In Pursuit of Luxury
Episodes
In conversation with Julian Vogel
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What was the fashion industry really like before social media, influencers, and billion-pound luxury conglomerates? In this episode of In Pursuit of L...
In conversation with Jane Caujolle
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For episode four of Season 11, we are joined by Jane Caujolle, founder and Co-CEO of Townhouse, a London- and Geneva-based private office established ...
In conversation with Otis Ingrams
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing Season 11 from our set within the fantastic Henry's Town House, for episode three, we are delighted to be speaking with Otis Ingrams, Found...
In conversation with Mimma Viglezio
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We continue this season from our set within the fantastic Henry's Town House luxury boutique hotel in London. For episode two, we bring you an insight...
In conversation with Jordan Thistlewood
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 11 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. This season our set is Henry's Town House, a luxury boutique hotel within Jane Austen's brot...
In conversation with Bijou Abiola, Sam Bompas and Shaun Borstrock – Part 2
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at th...
In conversation with Bijou Abiola, Sam Bompas and Shaun Borstrock – Part 1
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at th...
In conversation with Margaret Macleod, Gordon Ritchie and James Campbell
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at th...
In conversation with Zandra Rhodes, Richard McVetis, Maria Grachvogel, Piers Atkinson – Part 2
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to In Pursuit of Luxury Live, Season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. Continuing our focus on the amazing live discussions we had at th...
In conversation with Zandra Rhodes, Richard McVetis, Maria Grachvogel, Piers Atkinson – Part 1
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to season 10 of the In Pursuit of Luxury podcast. This is a special season because we are focusing on In Pursuit of Luxury, Honest Luxury live...
In conversation with Patrick Grant
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Grant has a lot to say about clothes; how many we buy, how we value them, what they’re made from, and importantly who made them and where. H...
In conversation with Zandra Rhodes
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Known for her fabulously bold prints, the iconic British designer, Dame Zandra Rhodes, launched her eponymous fashion brand 56 years ago. Nicknamed ‘...
In conversation with Richard McVetis
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard McVetis studied at Manchester School of Art before studying at the Royal College of Art, where he now teaches. McVetis has been shortlisted fo...
In conversation with Mark Sainsbury
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark enjoyed a 25-year career in hospitality, developing and running some of London’s most successful restaurants and hotels including Moro Restaura...
In conversation with Maria Grachvogel
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Obsessed with the idea that clothing can transform your body, your mood and your confidence Maria experiments with innovative cutting always keeping t...
In conversation with Geordie Willis
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Geordie Willis is Creative Director for Berry Bros. & Rudd. One of the oldest wine and spirit merchants in the World. With their headquarters base...
In conversation with Grant Gibson
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Grant Gibson is one of the UK’s leading design, craft and architecture writers. His work has been published in The Observer, New Statesman...
In conversation with Marc Chaya
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Chaya is CEO and co-founder of perfumery house Francis Kurkdjian. Marc was inspired by creativity as a child but his parents encouraged him to...
In conversation with Nadia Tuma-Weldon
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nadia Tuma-Weldon is Global Head of Thought Leadership at McCann Worldgroup, and Executive Vice President of Truth Central, the agency’s global inte...
In conversation with Carl Schweizer
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carl was born in the Austrian Alps surrounded by biodynamic and organic smallholder farmers. At 15, he started studies in graphic design and communica...
In conversation with Adam Brand
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Brand is the 4th generation co-owner of M&S Schmalberg the flower makers in New York. M&S Schmalberg, founded in 1916, is the last remain...
In conversation with Phil Hanson
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Hanson is a young driver to watch, in the field of endurance sportscar racing. During his short career he has already smashed records and compe...
In conversation with Kathryn Sargent
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn started her career in the wonderful world of tailoring at Gieves & Hawkes in 1996, rising to the position of Head Cutter, the first woman ...
In conversation with Kenya Hunt
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kenya Hunt is the Editor-in-Chief of ELLE UK. Kenya’s career spans working for some of the most influential women’s titles on both sides of the At...
In conversation with T Michael
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
T Michael is a bespoke tailor/ designer /artist with a conceptual approach to men’s tailoring inspired by his love of sartorial traditions and his p...
In conversation with Jenny King
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny King has run an established embroidery studio for 20 years. Specialising in free hand satin stitch embroidery created on Irish machines the stud...
In conversation with Jo Hooper
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Having been at the forefront of women’s’ fashion for almost three decades, Jo Hooper has worked as a buying director and design director for some ...
In conversation with Gordon Ritchie
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Crombie was founded in 1805 on the River Don in Aberdeenshire and it has been the choice of royalty, presidents and popstars ever since. It ceased ...
In conversation with Stefan Sagmeister (Pt.2)
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Sagmeister has designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones and the Guggenheim Museum. He’s a two time Gram...
In conversation with Stefan Sagmeister (Pt.1)
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Sagmeister has designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones and the Guggenheim Museum. He’s a two time Gram...
In conversation with Stefan Sagmeister
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stefan Sagmeister has designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones and the Guggenheim Museum. He’s a two time Gram...
In conversation with Ted Bradley
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Bradley is a lighting designer located in Boulder, Colorado. Not your traditional designer as he started, or rather ended a career as a Google pro...
In conversation with Brian Woodrow
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Woodrow is a Senior Design Director at Tomas Pearce Interior Design. In his role, Brian leads a team of creatives and designers on projects...
In conversation with Ron Arad
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Arad was born in Tel Aviv educated at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and later at the Architectural Association in London. He co-founded the design ...
In conversation with Maya Njie
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by an old family photo album from the decades before her birth, Maya set out to capture, by way of scent, these moments in time, these tropes...
In conversation with Clare Campbell
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clare Campbell, having found her inner rebel with a cause, founded the Prickly Thistle in 2015, a new purpose that would weave everything she cared ab...
In conversation with Matteo Bologna
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matteo is the founder and creative director of Mucca. His multidisciplinary background in architecture, graphic design, illustration, and typography f...
In conversation with Natasha Jen
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha’s practice has been notable for crossing media genres, drawing on references from a diverse range of cultural, historical, aesthetic, and te...
In conversation with Ollie Dabbous
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ollie Dabbous is a Michelin starred chef famed for stripped back fine dining who has worked at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Hibiscus, Mugaritz,...
In conversation with Sam Bompas
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Bompas and Harry Parr first came to prominence through their expertise in jelly-making, but the business rapidly grew into a fully-fledged creativ...
In conversation with Simon Erlanger
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the IPOL podcast I am speaking with Simon Erlanger, Managing Director of Isle of Harris Distillers. As an expert in the internation...
In Conversation with Coinneach MacLeod – The Hebridean Baker
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Coinneach is from the Isle of Lewis, the furthest north of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. There is no doubt he loves baking and the Hebrides, both of...
In conversation with Paul A Young Part-2
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul is a ground-breaking and inspirational chocolatier who is at the forefront of British chocolate innovation. Never the conformist, and as an alche...
In conversation with Paul-A-Young
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul is a ground-breaking and inspirational chocolatier who is at the forefront of British chocolate innovation. Never the conformist, and as an alche...
In conversation with Jim McMillan
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right from the start, Jim McMillan knew that finding the best Mānuka bush and having access to remote locations meant building great relationships wi...
In conversation with Taro Asano
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Taro Asano is one of only a handful of practicing ‘Kajiya’, the art of swordsmithing, in Japan. He started smithing knives and swords in 1997 as a...
In conversation with Richard Sudworth
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Revd Dr Richard Sudworth was appointed as the new Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury and National Inter-Religio...
In conversation with Kresse Wesling
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kresse Wesling is one half of Elvis & Kresse a circular company set up in 2005 to solve the problem of material ending up in landfill. They starte...
In conversation with Emilio-Salvatore-Leo
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lanificio Leo, founded in 1873, is the oldest textile factory in Calabria. The company represents a perfect mix between the enhancement of traditional...
In Conversation with Andile Dyalvane
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Luxury to me is always grounded in heritage and provenance. My guest on this episode evokes exactly both those qualities. Andile Dyalvane is one of So...
In conversation with Peter Bellerby
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is safe to say that my guest on this episode of the IPOL podcast is fanatical about globes. Peter Bellerby started Bellerby & Co Globemakers th...
In conversation with Adam White
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you have ever travelled in a premium cabin on an aircraft it is more than likely that Adam White’s company, Factory Design has been responsible f...
In conversation with Bobby Martin
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby C. Martin Jr. sets the relentless standard of design and vision for Champion Design, the agency he founded, with Jennifer Kinon, in 2010. He has...
In conversation with Casey Campbell
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Campbell is the Managing Director, North America at Gameloft one of the world's top mobile games publishers. He focuses on connecting brands wit...
In conversation with Kathryn Sargent
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn Sargent started her career in the wonderful world of tailoring at Gieves & Hawkes in 1996, rising to the position of Head Cutter, the firs...
In conversation with visionary women 02
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode of the IPOL Podcast is the second of our Special Visionary Women discussion panels recorded live at the IPOL conference. The pan...
In conversation with Rosy Greenlees OBE
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rosy Greenlees OBE, is Executive Director of the Crafts Council, a national charity in the UK promoting the value of craft and making to society throu...
In conversation with Roger Smith
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Smith is a master craftsman. He is one of very few watchmakers who makes a watch from start to finish. He set up his studio in 2001 with an unsw...
In conversation with Visionary Women 01
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lydia Slater – Editor in Chief Harpers Bazaar, Catherine Scorey – Chief Operating Officer at All Saints and John Varvatos, Bijou Abiola – D...
In conversation with Raffaella Grasso
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a child Raffaella spent a lot of time watching her father preparing the embroidery, organizing all the materials for the embroiderers, making techn...
In Conversation with Stephen Jones
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen started his career during the late 1970s. He has become one of the most acclaimed milliners making millinery seem modern and compelling i...
In Conversation with Theo Fennell
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Theo started designing jewellery in the 1970s and opened his first studio on Fulham Road in 1980. For over 40 years he has been designing and making ...
In conversation with Kyre Chenven
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this, the final episode of season two we meet Kyre Chenven one half of the duo who set up Pretziada a creative practice on the southwest corner of ...
In conversation with Christopher Lutterodt-Quarcoo
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Lutterodt-Quarcoo (CL-Q) is a creative entrepreneur, awarding-winning director of 'Hertz' (BFI Future Film Festival: Best Documentary cu...
In conversation with Sonya Walger
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sonya Walger is an actor and author, she stared on Broadway in the original production of Frost/Nixon, and she has been in way too many films and TV ...
In conversation with Theodore Diehl
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Theodore Diehl, horologist at Richard Mille. Theo has had a varied and exciting career. He was originally conservatory trained as a harpsichordist and...
In conversation with Sacha Rose
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sacha is 3rd generation Rose leading Derek Rose, a leisurewear company specialized in Feel-good Living. Sacha joined in 2003 and has transformed the b...
In conversation with Margaret Macleod
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret is the Sales Director for Harris Tweed Hebrides and has over 20-years experience working in textile manufacturing, retail, rural economic dev...
In conversation with Kevin Bethune
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Bethune – An accomplished designer and innovator, Kevin started his career as a mechanical engineer working in the world of nuclear power plan...
In conversation with Father Andrew O’Connor & Christopher J. Berry
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Father Andrew More O’Connor is a Roman Catholic Diocesan priest ordained by the Archdiocese of New York in 1996 and is currently the pastor at Saint...
In conversation with Catherine Scorey Jobling
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Scorey Jobling. Catherine is the Chief Operating Officer at Allsaints where she has overall responsibility for all product, men and women...
In conversation with Lydia Slater
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Slater. Lydia is the Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar UK, overseeing it’s print, digital and experiential offering. She has expanded th...
In conversation with Jessica Helfand
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Helfand. Jessica is internationally acclaimed in her area of work as a designer, writer, and educator. She received both her BA in graphic ...
In conversation with Effie Kanyua
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Effie Kanyua - Director of PR & Comms - Hearst UK. Effie has a wealth of PR and communication experience having worked at some of the world’s...
In conversation with Alison Lloyd
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alison Lloyd - designer - Ally Capellino. Ally started Ally Capellino in 1979 at the time when British Fashion was probably at its most edgy and gr...
In conversation with Helen Brocklebank
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Brocklebank – CEO Walpole. Helen is the CEO of Walpole the official sector body for UK luxury. Founded in 1992 as a not-for-profit organisa...
In conversation with Maria Grachvogel
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Grachvogel - Designer. Obsessed with the idea that clothing can transform your body, your mood and your confidence Maria experiments with in...
In conversation with Bijou Abiola
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bijou Abiola – Director of Consumer Insights L’Oreal Luxe. Bijou is a proven innovator with over 10 years of driving growth in customer-centri...