From Flint, Michigan, under a continued COVID-19 quarantine, Ali Rose VanOverbeke, Founder and CEO at Genusee , the first circular economy eyewear brand, joins Fashioncast via Zoom to share her inspirational and motivational story of struggle, renewal, and awakening in her quest to build a company that matters. There’s no denying Ali VanOverbeke is on a mission. The Parsons School of Design graduate began planning her fashion career in the second grade and set her sights on Parsons in the fourth...
May 01, 2020•40 min•Ep. 24
From Paris, France, under a COVID-19 quarantine, the fashion photography artist couple Mia Macfarlane and Julien Crouigneau join Fashioncast via Skype to share their amazing careers as art photography creatives living in the fashion capital of the world. The couple describes themselves as “self-taught” fashion art photographers, but don’t be fooled, they are both highly educated artists who happen to love photography and are clearly two of the most creative people we have ever had the pleasure t...
Apr 16, 2020•37 min•Ep. 23
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas Werner, renowned international fashion photographer, author, professor, and consultant calmly and dutifully made it to the Fashioncast studio and delivered one of the most compelling and entertaining podcasts to date. In this amazing episode, Werner weaves a dramatic and authentic narrative to his rise in the world-of-fashion and gives new meaning to the word perseverance! He’s been through lean times, had great success and is clearly comfortable ...
Mar 18, 2020•39 min•Ep. 22
Listen up Fashioncast fans, court is in session! Whether you’re steeped in the fashion industry’s legal jargon or not, this week’s guest, Andrea Arndt, Patent Attorney at Dickinson Wright, informs and demonstrates why anybody in the fashion industry with something to protect should get their legal house in order. Arndt, with degrees in biomedical engineering, computer engineering, and law is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and specializes in fo...
Feb 21, 2020•38 min•Ep. 21
Welcome to Boston Fashioncast fans! Often referred to as a ‘brain factory” with 50 higher educational institutions and more than 250,000 college students, heady intellects are easy to find. But, this week’s guest, Jay Calderin, is literally a fashion genius. Immersed in the world-of-fashion since the age of 14, Jay Calderin is a “Who’s Who” in the fashion industry and arguably is the intellectual force behind Boston’s fashion scene. As the founder of Boston Fashion Week over 25 years ago, Direct...
Feb 07, 2020•33 min•Ep. 19
All the way from Kula Lumpur, 9,275 miles from our podcast studio in Detroit, Adam Minter, best-selling author and journalist joins the show via Skype to answer a myriad of questions regarding the secondhand fashion industry including “Who will be the last to kill your hoodie?” In Secondhand, Minter traces the lifespan and travels of various secondhand items donated to US charities and thrift stores, with a particular interest in clothing, only to find they have very specific geographic destinat...
Jan 24, 2020•38 min•Ep. 19
Fashioncast fans, we can’t say enough about Nicole Jarecz a young and extremely talented artist with an old soul for fashion illustration. It’s a fascinating interview with Nicole as she delves deep into her experience as an artist including her early years, her education at the College for Creative Studies (CCS), and her “lucky” but unusual path into fashion illustration. Nicole is a busy woman raising two young daughters and working from home. Nevertheless, she’s found time to illustrate. Afte...
Jan 09, 2020•30 min•Ep. 18
The Director of the new Detroit Fashion Community (DFC), Elizabeth Kincaid, is in the studio this week Fashioncast fans and she’s making headlines about the launch of the organization. While careful not to reveal too much before the official launch date, January 1, 2020, Elizabeth tells us plenty about DFC’s mission, objectives, and partner collaborators. Detroit Fashion Community’s Founder and President, Latrice Delgado-Macon, who has been a guest on Fashioncast several times, is the creative e...
Jan 02, 2020•27 min•Ep. 17
Julia Schenke, owner of Dresscode by Julia, rocks this episode of Fashioncast. Julia is full of positive energy, a great sense of humor, and lots of in-depth personal style advice. Julia, born in Germany, has an incredible background story to share about her entry into the world-of-fashion, her extensive experience in the German garment industry, and the eventual launch of her own styling business. Julia’s sense of style is so unique, the style itself could be a brand! Christine and Mike credit ...
Dec 26, 2019•37 min•Ep. 16
In one of the most inspirational and moving interviews you’ll ever hear, Mary Alice Stephenson, GLAM4GOOD Founder and the official “Mother Teresa of Fashion,” teams with Patrick Shaner, U.S. Communications Expansion Specialist at H&M, to give back to poverty-stricken children in Detroit. From the first question to the last, Mary Alice, a salt-of-the-earth person and part of the “Who’s Who” in the world-of-fashion passionately explains the genesis of GLAM4GOOD, the foundation’s mission, strat...
Dec 19, 2019•24 min•Ep. 15
Stunning! It’s the only word to can describe the two guests on this episode of Fashioncast. Mrs. Michigan 2019, Rachel Adenaas and recent winner of the Miss Michigan USA 2020 contest, Chanel Johnson, agreed to appear together and talk about life challenges, their paths to pageant victory, and of course, fashion! You couldn’t see it, but these two beautiful women came to the studio dressed in high style and a sense of fashion elegance. They even brought and wore their sashes! You’ll marvel at how...
Dec 12, 2019•34 min•Ep. 14
It’s a Friday night styling packed show Fashioncast fans! From the Foundation Hotel podcast studio in Detroit, Christine and Mike interview arguably the two most notable stylists in Michigan, Latrice Delgado-Macon, aka “Lady Latrice,” and Marv Neal, aka “Smiling Styling Marv.” Both have been in the personal style and celebrity stylist business for the past 20 years and have been collaborating for the past eight years. When it comes to the business of fashion, especially in Detroit, the Dynamic D...
Dec 05, 2019•45 min•Ep. 13
Listen close Fashioncast fans as the globe-trotting Canadian swimwear designer Ana Stulic is a rare interview in the world of fashion. A native of Croatia, raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, schooled in Europe and Asia, and now a frequent visitor to the USA, Christine and Mike have appointed Ana the unofficial title of "Ambassador of Fashion" for Canada! In this episode, you’ll hear how Ana, "for as long as she can remember," has been immersed in fashion, and with a little family encouragement,...
Nov 28, 2019•38 min•Ep. 12
It’s an interview for the record books Fashioncast fans. Co-hosts Christine and Mike are still trying to recover from the overflow of astounding fashion information from the one and only Aki Choklat. Literally, fresh off his recent triumph as being named Hour magazine’s Best-Dressed in Detroit (on the cover), Aki Choklat, international shoe and accessories designer, Chair of Fashion Accessories Design at the College for Creative Studies, entrepreneur, accomplished fashion author, and all-around ...
Nov 22, 2019•39 min•Ep. 11
Well, just when the Fashioncast hosts thought they were done for the afternoon, along came RC Caylan, another 2019 FashionSpeak workshop presenter, with a story so powerful we decided to release it as a separate podcast. Listen and take the journey, and connect the dots to another unbelievable fashion story so powerful Christine and Mike sat wide-mouthed more than once! An incredible story is told of RC’s initial curiosity about fashion observing his grandmother a full-time seamstress and garmen...
Nov 21, 2019•28 min•Ep. 10
We’re not sure how they accomplished this one Fashioncast fans, but FahsionSpeak was able to recruit Jolie Altman, the prized jewelry designer from Birmingham, MI to be the 2019 Conference’s Keynote Speaker. In this interview, Jolie explains her amazing and unintentional path into the fashion world. From designing and making jewelry for herself to a year-round business providing upscale one-of-a-kind jewelry at truck shows and special fashion events across the country. Jolie’s central message? “...
Nov 18, 2019•28 min•Ep. 9
If Karen Buscemi isn’t the epitome of leadership in Detroit’s world-of-fashion nobody is! Fashioncast fans will love Karen’s energy, focus and sense of mission. In fact, before she began the interview she mentioned ten minutes would be the most she could hang out, luckily we wrapped up in eight! Karen is the Founder and President of the Detroit Garment Group, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit promoting education and opportunities in Detroit’s fashion community, and the CEO of Detroit Sewn, a full-time cut-a...
Nov 14, 2019•24 min•Ep. 8
Sep 20, 2019•20 min•Ep. 7
Join Fashioncast at the Second Annual Michigan Fashion Summit for a day of fashion energy and excitement. In Part I of the podcast Christine and Mike interview the gifted, talented and always energetic Loren Hicks, Founder of Michigan Fashion Week and the Michigan Fashion Summit, about her background in the fashion industry, her motivation to collaborate with anybody and everybody interested in fashion, and the her on-going projects. Next they interview Marv Neal, celebrity stylist, and all-arou...
Sep 17, 2019•25 min•Ep. 6
Perk up listeners, Lady Latrice is in the house! Fashion celebrity stylist and visual merchandiser Latrice Delgado-Macon graces the Fashioncast studios and schools the hosts and audience on the-world-of fashion styling. An entrepreneur stylist and speaker, visual merchandiser, personal development mentor, and radio host for her own show Fashion Talk, Lady Latrice hits it out of the park answering in-depth questions about: The roles stylists and designers perform Why visual merchandising is criti...
Sep 02, 2019•40 min•Ep. 5
You’ll be very happy you joined the Fashioncast listening club for this episode folks! He’s a handsome, educated, experienced, humorous fashionista trendsetting actor, writer, and model—who could ask for a better podcast/YouTube guest? BTW—did we mention he has a great voice and knows how to use it too! Ryan Scott Lax, Michigan native, and all-around good guy, describes how he’s honed his unique “look.” He details exactly why an actor/celebrity/public figure needs to “work” on their image and bu...
Aug 24, 2019•48 min•Ep. 4
Few people earn the title “Instagram Influencer” and are officially included in Instagram’s coveted top 1%, but Fashioncast guest Sarah Hermiz is one of them! Listen and learn from one of the most energetic and positive fashion influencers we’ve met! Follow along as Sarah details her amazing journey, including all the trials and tribulations from her Myspace days to Instagram stardom. Sarah also discusses the use of Instagram for modeling with her two young daughters, the impact of social media ...
Aug 20, 2019•37 min•Ep. 3
Thinking of jetting off to Paris, France Fashioncast fans? Save your money! Erin Wetzel, fashion merchandiser and curator extraordinaire, and owner of Orleans + Winder, invites the Fashioncast hosts to her boutique in Detroit’s Eastern Market where she sells a plethora of high-end fashion items from some of Europe’s most notable and emerging designers. In this exclusive on-site episode, Erin shares her extensive experience as a buyer and merchandiser, and the importance of collaborating with des...
Aug 02, 2019•46 min•Ep. 2
You’ll be on the edge of your seats this week Fashioncast fans as George Khalife aka “George the Jeweler” joins us in the studio. George is a local Detroit jewelry designer who has a serious celebrity clientele including Khloe Kardashian, Christina Milian, Gigi Hadid, and Ashley Graham among many others. Join the ever talkative and entertaining jeweler as he delves into his family’s long history and experience in the jewelry business, and explains why emerging designers must utilize, leverage, a...
Aug 01, 2019•42 min•Ep. 1
