oh
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If there is one person more dedicated to fashion coverage than me, it might just be photographer Phil Oh (AKA Mr. Street Peeper) who is a fixture outs...
020 Ines de la Fressange
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You know that classic line…about looking up a word in the dictionary and you would find a photo of a particular person there, as an embodiment of sa...
019 Eugenia de la Torriente
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Eugenia de la Torriente is the incredibly articulate and fashion savvy editor in chief of Vogue Spain and is considered to be one of the most respecte...
018 Henrik Most
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
IKEA is a brand that is no stranger to collaborations. It’s a company that loves to elevate everyday item to artwork, while still making those desig...
017 Marcelo Burlon
19 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marcelo Burlon a fashion designer somehow seems so limiting. This is a man who doesn’t shy away from a challenge and, more importantly, whatever pro...
016 Stephanie Phair
28 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Phair, the chief strategy officer at luxury online marketplace Farfetch, has been in the news lately because she was just appointed as the ...
015 Adam Prtizker
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I was lucky enough to be a moderator of a panel that Adam Pritzker, the Chairman and CEO, Assembled Brands, was on at the famed Fashion Tech Forum con...
014 Paula Cademartori
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Let me tell you a bit about Ms. Paula Cademartori. The first thing you notice about Paula is her smile. It is always there...from ear to ear…honestl...
013 Fausto Puglisi
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fausto Puglisi is a designer who embraces life with both hands. Born in Sicily he is one of fashion’s big personalities. Everything he does he does ...
012 Jeff Carvalho of Highsnobiety
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Late last year I was honored to be asked by Karen Harvey, CEO of Karen Harvey Consulting Group and founder of Fashion Tech Forum to participate in the...
011 Ruth Chapman
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you are a woman working in fashion today might I suggest Ruth Chapman, the co-founder of Matchesfashion.com, as a role model. Not only did she buil...
010 Carlo Capasa
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, the governing body of Italian fashion. During that time the industry...
009 Stephen Jones
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are some people who work in fashion that you could just listen to for hours. Their knowledge about the industry, both institutional and anecdota...
008 Angela Missoni
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Angela Missoni’s reign at the head of the family owned Missoni house. During those two decades she has prove...
007 Cedric Charlier
04 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Belgian designer Cédric Charlier is about to celebrate two milestones in his life, the 5th anniversary of his brand and his 40th birthday. Both date...
006 Julie de Libran
30 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Designer Julie de Libran has breathed new life into the iconic French fashion house Sonia Rykiel since she became the creative director of the brand i...
005 Leaf Greener
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Leaf Greener is a fashion force of nature. To the ill-informed she might be seen as just another concrete catwalk celeb with a bright smile and bubbly...
004 Joanne Palmaro
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne Palmaro is a budding actress of Italian and German descent who looks like a modern day boho version of Peggy Lipton with just a soupçon of Bri...
003 Marie Mas
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Cabirou is the talented woman behind the fledgling French fine jewelry house Marie Mas. She has the pedigree and the skills to become a leader i...
002 Felipe Oliveira Baptista
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of the 85th anniversary of Lacoste, the company's creative director, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, talks about the special place Lacoste has wi...
001 Olivier Rousteing - The Creative Director of Balmain
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, talks about his new collaboration designing costumes for the Paris Opera house, the debut of his ...