You Have To Wear Something

Nicole interviews Brandon Earl about his sustainable menswear company, his journey as a Black tailor from Ralph Lauren to creating the future of sustainable made to measure. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole reviews the new competition show “The Hype” streaming exclusively on HBO Max. While it’s great that streetwear is getting the recognition it deserves, in some ways the show may leave out the very culture that created it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole shares why live commerce is the next wave of the e-commerce revolution and why all retailers should master it now.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

After meeting Bronx Native owner in his store, Nicole circles back with a not-to-be-missed interview with Amaurys Grullon to discuss entrepreneurship, community advocacy and surviving Covid as a small business in the final frontier of anti-gentrification; the Bronx. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Kerby-Jean Raymond becomes the first Black designer to present a couture show under his eponymous Pyer Moss label paying homage to Black inventors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

We keep seeing this term material literacy floating around the sustainable movement in fashion and other industries. But before it becomes word salad: what is material literacy? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

*Through Mercury Retro tech fits…Nicole chats with the founder of Lingua Nigra, Alicia Goodwin about what it’s really like to be a Black jewelry designer and why supporting Black business should not be a trend. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

This is a not-to-be-missed important conversation with one of the most pivotal designer stories to come out of 2020. “Fresh” of HENRY mask and luxury brand Rich Fresh shares his meteoric rise to fame against impossible odds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole discusses the highs and lows of being a Black man in fashion PR. Tyree Robinson is cracking ceilings while evolving within a changing industry. There’s room for everyone. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

ARod rides the JLo Glow by launching his own line of makeup specifically a blur stick concealer. Will wearing make up become normalized for cis straight men? It seems that way. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole chats about the uncelebrated culture of fashion in prison and that fashion show that went viral recently on TikTok. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole has an engaging conversation with L.A. based visual artist Cortney Herron about being fulfilled, managing your art business like a boss and the importance of Black joy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

If you are vaxxed, waxed and ready to hit these post-Covid streets there are a few attainable runway styles on repeat. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

We’ve all bought a BoHo chic dress from Free People or Anthropologie without knowing the origin of keffiyeh or tatreez, A symbol of Palestinian struggle that’s falling victim to fashion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole joins...well everybody in her style-first critique of Oprah’s interview with Megan Markle. There are more symbols than you realize. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Brands are still today’s colonial masters. The biggest world polluter next to oil is clothing. Learn about Kantamanto, the worlds largest secondhand market in Ghana. Let’s stop sending our “Dead White Man’s Clothing.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole loves where things come from and all the little details that go with it. This Black History Month learn about the mini contributions of Black designers. Do we smell a series? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole chats with three of her favorite people from Chicago; Tina, Sadie and her cousin Keli. A great chat and homage to Chicago, things get spicy indeed! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole gives her two cents in a mini rant on the Vogue cover of vice president elect Kamala Harris, the problem with it and the fashion drama kicking off 2021. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support

Nicole joins life coach Linda Leising for a third time to wrap up the year with gratitude discussing the gifts of Covid and the positive highlights we could take away from a tumultuous unprecedented year. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/youhavetowearsomething/support