StyleZeitgeist Podcast
Episodes
Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the fashion critic and writer Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Fall / Winter 2026 women’s season. Eugene and Philippe discuss Dem...
There is a Future For You with Jeppe Ugelvig
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Jeppe Ugelvig, the editor of Viscose journal, and a scholar, writer, and curator who works at the intersection of fashio...
Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 Men’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the Fall / Winter 2026 season with the journalist Philippe Pourhashemi. We talk about nice clothes versus fashion, the trio...
Numbers with Intern Pierre
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Intern Pierre (not his real name) is a professional investor who runs an eponymous Substack where he deftly dissects the smoke and mirrors put up by t...
Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi - Part 2
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part episode Eugene Rabkin and Philippe Pourhashemi discuss this past season of many debuts, whether the so-called "great reset"...
Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi - Part 1
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part episode Eugene Rabkin and Philippe Pourhashemi discuss this past season of many debuts, whether the so-called "great reset"...
We All Came to Barneys with Gene Pressman
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on this episode is Gene Pressman, of the great retail family that made Barneys into a New York fashion institution that has become part of t...
Against the Grain with Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe, one of the most talented Belgian designers you have probably never heard of. We speak about his career arc, from...
Fashion As Concept with Hussein Chalayan
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Turkish Cypriot designer Hussein Chalayan burst onto the London fashion scene with a brilliant 1993 graduate show Tangent Flows. With work that bl...
Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 Men's with Philippe Pourhashemi
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the fashion journalist Philippe Pourhashemi to reflect on the Spring / Summer 2026 menswear season. We discuss many collections, star...
How To Build an Independent Brand in Paris with Lutz Huelle
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with the German fashion designer Lutz Huelle, who has built a brand with a cult following from scratch. Lutz tells us about g...
What Martin Margiela and Dries Van Noten Meant with Patrick Scallon
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies for the hiatus, but we are back with a bang! On this episode we speak with Patrick Scallon, Paris-based communication consultant who was the...
What Luxury? with Robert Williams
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Robert Williams, Luxury Editor at the Business of Fashion. We start with Robert's unique career journey as an Ameri...
NEMESIS with Emily Segal
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Emily Segal, the founder of the brand strategy agency Nemesis, publishing house Deluge, and the author of the novel Merc...
Paris Fashion Week F/W 2025 Women's with Philippe Pourhashemi
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with Philippe Pourhashemi to review the women’s Fall / Winter 2025 season. We discuss the debuts of Veronica Leoni at Calvin Klein, Haid...
Fashion & Art: Redux with Natasha Degen
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Degen, the chair of Art Market Studies at Fashion Institute of Technology and the author of Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion after Andy War...
Paris Fashion Week F/W 2025 Men's with Philippe Pourhashemi
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the journalist and critic Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Fall / Winter 2025 men's season. We discuss the Setchu runway debut...
The State of Luxury with Ana Andjelic
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we speak with Ana Andjelic, the strategic branding mastermind who knows her Bs from "Brand" to "Baudrillard," aut...
Breaking News with Astrid Wendlandt of Miss Tweed
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Astrid Wendlandt, the founder of the fashion news website Miss Tweed. This year Miss Tweed came to prominence as the fir...
Paris Fashion Week S/S 25 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene Rabkin is back with Philippe Pourhashemi to discuss the Spring / Summer 2005 women's shows in Paris and Milan. They talked about Alessandr...
Fashion, London, Clubbing with Mark C. O'Flaherty
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with the London-based fashion and interior design journalist and photographer Mark C. O'Flaherty. Mark is the author of ...
Fashion Recruitment with Alice Bouleau
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So, you want to get a job in fashion? But how? Or are you curious about what goes on behind the scenes of creative director musical chairs? On this ep...
Fashion Production with Joseph Keefer
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
So, you want to launch a brand? But do you know how it all actually works? For this episode we invited our old friend Joseph Keefer, who has had a lon...
Paris Fashion Week S/S 25 Men’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with Philippe Pourhashemi to discuss this past menswear season. We talk about the shows at Pitti Uomo, Milan, and Paris, from the strange ...
Die, Workwear! Die, Fast Fashion! Die, Mass Market! Die, Luxury! With Derek Guy
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene Rabkin speaks with the writer and fashion commentator Derek Guy. Derek has come up in the days of forum culture, has written much about menswea...
Massimo Osti with Lorenzo Osti
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Lorenzo Osti, the son of Massimo Osti, about the life and legacy of his father, the pioneer of modern men’s fashion. W...
Paris Fashion Week F/W24 Women's with Philippe Pourhashemi
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we review the Fall/Winter 2024 fashion season in Milan and Paris, including the Alexander McQueen debut and the feedback it has receiv...
Merchants of Style with Natasha Degen
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Natasha Degen, Professor and Chair, Art Market Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology about the uneasy symbiosis of fa...
Paris Fashion Week F/W 24 Men’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we are back with Philippe to discuss this past men’s season shows at Pitti Uomo, Milan, and Paris. We talk about the contrast betwee...
On Jil Sander with Maria Wiesner
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Maria Wiesner, the styles editor of Frankfurt Allgemiene Zeitung and the author of a book about the life and work of Jil...
On Phoebe Philo with Philippe Pourhashemi
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the work of Phoebe Philo and the role she has played in defining contemporary fashion, the aesthetic direction and the busi...
Paris Fashion Week S/S 24 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with our regular guest Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Spring / Summer 2024 women’s season. We discuss in depth the debuts of Peter D...
The Fashion Law and More with Julie Zerbo
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Julie Zerbo, the founder of the Fashion Law, a fashion media outlet dedicated to fashion, law, business, and industry an...
Paris Fashion Week S/S 24 Men’s with Philippe Pourhashemi
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the journalist and critic Philippe Pourhashemi to discuss the recently finished Spring/Summer 2024 fashion season. We review shows fr...
Is This the End of the Hype Era?
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this hot-take episode with Philippe Pourhashemi we discuss the recent firings of Ludovic de Saint Sernin from Ann Demeulemeester and Rhuigi Villase...
On Karl Lagerfeld with Amy Odell
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We reconnect with the journalist Amy Odell to discuss the problematic legacy of Karl Lagerfeld, the late designer of Chanel, and the new exhibit devot...
All of Your Business with Lauren Sherman
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is Lauren Sherman, former senior correspondent at the Business of Fashion, a top-notch reporter whose no-nonsense writing cuts through much ...
Why Speaking Up Matters with James Scully
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with the casting director James Scully about his trajectory of working in fashion, from his days at the iconic New York boutique Charivari in...
Fall Winter 23 Women's with Philippe Pourhashemi
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with Philippe to review this past Fall / Winter 2023 Women's fashion show season. We dive into many shows, concentrating on the many ...
The Meaning of Pharrell at Louis Vuitton with Amy Odell
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with fashion journalist and author Amy Odell to discuss Pharrell's appointment as the creative director of Louis Vuitton Menswear and...
The Apology by Demna with Amy Odell
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We dissect Demna's first post-Balenciaga scandal interview in Vogue with the journalist Amy Odell. We discuss Demna's mea culpas and the var...
Paris Fashion Week Mens F/W '23 with Philippe Pourhashemi
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we reunite with our regular guest, fashion editor and critic Philippe Pourhashemi, to reflect on the Fall / Winter '23 Men's...
Kingdom of Dreams
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Peter Ettedgui of Misfits Entertainment, a co-producer of the new docu-series Kingdom of Dreams, out in the UK on Sky and coming to the ...
Status and Culture (and Fashion) with W. David Marx
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with the author W. David Marx about his new book “Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion,...
Speaking Volumes with Peter Do
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with one of the most interesting designers working in New York (and the world) today, Peter Do. Peter has caught fashion&apos...
Patreon Exclusive Preview: Speaking Volumes with Peter Do
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with one of the most interesting designers working in New York (and the world) today, Peter Do. Peter has caught fashion&apos...
What is Design? with Sruli Recht
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this free-wheeling episode we talk to designer Sruli Recht about his journey and about his thoughts on design, the fashion industry, death, and cir...
Paris Fashion Week Mens S/S '23 with Philippe Pourhashemi
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the (rather underwhelming) Men's Spring / Summer '23 fashion season. We look at the ups and downs, highs and lows...
The (Near) Death of Fashion Criticism with Anja Aronowsky Cronberg
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, the founder and editor of Vestoj magazine, a publication that aims to bridge fashion and theory...
The Fashion Media Landscape And Its Discontents With Luke Meagher, Mario Abad, and José Criales-Unzueta
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with three young fashion media people - Luke Meagher of the YouTube and Instagram channel Haute Le Mode, Mario Abad, the fash...
Fall / Winter '22 Women's Fashion Week with Philippe Pourhashemi
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we are back with the critic Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Fall / Winter '22 season, including analyzing how Balenciaga, Rick...
Paris Fashion Week F/W 22 (men's and couture) with Philippe Pourhashemi
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we are back with the journalist Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Fall/Winter '22 men's season.Support the show
Make It New with Aitor Throup
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we host Aitor Throup, one of the most innovative menswear designers who has conceptualized menswear like no other. We discuss his mete...
If You Know, You Know with Jon Caramanica
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this freewheeling episode we host Jon Caramanica, the New York Times pop-music critic and “critical shopper” columnist. We talk about forming o...
S/S ’22 Paris and Milan Fashion Week Recap with Philippe Pourhashemi
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with the journalist and critic Philippe Pourhashemi to discuss the (few) ups and (many) downs of the S/S ’22 womenswear shows that just ...
Artisanal Fashion with Geoffrey B. Small
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with the American designer Geoffrey B. Small, who has for decades operated outside of the corporate fashion system, about his experience of b...
Paris Fashion Week S/S 22 (men's and couture) with Philippe Pourhashemi
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with our friend, the journalist and critic Philippe Pourhashemi to give you our (not very favorable) impressions of the Paris men's S...
Fashion as Fetish with Dr. Valerie Steele
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we host Dr. Valerie Steele, the Director of the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology), whose knowledge of fashion and abilit...
Sex with Rick Owens
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we speak with Rick Owens about the role of sex and death in his life and work, about his journey from the Los Angeles underground to o...
4'33" or Paris Fashion Week Review without Philippe Pourhashemi
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This past Paris Fashion Week left me underwhelmed, but I still wanted to review it with the journalist Philippe Pourhashemi, as has become our new tra...
Explain to Me with Jian DeLeon
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Jian DeLeon, the menswear and editorial director at Nordstrom, Eugene's former editor at Highsnobiety, a menswear geek par excellen...
Critical Shopping with Cintra Wilson
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode we caught up with Cintra Wilson, one of our absolute favorite writers, the former Critical Shopper for the New York Times, the author...
Fashion & Music with Wesley Eisold
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the relationship between fashion and music, via personal style journey, with Wesley Eisold, the frontman of Cold Cave and A...
Paris Fashion Week F/W21 with Philippe Pourhashemi
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We brought back on the journalist and fashion critic Philippe Pourhashemi to break down the Fall / Winter 21 season.Support the show
Carol Christian Poell with Karlo Steel
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the work of the cult fashion designer Carol Christian Poell.Support the show
Fashion, Vintage and New, with Gill Linton of Byronesque
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss fashion, vintage and new, why some fashion ends up in the pantheon and others in the back of your closet, and some other th...
The Life and Times of Malcolm McLaren with Paul Gorman
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the incredible life of Malcolm McLaren, the (mis)manager of the Sex Pistols, the enabler and partner of Vivienne Westwood, and an all aroun...
Sustainability? with Elizabeth Cline
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss sustainability and ethical production with Elizabeth Cline, a sustainability expert and an author of two books, Overdressed and The Conscio...
Paris Fashion Week S/S21 with Philippe Pourhashemi
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We break down the Spring / Summer 21 season with the journalist and fashion critic Philippe Pourhashemi.Support the show
Talking Menswear with Sam Lobban
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eugene talks with Sam Lobban, the VP of designer mens and womens at Nordstrom, about his love of fashion and about his journey from a ...
How Atelier Shaped the Menswear Avant-garde with Karlo Steel
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Not everyone knows that StyleZeitgeist began as a forum dedicated to the menswear avant-garde, helping form it into a cultural phenomenon. In many way...