1000 Fibers Connect Us

This episode is one of my favorites - so far! Marie Saint Pierre, one of Canada’s best-known and loved designers, gave me a tour of her Montreal atelier and then sat down to discuss the origins of her clothing line and the interplay between the skills her business requires and her essence.Marie reveals herself to be endlessly creative, independent, determined, restless in her des

The Holy Grail of pumps embodies confidence and elegance, feels like a sneaker, and lets you stride through a miles-long, 12-hour stretch with ease. My conversation with Sandra Powers Murphy covers how this accomplished executive and entrepreneur took up the quest for a truly wearable pump 5 years ago and has good reasons, especially the hours she spends in them, to believe her new

Viviana Gabeiras, the creator of Petit Pois, welcomed me to her Hialeah, Florida warehouse that encloses her studio, showroom, factory, and shipping facilities. Meticulous and orderly, the facility hums with the purpose, people, and myriad machines that realize Viviana's desire to offer women uniquely colorful and practical clothing. True to our podcast purpose, Viviana describes p

Iana Boyd grew up in Bulgaria, dreaming of the world beyond the Iron Curtain depicted in the postcards that decorated her walls. With scant options for clothing, Iana taught herself to sew and dressed her sisters, cementing their relationship as her biggest fans and biggest critics. When the Curtain fell, Iana attended college in the US and then powered her way up the Maersk corpor

From the first tiny garments so lovingly selected to the last outfit a person wears, clothing helps define one's presence in the world. Dressing well has always been part of the accomplished Marta Hill Gray's portfolio and has served her well in marketing roles, in her consulting business with its focus on women's healthcare start-ups, and now, as the Executive Director of Culpeppe

If you've ever thought about trying a personal stylist, or even just wonder what they do, you'll enjoy meeting Lani Inlander and getting the inside story about styling.Before there was even a term for it, Lani knew that she would be a personal stylist. From Skokie to NYC and Washington, DC, our conversation covers the emergence of the business of styling in the '90s, the building o

Take a Walk with Teri Agins and me!If you enjoy getting behind the fashion scenes to understand both the big business of fashion and how to make fashion work for you, find an hour to spend with one of contemporary fashion’s remarkable chroniclers, Teri Agins. Teri’s illustrious career detailing the rise and fall of fashion houses as a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter

My guest, Stacy Bennett, wears two hats at Buki Brand, managing both operations and marketing - she knows Buki from the inside out! Our conversation reveals how customers' needs inspired a line of easy-care, technical clothing for men and women. From concept through value-driven execution and marketing, the story includes their use of Japanese fiber technology and the development o

Meet Howard Sheer, the man behind the Ecru jeans and shirts in our closets. From an early start in buying and wholesaling, Howard developed an array of fashion industry-specific and entrepreneurial skills that led, eventually, to Ecru. Howard shares how New York City-based Ecru works: from the company's focus and structure to its heart in the design process and the complexity of so

A third-generation fashion entrepreneur, Joan Goodman tells the story of PONO, her distinctive, feather-weight resin jewelry. From buttons, through bracelets, to celebrity collectibles, Joan consciously creates wearable sculpture, open to unexpected sources of inspiration and ever attentive to the line's ethical manufacture in Italy. Along the way, Joan explains her particular awar