In episode ten of Creative Conversations , Suzy is joined by Michael Kors, whose American sportswear label is celebrating its 40th anniversary next year. He is marking the event with a thoughtful reappraisal of his past and future, where highs have included dressing stars from stage, screen and state, from Jennifer Lopez to Angelina Jolie to Michelle Obama, whose bared shoulders the designer brought to the fore. Michael talks to Suzy about building his own label in the 1980s and designing for Ce...
Jun 30, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In episode nine of Creative Conversations , Suzy is joined by DURO OLOWU, the fashion designer who works at the crossroads of fashion, art and culture. The wonder of Duro Olowu is that he has developed himself as an art curator as well as a creative fashion artist. The two fit hand to glove. He is autonomously able to express himself artistically through his fashion creations, or through selecting art for museum exhibitions. The remarkable Nigerian-born creator’s greatest skill is in the delicat...
Jun 23, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In episode eight of Creative Conversations , Suzy is joined by the celebrated photographer to the stars, Richard Young. Young may have photographed Princess Diana, followed the Sex Pistols around the UK, visited Romanian orphanages with Michael Jackson, and slipped into Elizabeth Taylor’s party for Richard Burton, but when demonstrators gathered in London’s Hyde Park last week to demonstrate for the “Black Lives Matter” movement, Young returned to a different side of his work. Now in his early 7...
Jun 09, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In episode seven of Creative Conversations , Suzy is joined by the philanthropist and supermodel, Natalia Vodianova. Her story is a fairy tale – with a mighty dollop of reality and grit. Growing up in Russia, she helped her mother sell fruit in the market; looked after her sister, who has special needs; and hobbled through a childhood in which her family could not afford to buy new shoes for her growing feet. Then, as in all the best stories, she became a model in her teens, married a British ar...
Jun 01, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this sixth episode of “Creative Conversations”, Suzy is joined by an entrepreneur with true vision – Federico Marchetti, Chairman and CEO of YOOX Net-A-Porter Group, who is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his company. In 2000, Marchetti founded YOOX, the world’s first lifestyle e-commerce destination –before the launch of Facebook, Instagram, and the iPhone. In 2015, YOOX and Net-A-Porter merged to create YOOX Net-A-Porter Group, which was acquired by the luxury goods conglomerate, Richem...
May 26, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this fifth episode of Creative Conversations, Suzy is joined by the young dynamic designer, Marine Serre. Marine’s second-ever collection, A Radical Call for Love, created for her own label for Autumn/Winter 2017, was designed in the wake of the Paris and Brussels attacks while she was working at Balenciaga, and featured what would become Marine's signature: a crescent-moon motif. This led to Marine winning the prestigious 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. Rihanna presented her wit...
May 19, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In Episode 4 of her new podcast series, Suzy hears the moving and uplifting life story of the Creative Director of Balmain, Olivier Rousteing. Hear the unique story of how Olivier Rousteing and his “Balmain Army” have fought for diversity and inclusivity in the fashion industry for nearly ten years. An inspiration to us all, his many supporters include Beyoncé, the Kardashian clan, Rihanna... oh! And Michelle Obama. Olivier understood the power of social media very early on in his career, and ha...
May 12, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this third episode of Creative Conversations, Suzy is joined by the thoughtful, funny and profound designer Alber Elbaz, as he enters a new fashion phase with the Richemont Group. Alber talks us through his career, from Geoffrey Beene to Guy Laroche then Yves Saint-Laurent Rive Gauche and 14 years at Lanvin, where he earned a reputation for creating looks loved by women the world over. Produced by Natasha Cowan. Edited by Tim Thornton. Music by @joergzuber. Graphics by Paul Wallis. Production...
May 05, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 3
For her second episode under lockdown, Suzy Menkes looks up - at the fantastical hats of milliner Stephen Jones. Working with Christian Dior - and as the imaginative hatter of choice for Comme des Garçons and Marc Jacobs - Stephen Jones explains how headwear is a signal of communication and self-expression. The mighty milliner, with a witty sense of humour, defines designing for creative fashion houses and for clients as like going to a cocktail party: “You will have a different conversation and...
Apr 28, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 2
For her first episode, Suzy welcomes Maria Grazia Chiuri, the Creative Director Femme of Christian Dior - the first woman to lead the brand, and one who has enriched it with her distinctive feminist and artistic vision. Whilst we are all in lockdown, Suzy and Maria Grazia discuss feminism, Couture, design inspiration - and growing up in a fashion family. Produced by Natasha Cowan. Edited by Tim Thornton. Music by @joergzuber. Graphics by Paul Wallis. Production Assistance by Lauren Sweeting. Sup...
Apr 20, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1
