Out with the old and in with the vintage! How To Be Fabulous is the best podcast for those who love vintage clothes. Each season we share weekly episodes exploring sustainable fashion, unique style and the stories that come with shopping for vintage clothing. If you want to delve into the tales behind the world's best vintage wardrobes How to be Fabulous will take you there. Hosted by writer & vintage fashion expert, Charlotte Dallison, each week she chats to an aspirational guest, with an e ...
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Living with Endo: The A-Z of Endometriosis, hosted by Endometriosis Australia's ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs. This special podcast is all about educating and creating awareness for Endo. It will feature exclusive interviews medical professionals providing education in Endometriosis plus some really open and candid chats with Endometriosis Australia Ambassadors, Champions and others in the community affected by this disease. Living with Endo: The A-Z of Endometriosis is a fortnightly podcast ...
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Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs chats with Associate Professor Anusch Yazdani and Sam, about the CHARLI App.
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Associate Professor Anusch Yazdani and Sam, about the CHARLI App: The pain clinic in your pocket. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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France’s exciting new anti-fast fashion bill reminds Ali of the country’s long history of protecting its fashion industry. Just up for air from her usual deep dive, she shares some fascinating facts from Versailles and the lace-loving Louis kings to now. Jo, meanwhile, looks at Australia’s softly-softly approach at tackling fast fashion, and wonder…
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Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs chats with Libby McDowell as she shares her journey with endometriosis.
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Libby McDowell as she shares her journey with endometriosis. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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Are 'celebrity stylists' finally getting the credit they deserve?
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Once considered bottom of the stylists pile by the upper echelons of fashion, so-called 'celebrity stylists' (sometimes 'red-carpet stylists') are suddenly being given the credit they think they deserve. As Zendaya's renowned stylist Law Roach explains: “There’s been this idea that I’m supposed to be grateful [to have a celebrity client]. No. She’s…
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In true Questioning Fashion style, Ali and Jo grapple between the joy of cheap and cheerful group dress-ups and the mountains of dumped plastic spangles left in their wake. When Ali finally got her Eras tour ticket, a year after Jo overdressed for Harry Styles, it struck them both that while it isn’t a new phenomena (remember the Bay City Rollers’ …
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Gary Bigeni and Sally Jackson: Upcycling at the Sydney Opera House
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Ali and Jo go on an excursion to talk to sustainable fashion designers Gary Bigeni and Sally Jackson at Sally's Join the Dots studio in Marrickville. We discuss their approach to sustainable fashion and specifically their work with the Opera House developing upcycling workshops for the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. We apologise for the very "r…
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Ellie Angel-Mobbs chats about what Endometriosis Australia have planned for Endometriosis Awareness Month
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats about events planned for Endometriosis Awareness Month! Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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This week we're talking clothing care and sharing our favourite tips for washing, repairing and storing our clothes - because true sustainable fashion isn't about only buying from ethical brands or going op shopping all the time, it's about wearing the clothes you already own forever.Email us: questioningfashionpodcast@slogue.com.auOur Instagram ac…
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Terrance Williams: fancy, free and gives no Fs
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If you don't already know Terrance Williams - a fashion designer and influencer from Dallas, Texas - then boy are you in for a treat.We get to know the man who rose like a phoenix when a post went viral and filled his inbox with hate.We hear how he grew up poor and as the only kid of colour in school, was bullied for his secondhand clothes, began a…
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Danielle Howe chats about her PhD research and Endometriosis Australia’s Workplace Assistance Program.
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Danielle Howe her PhD research and Endometriosis Australia’s Workplace Assistance Program! Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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Ellie Angel-Mobbs shares exciting news about Endometriosis Australia
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she announces that Endometriosis Australia has been successfully recognised by the Australia Government and Department of Health as the Peak Body for the Endometriosis community in Australia and received $1,328 million in funding over 3 years to continue its work. Tune in and help spread …
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Remember how Downton Abbey used to LOVE doing Christmas Specials? Well, this is ours. We take a deep dive into Downton's costumes, do some weird impressions of McBride and Violet, and discuss how Jo met one of the Downton maids at drama camp in Manchester, England. Ali as always has done some actual research so listen for some fun facts. We also as…
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In our last official episode of the year, we head back to Ali's History Corner and learn all about sequins and sparkle. We talk about the EU's recent glitter ban, the history of sequins and how to style sequins. Email us: questioningfashionpodcast@slogue.com.au Our Instagram accounts: instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcast instagram.com/jogambale …
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This week Ali tells Jo all about Oleg Cassini, a costume and fashion designer who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1960s and led an action-packed life throughout Europe, Hollywood and New York. Oleg Cassini loves to credit himself with... well, basically everything. What's your claim to fame? The interview with Gene Tierney is here Email us: quest…
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Charlotte Dallison: How can vintage help us find our style?
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Today marks the release of the most FABULOUS new book about vintage and personal style. We were lucky enough to talk to the author of the book, deliciously titled How To Be Fabulous, for this week's episode, about all things vintage, secondhand, personal style and "bowerbird capsule wardrobes". Charlotte Dallison has worn many (fabulous) hats, from…
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Charlotte Dallison chats about how endo is such a hindrance on a healthy professional life.
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Charlotte Dallison about self-employment and how endo is such a hindrance on a healthy professional life. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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The How to Be Fabulous book is almost here 👗✨🥂
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That's right, next week, on the 28th of November, my brand new book will be hitting shelves in Australia & New Zealand. How to Be Fabulous is all about finding and honing your style through secondhand & vintage clothes. This project has been a labour of love for me, a project which went from a tiny e-book (which you may remember me talking about in…
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Shakaila Forbes Bell: Can fashion be therapy?
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We get all fangirly with our latest guest, fashion psychologist Shakaila Forbes Bell, who's absolutely killin' it in the UK with her infinite knowledge on the subject. She's turned what she admits was a dry subject to study (cue snores in the lecture room) to a relatable and fascinating phenomenon that sees her as a regular on panels as well as the…
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Gwen Venn: How is Save the Children combating fashion waste?
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We catch up with the delightfully named Gwen Venn of Save the Children to talk about the Love Rack, a super fun and clever initiative that allows the op shop to sell clothes in need of repair to those happy to take them on. As advocates of "better done than perfect" and "lazy sewing" if it means you get more out of your wardrobe and dump less on op…
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Do we shop differently when we're on holidays?
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Jo and Ali talk about what comes over them while shopping away from home, and why we buy things that might be a bit out of character for us usually. We hear from a few listeners about the strange things they've bought on holidays - tell us yours! Email us: questioningfashionpodcast@slogue.com.au Our Instagram accounts: instagram.com/questioningfash…
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Veronica Milsom: How can we reach beyond the sustainable fashion bubble?
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Welcome to Season 2!!!! Ali and Jo start off with a BANG, interviewing the awesome Veronica Milsom of Triple J and ABC fame, a year after the release of her ABC podcast Threads. In the lead-up to a very cool online event where Ali and Jo get to help Veronica with her wardrobe woes Live for the Garage Sale Trail Tutorials, they chat with Veronica ab…
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Dave Stephens chats about his journey on cycling around Australia to raise money and awareness for endometriosis.
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Dave Stephens about his journey on cycling around Australia to raise money and awareness for endometriosis. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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We love Clueless! And we think you do too, which is why we chose to devote our Season 1 finale (!) to the incredible costuming on this iconic movie. We'd LOVE to hear all of your thoughts! Find us at instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcast Contact Jo: jogambale@gmail.com instagram.com/jogambale tiktok.com/@slogue_joannegambale Contact Ali: ali@bell…
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Professor Antonina Mikocka-Walus talks about her CoDeEndo project, mental health and endo
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Join Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats with Professor Antonina Mikocka-Walus about her CoDeEndo project, mental health and endo. Tune in and help spread the word about our podcast by simply rating and leaving a review.By Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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Simon Vaughan: Why do you own so many t-shirts?
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We speak to Ali's friend Simon about his project to wear a different band t-shirt every day until he runs out of t-shirts. We discuss the "rules" around wearing band t-shirts, how we can use clothing to preserve memories and why Simon doesn't own any Hanson t-shirts. Simon's daily t-shirt videos can be found on his instagram story highlights - inst…
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What can we learn from how children dress themselves?
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After telling everyone at Footprints Ecofestival to channel their inner child when shopping their own wardrobe, Ali and Jo discuss what that actually means, recalling their own childhood dressing, their children's self-styling and why we lose the capacity to just "play" with our looks, without fear of judgement. For photos of some of the childhood …
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Elise Masters talks about her experiences in finding good specialist care, dealing with bullying at school, motherhood, and her 30+ surgeries
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http://livingwithendopodcast.org.auEndometriosis Australia Ambassador Ellie Angel-Mobbs and Elise Masters chat about Elise’s journey with Endometriosis, which started at the age of 13. The pair discusses Elise’sBy Ellie Angel-Mobbs
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Why do we care so much about our weddings?
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Jo and Ali attempt to figure out why people get so fixated on planning the perfect, non-cookie-cutter-wedding, but mostly just end up talking about their own weddings. Maybe that in itself answers the question? Something about humans being innately self-centred and weddings being the ultimate 'look at me' event? We'd love your thoughts. Find us on …
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We discuss everything from Boomer feminism to lazy sewing and repair hacks from the 'Jamie Oliver of Sewing'. Guests include regular listener Laurel and an accidental appearance by Ali's mum Robyn. Both help us to unpick the problem that arises from so few being able to mend or adjust their clothes. The book Ali recommends is called Sew it Yourself…
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What can we learn from our most worn pieces?
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We all have favourite pieces that we've worn over and over. We also all have pieces we love that we don't wear as much as we'd like to. This episode is all about different ways we can elevate our less worn pieces to the status of new favourites - we also happen to be currently obsessed with the Matildas, and try to turn the whole thing into a sport…
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Hollywood's Ultimate Red Carpet: a story told in 11 looks
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After Jo's first foray into red carpet styling, for actress Kate Box at Australia's biggest TV Awards (AKA the Logies), Ali and Jo delve into the most famous Red Carpet event of all; the Oscars. From Grace Kelly in blue silk-satin to Billy Porter in a tux-gown, they pick 11 looks that tell the story of the Oscars fashion evolution, peppered with fu…
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Ali has been seeing videos all over Tiktok dedicated to the never-ending quest of discovering and labelling one's personal style - whether it's through choosing a Gen Z-approved "aesthetic", finding the "three words" that define your style or locking down a specific colour palette. Is this at all useful or necessary, and why do we feel the need for…
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Australian snowboard halfpipe champion, Holly Crawford talks about her experience Living with Chronic Pain
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Join our very own Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats to Olympian and Endometriosis Australia Ambassador Holly Crawford about her journey with chronic pain.
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In the first of our new sub-podcast Fictional Fashion, which unravels the looks of our favourite fashion moments on screen, we delve into the polarising style of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City. Jo, an avid fan, passionately defends all the 'worst dressed' looks dreamt up by SJP and Patricia Field as "self aware", "tongue in cheek" and groundbr…
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This week Ali and Jo question whether marketing, merchandising and sales tactics used by big retailers are sneaky or just good business. Ali decided on a whim to ask her tiktok following for input and accidentally went viral - thanks for all the comments! Find us on instagram: instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcast Contact Ali: ali@bell-street.com…
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Is is unethical to profit from op-shop bargains?
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In this episode we join the age-old but apparently new debate that questions the ethics of resellers and 'thrift-flippers'. We discuss the specific issues many have with resellers: that they are robbing op shops of potential profits/at the same time as forcing charity shops to put up their prices. [confused face] .... hmmmmm .... If you have anythi…
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Ali and Jo head to the Carla Zampatti exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum and Jo gets in trouble straight away. Apart from that, we mostly just have a series of fashion-y conversations sparked by what we saw in the exhibit. Find us on instagram: instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcast Contact Ali: ali@bell-street.com instagram.com/bellstreet tiktok…
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Natasha Lester is a New York Times best-selling author based in Perth, Western Australian. She once worked in the very fabulous role as a marketing executive for L’Oreal before doing an MA in creative writing and going on to pen and publish eight books (with the 9th on its way). If you’ve ever read any of her novels you’ll notice that fashion is of…
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In the wake of both Australian Fashion Week and the 10-year anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy, we ask whether we're doing enough and discuss Jo's new one-woman campaign and shopping ban, which she's titled: 'My S**t, My Problem'. The seven-month shopping ban has since turned into one whole year, in the hope the severity of it might gain some pu…
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Doing Your Research with Robecca Leyden of Sans Pareil
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Robecca Leyden is a digital marketing and communications expert. Many moons ago she started style blog called Sans Pareil which has since turned into an up cycled vintage brand, and is now New Zealand’s top online indie magazine. Sans Pareil focuses on giving a voice to smaller, independent and sustainable, fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands. The…
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The Fashion Week Special - What are our biggest issues with the fashion industry?
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Ali goes to Afterpay Australian Fashion Week and talks to as many people as she can find - we talk about how we choose outfits for fashion week, what are the biggest issues in the fashion industry and what can we do about them. Featuring: Sarah Jane Adams, Amy Morgan, Tess Nguyen, Phoebe Blogg, Nadine Muyambo, Jason Ma, Megan Jarrott, Elise Faust, …
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Bre Audrey Graham is a food writer and editor based in London. Bre adores vintage and has been wearing it since she was a teen. Spending her life between Sydney, Singapore and now London, she’s been blessed with many style influences on her journey. She also often styles her gorgeous Instagram shots of delectable dishes using vintage tableware (I h…
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EndoWarrior Aroha shares her endo journey and Trek for Endo experience
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Join EndoWarrior and podcast queen Ellie Angel-Mobbs as she chats to EndoWarrior Aroha Leibhart about her Trek for Endo experience. Considering a Trek for Endo but not sure what to expect? EndoWarrior Aroha joined us on the 2022 Cape to Cape Endo Trek, raising over $50k in vital funds and making friends for life in the process. In this episode, she…
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Thrifting as Medicine with Christene Barberich
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Christene Barberich is a writer, editor, advisor and thrifting aficionado. She famously co-founded Refinery29, which started in 2005 and was sold in 2019. Most recently, she started a Substack Newsletter called A Tiny Apt. devoted to home (particularly small spaces), life, and personal style as well as her ongoing pursuit of amazing vintage and var…
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Corporate Revenge with my Fabulous Friend Priyam
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Now I thought it would be fun and interesting to include an interview with a friend each season. Last season I interviewed my friend Rosie, a burlesque star aka Miss Rosie Rivette, which you can listen to here. And this season I wanted to chat to my very stylish friend, Priyam. Priyam and I actually met through my previous vintage shop, Chez Charlo…
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To cull or not to cull - how much should we keep in our wardrobes?
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This week we answer a listener question about where we sit on the scale of minimalist capsule wardrobes vs keeping a vast personal archive, and talk about how we manage our own wardrobes. We'd love you to send in your questions via any of the contact methods below, or come along to our workshop with Inner West Council: https://www.eventbrite.com.au…
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Preloved Pod x How to be Fabulous - Vintage Podcasting with Emily Stochl
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Emily Stochl is a writer, podcaster and educator with expertise in the vintage and secondhand fashion industry. She is the host and creator of Pre-Loved Podcast, which is a weekly interview podcast about vintage and secondhand fashion. Launched in 2018, Pre-Loved Podcast was the first interview podcast dedicated specifically to vintage and secondha…
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Did Mary Quant revolutionise fashion retail?
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This week, Ali digs up an old research paper from uni about "The Swinging Sixties" and tries to pass it off as a topical episode. We talk about Mary Quant, Chelsea, Carnaby Street, Mods, Biba, and who we'd try to meet if we went time travelling. The books Ali mentions are "Quant on Quant" by Mary Quant and "In My Own Fashion" by Oleg Cassini. Our I…
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Something Old with Lizzie Langridge of Love James
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It's bridal week!! Lizzie Langridge is the founder and curator of Love James, a vintage bridal and occasion wear brand which offers a curated selection of statement vintage made for celebration! Originally a fashion design and business major, with stints interning for fashion houses in New York and London, Lizzie has always enjoyed the showroom and…
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We have our first guest on the show! Mia from Ruby Raisin joins us to talk about all things small business and whether there is merit to the idea of just staying small. Our Instagram accounts: www.instagram.com/questioningfashionpodcast www.instagram.com/joannegambale www.instagram.com/bellstreet www.instagram.com/ruby_raisin_ Our TikTok accounts: …
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