The Glossy Podcast

Feb 04 2025 587 ep. 33 mins 698
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The Glossy Podcast is a weekly show on the impact of technology on the fashion and luxury industries with the people making change happen.

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True Classic CEO Ben Yahalom: 'Diversification is key to marketing success'

Feb 04 2025 48 mins  
Menswear brand True Classic started out in 2019 with a singular focus: improving on the classic T-shirt. But in the last six years, the brand has scaled profitably and diversified its product categories to include activewear, denim and chinos, among other products. There's even womenswear on the horizon, as well as more physical stores opening throughout the year. Ben Yahalom, form

Week in Review: TikTok's ban, Anta's popularity and mass retail's layoffs

Jan 30 2025 29 mins  
On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and special guest host Tom Nowak, CMO of the Midwest-based fashion retailer Evereve, break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. Tom and Danny discuss the murky gray area marketers are finding themselves in thanks to the TikTok ban, the sudden rise to popularity of Chinese sneaker brand Anta, an

How Danielle Alalu plans to grow Derek Lam 10 Crosby’s sales by 70% in 3 years

Jan 28 2025 35 mins  
President of the contemporary fashion brand Derek Lam 10 Crosby since July, Danielle Alalu has big plans for the company, which include growing its annual revenue from $35 million to $60 million over the next three years and hosting its first New York Fashion Week presentation next week. On this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast, Alalu discusses her strategies for developing

Week in Review: Men's Fashion Week, the second Trump presidency begins

Jan 23 2025 30 mins  
On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about Paris Men’s Fashion Week, including a matrimonial show from JordanLuca and the debut of Pharrell’s latest collaboration, with Nigo, for Louis Vuitton. Later, we talk about the fi

NFL fashion editor Kyle Smith: 'It would be a miss' for fashion to ignore the sports opportunity

Jan 21 2025 38 mins  
In the fall of 2024, the NFL hired its first fashion editor, Kyle Smith. The timing felt right, considering the increasing number of fashion and sports collaborations that had rolled out in the months prior, fueled in part by the Summer Olympics. There was also the growing interest in “tunnel fits,” thanks to social media providing more access to athletes’ lives off the field

Week in Review: NRF report, Proenza Schouler designers depart, the TikTok ban looms

Jan 16 2025 29 mins  
On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we report some of our observations from the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in Manhattan. Later, we talk about the departure of Proenza Schouler’s founders and where they may go next, as well as the

Mack Weldon's Brian Berger on surviving as a DTC brand in the modern landscape

Jan 14 2025 30 mins  
Brian Berger founded the men’s basics brand Mack Weldon over a decade ago just as the DTC boom was about to begin. Mack Weldon rode that wave to success, but the landscape for DTC brands has changed significantly since then. On this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast, we talk with Berger about the importance of flexibility, the ways he's navigated Mack Weldon through a challe

Week in Review: LA's fires, True Religion's acquisition, Wolford's fulfillment problems

Jan 09 2025 25 mins  
On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we talk about the devastating wildfires hitting the West Coast and how brands are responding. Later, we discuss True Religion’s recent acquisition and consumers' frustration with hosiery brand Wolford’s sl

MoMA’s Chay Costello on leveraging 3 million visitors and brand collabs to create a popular retail destination

Jan 07 2025 33 mins  
The MoMA Design Store has earned a reputation as a destination for product discovery and a source of cool, limited-edition, gift-worthy finds. On the fashion side, those have included exclusive collaborations with Champion and New Era. On this week’s Glossy Podcast, the curator behind the store’s assortment, MoMA Retail's Chay Costello, breaks down her merchandising secrets.

Week in Review: Walmart's climate target miss, fraudulent returns and the return of Louis Vuitton x Murakami

Jan 02 2025 25 mins  
On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and international reporter Zofia Zwieglinska break down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, we discuss the swing away from sustainability among large companies including Walmart. Later, we talk about brands' strategies for dealing with fraudulent returns and the Louis Vuitton x Takashi M