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Episode #57, December 2, 2025
Adam Taubenfligel, Co-founder of Triarchy, Leading the Next Generation of Responsible Denim Manufacturers
In this episode, you will meet Adam Taubenfligel, Co-founder of Triarchy, a U.S.-based sustainable women’s denim manufacturer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Adam and his co-founder siblings, Mark and Ania, have been developing and refining the business since 2011.
In the interview, Adam ...
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Episode #56, November 21, 2025
Tracey Panek, Historian at Levi Strauss & Co., Iconic American Fashion Brands (Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary, Part 1)
In this episode, listeners are introduced to Tracey Panek, Historian and Archivist at Levi Strauss & Co., as Fashioncast commences its tribute to renowned American fashion brands. Since 2014, Tracey has served as an authoritative source on all matters related to ...
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Episode #55, August 1, 2025
Amy Leverton, Founder Denim Dudes, Fashion’s Diva of Denim
On this episode, you will meet Amy Leverton, the fashion industry’s foremost expert on denim. Born and raised in England, Amy attended the London College of Fashion, then spent years searching for her place in fashion. After a series of jobs, she followed her passion into denim style, design, and trend forecasting. Her company, Denim ...
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Episode #54, February 4, 2025
Isabel De Sousa, Founder Akalia and Business Brand Consultant
On this episode, you will meet the energetic and brilliant Isabel De Sousa, Founder of Akalia, and business brand consultant. De Sousa, based in Miami, Florida, has walked the walk in building her brand the old fashion way—with grit and determination.
Launched in 2021, Akalia was scaled with amazing speed, and is now found in major ...
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Episode #53, November 12, 2024
Alden Wicker, Toxic Textiles (Part 3): Has Toxic Apparel Become Fashion’s Watergate?
This episode is Part 3 of a three-part series on toxic textiles and features Alden Wicker, award-winning author, freelance investigative reporter, and environmental blogger. The discussion covers Wicker’s career in the fashion industry since 2011, including her introduction to fashion, the launch of her web...
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Episode #52, October 8, 2024
Dr. Alison Matthews David, Toxic Textiles (Part 2): Fashion’s History of Silent Consent
This episode is Part 2 of a three-part series on toxic textiles and features Dr. Alison Matthews David, award-winning author, professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, and fashion activist. Dr. Matthew David’s ground-breaking fashion history classic Fashion Victims, will mark its tenth anniversary in 2...
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Episode #51, September 17, 2024
Lydia Dupree, Toxic Textiles (Part 1): A Biochemist Unravels Fashion’s Toxic Secrets
Put your thinking caps on fashionistas! On this episode, you’ll meet Lydia Dupree, the brilliant and affable biochemist who is tackling one of fashion’s most opaque topics—toxic textiles. Dupree is a notable cancer researcher and has several research papers already published. And while her entrance into f...
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Episode #50, August 20, 2024
Somy Madani, Haute Couture Makes A Comeback With London’s Next Generation Designer
This is the 50th show anniversary of Fashioncast®, and we couldn’t think of a better guest to share our success with than Somy Madani, the award-winning London-based international designer.
Born and raised in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Somy’s fashion journey is a remarkable story of entrepreneurial grit and determinat...
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Episode #49, July 16, 2024
Stacy Igel, Fashion’s Queen of Collaboration
Listen closely fashionistas! On this episode we introduce you to “fashionpreneuer” extraordinaire Stacy Igel, Founder Boy Meets Girl apparel company and best-selling author of Embracing The Calm In The Chaos.
As Stacy says, she was interested in fashion while “still in the womb,” and her history since birth reinforces her prenatal yearning to build ...
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Episode #48, May 21, 2024
Rachel Erickson, Riding High in the World of Performance Apparel
Hold on fashionistas! On this episode we introduce you to manufacturing performance apparel consultant Rachel Erickson. As Founder and CEO of Unmarked Street, Rachel, and her team specialize in fashion consulting to the sports performance market, especially cycling.
Enthusiastic about fashion at an early age, with some maternal nud...
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Episode #47, February 15, 2024
Gittemarie Johansen, The Global Guru of Sustainability Takes on Fast Fashion
Hey Fashionistas! On this episode we introduce you to sustainability educator, author, speaker, and YouTube sensation, Gittemarie Johansen.
Smart, witty, and experienced, Gittemarie has been living and teaching the zero-waste lifestyle for a decade. It’s fascinating to hear how Gittemarie stumbled into her career, ...
Episode #46, December 20, 2023
Fern Mallis, A Fashion Legend Imparts Wit And Wisdom On Her Career And Life
On this exclusive episode, you will hear from the Godmother of Fashion, Fern Mallis, as she describes the trials and tribulations of her early days to her current role as President of her own consulting company.
Listening to Mallis reflect on her hard-earned wisdom about the industry is the equivalent to enjoying a ten-course mea...
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Episode #45, October 30, 2023
Jennifer Knoepfle, LilaPants
Hey Fashioncast fashionistas, on this episode you’ll learn about the amazing startup LilaPants (www.lilapants.com), and the company’s innovative apparel made for the tween market. Born from the innocent question, “What would you like to do when you grow?”, the LilaPants journey is full of the trials and tribulations of a fashion startup. What is uniquely compell...
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Episode #44, August 29, 2023
Graham Stewart, EVP, FIBRE52
Whoa! Fashioncast listeners, on this episode you’ll learn about the most innovative sustainable product for cotton bleaching and dying since the 12th century! International sustainable textile innovator and FIBRE52 Executive, Graham Stewart, joins the show and shares his vision for the company and the textile industry. Stewart, a veteran of the textile industry si...
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Episode #43, June 27, 2023
Jamie Koff, Founder & President, Fabric To Finish, Inc.
Fashioncast listeners, please meet Jamie Koff, the brilliant and multi-talented fashion entrepreneur from New York City who founded Fabric To Finish, Inc., a fashion incubator, in 2006 and hasn’t looked back.
You’ll learn about Jamie’s unconventional journey into the world of fashion and the big-name designers and industry insiders that impa...
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Episode #42, June 8, 2023
Kristian Hansen, Founder & CEO, Slo Jean Company
Fashioncast community, meet the indelible Kristian Hansen, Founder & CEO, Slo Jean Company, one of the fastest growing jean companies on the planet! Kristian’s story is so compelling and inspirational you may want to listen to it more than once!
In an effort to disrupt the women’s jean market by providing a solution for skimpy pockets, Hansen has cr...
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Episode #41, May 25, 2023
Leyla Uysal, Founder & CEO, Bajer
Fashioncast listeners, you’re going to love meeting the always smiling, upbeat, and positive Leyla Uysal, she’s one of the most inspiring guests we’ve ever interviewed. Leyla’s story is much more than overcoming the typical startup challenges that face every business, it’s about personal courage, risk, persistence, and endurance.
Born and raised in the Kurdish re...
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Episode #40, April 11, 2023
Dr. Lucy E. Dunne, The Rise of Wearable Technology and Smart Clothing
Fashioncast® listeners, get ready to be schooled as Dr. Lucy Dunne, Professor of Apparel Design and Wearable Technology, University of Minnesota, joins the show for an in-depth discussion about the current state of wearable technology and smart clothing.
In the first part of the interview, you’ll hear the articulate and confi...
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Episode #39, February 14, 2023
Samir Balwani, Founder & CEO, QRY: The Master of D2C Digital Marketing
Fashioncast listeners, in this episode, you’ll meet the brilliant, articulate, and veteran digital branding and marketing guru Samir Balwani. Samir has been at the forefront of the digital marketing industry for two decades and has amassed a wealth of knowledge and insight. Now, he imparts his wisdom to the Fashioncast ...
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Episode #38, October 25, 2022
Alison Bruhn and Delia Folk--How A Mother-Daughter Duo Built a NYC Styling Powerhouse
It’s all about style Fashioncast listeners, “fashion over comfort” prevails! So, if your style needs a total makeover or you simply need an upgrade, you’ve landed at the right episode. Mother-daughter owners Alison Bruhn and Delia Folk of The Style That Binds Us join the show to explain all things styling a...
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