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In this special episode of Fash-on, Fash-off, we speak with London designer Bethany Williams and Sapna Brooks, Buying Director Gap EU, about how we tackle the quagmire of sustainability in fashion. Hosted by Bojana Kozarevic, Fashion Editor at i-D. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this one-off special episode of i-D podcast Fash-On Fash-OFF we discuss the highs and lows of trying to break into a creative industry, how to get noticed by big brands or platforms, and the importance of sticking to your vision. We're joined by visual artist Jasmine Lasode, who won Nike’s On Air competition to design an Air Max with her London summer of love inspired design, fashion designer Priya Ahluwalia, who won the 2019 H&M design award, and Robyn Lynch, a menswear designer who recently joined the Fashion East talent incubator. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the last episode of our current series, we talk all things Paris Fashion Week. We hear about the shows – the who, the what, the where, the wow. And we discuss the week’s most biggest moments, including the first Chanel collection since the death of Karl Lagerfeld two weeks ago. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We return to our regular service with a roundup of everything you need to know from Milan Fashion Week. We hear from i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter, who’s already moved on to Paris, ready to do the whole thing again. And we listen to an interview Steve did with Marine Serre – the French designer behind one of fashion’s most exciting new labels. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We discuss everything from Monday’s shows. We touch on JW Anderson -- a designer who debuted a collection of craft and volume. And we chat though Christopher Kane, where i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter was backstage to talk fetishes with the man himself. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We discuss everything from Sunday’s shows. We take in what was the schedule’s biggest day – featuring new collections from fashion big guns Vivienne Westwood and Burberry. And we touch on some of the names set to be fashion big guns of the future – Gareth Wrighton, Yuhan Wang and Charlotte Knowles of Fashion East. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re broadcasting live again from London Fashion Week. We take a look at the second day’s shows, which saw Molly Goddard and Simone Rocha present their latest collections. And we hear from photographer Nick Knight on his short film for Maison Margiela’s Reality Inverse presentation at London’s Serpentine Gallery. Today’s discussion is helmed by i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter, with Deputy Editor Felix Petty and Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic in support. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the second episode of our new series, we broadcast live from London Fashion Week. We dissect the first day’s shows, and hear from the very mega Asai, Symonds Pearmain and Matty Bovan. And we find out what else was top of the pops for our discerning fashion critics i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty, i-D Fashion Editor Max Clark and i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For our first episode of this series, we talk all things New York Fashion Week. We hear from our US Editorial Director Jack Sunnucks on the latest trends, collections and chit chat from the shows. And we introduce our first look at London Fashion Week – one that will see us broadcasting an episode a day live from the runway. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Starting this Friday morning, we’ll be dropping an episode a day, recorded live from London Fashion Week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For our last show of the year, we look back at some of the biggest fashion moments of 2018. We revisit some highlights from the last 12 months of chit-chat. We round up a year that saw Virgil at Vuitton, Kim at Dior and dinky sunglasses on Instagram. And we figure out what it all means in a year in which fashion, often, meant everything but the clothes. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a special live podcast, recorded at Google Pixel 3’s Curiosity Rooms, five of the UK’s most inventive designers – Claire Barrow, Eden Loweth and Tom Barratt of Art School, and James Theseus Buck and Luke Brooks of Rottingdean Bazaar – join i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse for a unique recording of Fash-ON Fash-OFF. Discussing how they use everyday objects and surroundings as the inspiration for their work, they explore how extraordinary things are happening all around us -- even if we don’t always see them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk all things scumbro. We discuss the rise of the trend – one that has seen Justin Bieber, Jonah Hill and Pete Davidson heralded as style icons for dressing like teenage slackers. We figure out what it says about the world today and where it fits in the wider embrace of irony within fashion. And we consider whether the bubble has already burst, with the news that Justin Bieber has shaved his head (!). i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty and i-D Senior Editor Clem De Pressigny. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In October, we joined forces with London’s iconic V&A for a special photography edition of their Friday Lates and as part of the celebrations, i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter was joined by one of the most exciting image makers working today, south London-born-and-based photographer Campbell Addy. Over the course of an hour long conversation, the pair discussed Campbell’s career and his work on Nii Journal, a biannual arts and culture publication. They talked Campbell’s role within the new start-up generation, those bright young things who have jumped fashion’s impenetrable walls to question what creativity looks like in 2018. And they took questions from the audience, as we learnt more about one of the most authentic voices in fashion now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we’re talking i-D, straight up! We discuss the birth of the straight up photography style, one that uses head-to-toe portraits to capture people in both real and imaginary situations. We hear from Steve Johnston, the photographer whose images of punks on the King’s Road became the catalyst for street style photography as we know it. And we learn how Steve’s original straight ups went on to form the basis of a little known magazine called i-D, a hand-stapled fanzine founded by Terry Jones in 1980. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a new wave of students enrol and apply to fashion college, we team up with 1 Granary – a magazine and website run by the under and postgrads of London’s Central Saint Martins – to find out what makes a good fashion student. We take advice on completing your portfolio and getting an internship. And we gain a better understanding of how to make it in one of the toughest industries to crack, from the students who know it best. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re joined by iconic photographer and director Mario Sorrenti. We discuss his new book, Kate, a collection of portraits of a young Kate Moss. We hear how the images caught the eye of Calvin Klein, becoming the reference for the famous Obsession perfume campaign in 1993. And we learn more about Mario’s work as he discusses both his inspirations and his career as a photographer to date. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse hosts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk all things Paris. We discuss our favourite fashion moments of the week. We hear from MACHINE-A founder and buying director Stavros Karelis on his takeaways from the season. And we look back on the last month to give our thoughts on spring summer 19 as a whole. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter and i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk all things Milan. We discuss who provided the headline-grabbing moments. We hear from our man on the ground, i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter. And we get all the chit-chat on the latest trends from spring/summer 19. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty and i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Youth, energy, ideas; this London Fashion Week had it all. The Big Fashion Moment™ came this time via Riccardo Tisci and Burberry, but we still had the continuing rise of Matty Bovan, the expansive multicultural universe of Asai, and, of course, ten years of a certain Victoria Beckham to celebrate. Fash-ON Fash-OFF was there through it all, and this episode we bring you all the trends, surprises and fashion related chit-chat you need to feel like you were too. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter and i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk all things New York fashion week. We give our opinion the shows – the who, the what, the where, the wow. And with many of the biggest designers choosing to show in Paris, we discuss where the future of New York lies. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter and i-D Editorial Director, US Jack Sunnucks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We first spotted British-Ghanaian photographer Campbell Addy when he was still a student at Central Saint Martins. A few short years later and he’s shooting his first i-D cover, snapping the enigmatic face of model of the moment Adut Akech for our Balenciaga cover story. Not only is Campbell one of London’s rising stars, he’s also the publisher of Nii Journal and the founder of Nii Agency, a culture magazine and modelling agency respectively, and he’s one of fashion’s nicest guys! With i-D’s new Earthwise issue hitting the stands, i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse meets Campbell and gets his advice on how to make it as a photographer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nail It is the fierce new beauty brand founded by trans activist and author Charlie Craggs, where every nail decal starts a conversation around a trans issue. Her first fight is trans visibility and she’s using it to petition Unicode (the people who decide which emojis appear on our keyboard) over the lack of a transgender flag emoji – the most requested for two years running. Until the community gets its flag they’re hijacking the lobster, and today Charlie tells i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse all about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The gender binary is being shaken up! As new generations increasingly view gender and sexuality as unfixed, we meet model and activist Munroe Bergdorf to unravel why the future of fashion is non-binary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With toe shoes on the runway, we discuss whether footwear's latest felony is a step too far. We try to figure out whether ‘ugly as cool’ is still news in 2018. And we question whether we’re witnessing the rise of the next big footwear trend, or the thing to finally push ‘ugly’ design into the realm of flat-out parody. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty and Rebel Royale, creator of ugly shoe Instagram account @CrimesAgainstShoemanity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we hand the reigns over to South London broadcaster and friend of i-D Zooey Gleaves. Zooey’s going to be investigating how the fashion industry has changed and how a new generation of models are championing ideas of representation. He’s going to be discussing what the emergence of new bodies in fashion can provoke, and whether casting choices can be inclusive as well as tokenistic. And he’s going to be hearing from three models working today -- Josephine Jones, Jordan Charles and Al Ly, asking them about their careers so far and their experiences of working in an industry accustomed to, as he puts it, “cookie cutter ideals of beauty”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we discuss how the recent men’s and couture shows redefined the idea of luxury. We ask what’s changed and who’s leading the charge. We hear from fashion writer Osman Ahmed on his thoughts from couture. And we focus in on what John Galliano is doing with Maison Margiela’s “Art-Is-Anal” project – that’s his pronunciation not ours. Today, i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty, i-D Fashion Editor Max Clark and i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this special episode, i-D Fashion Director Alastair McKimm chats to model Paloma Elsesser – the Pat McGrath muse and Fenty Beauty ambassador who graced the cover of i-D’s Radical Issue earlier this year. Together they discuss Paloma’s career so far, as well as their thoughts and feelings on the state of the industry today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As a new exhibition, Print! Tearing It Up, opens its doors at London’s Somerset House, we explore the history and impact of the British independent magazine scene. We chart the evolution of print publications. And we celebrate the current crop of innovative independent magazines out there today. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by Somerset House Senior Curator Claire Catterall, Mushpit magazine’s Bertie Brandes and Sharan Dhaliwal of Burnt Roti. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As Virgil prepares to present his debut collection as artistic director of Louis Vuitton men’s, we hear from some of the 39-year-old designer’s closest friends and collaborators. We speak to his old college dormmate, restauranter Gabriel Stulman. We hear from Oana Stanescu, the architect behind the designer’s OFF-White stores. And we chat to Benji B, the British DJ and producer in charge of the debut show’s soundtrack. If that wasn’t enough, we’re also joined by the one and only Naomi Campbell – the iconic model and friend of the designer, who discusses what Virgil’s appointment means for luxury fashion and the wider industry as a whole. Hosted by i-D Arts and Culture Editor, Matthew Whitehouse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the first episode of series 2, we’re celebrating Alexander McQueen. We’re joined by the directors of a new documentary on the late designer, Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui. And we’re charting his rise from working-class boy from the east end to one of the most iconic artists of the century – before his shocking and premature death by suicide in 2010. Fash-On Fash-OFF is hosted by i-D Arts and Culture Editor, Matthew Whitehouse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dubbed "the Super Bowl of fashion," the Met Gala is a night when the world’s biggest celebrities, designers and models come together in some of the most OTT looks imaginable. In this – the final episode of series 1 and our last until June – we’re we're discussing what it is and who gets invited. We’re scrutinising the ecumenical matter of this year’s dress code – Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. And we’re revisiting some of the best and, shall we say, more challenging looks from Galas gone by. This week, i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Digital Director Hanna Hanra and i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As American Crime Story concludes, we’re joined by Darren Criss – the former Glee actor behind the role of Gianni Versace's murderer Andrew Cunanan. We discuss his preparation for the part – what he knew about the case and what he was surprised learn. And we find out more about the ascent and descent of a killer who, crucially, could have taken a very different path. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse presents. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yellow is everywhere. In this week’s episode we’re taking a deep dive into the year’s biggest colour trend – Gen Z Yellow. We’re going to figure out what it is and why we should all apparently care about it. We’ll be hearing from Art Hoe Collective – a New York based movement often credited as originators of the craze. And we’ll be debating where this leaves millennial pink – the once ubiquitous tone left cold and shamed in a forgotten corner of Instagram. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Deputy Editor Felix Petty, i-D Features Editor Tish Weinstock and i-D Contributing Editor Douglas Greenwood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pimple positivity is the new trend. This week we'll be discussing the Justin Bieber Insta story that highlighted the movement -- the one in which he declared “pimples are cool”. We’ll be hearing from Peter DeVito, a 20 year old photographer who, for the last year or so, has been sharing his unretouched portraits of people with acne. And we’ll be figuring out where this all fits within wider conversations about – and perceptions of – bodies within the fashion and beauty industries.i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Features Editor Tish Weinstock. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s episode of Fash-ON Fash-OFF, we’re talking all things Vetements. We’ll be discussing the article that made the brand bluer than Walmart Yodel Boy. We’ll be attempting to figure out whether rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated. And we’ll discussing what’s next for the label in this cut throat business that we call fashion. This week, i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter, i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic and i-D Contributing Editor Douglas Greenwood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re talking all things film. We’ll be revisiting The Wachowskis 1999 classic The Matrix and seeing if we can discern its influence beyond last week’s discussion of tiny sunglasses. We’ll be discussing the probable impact of Call Me By Your Name on your summer wardrobe – a film that i-D has written about approximately 60,000 times since its release. And we’ll be hearing from costume designer Ruth Carter on her afrofuturist vision for recent Marvel movie Black Panther. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic and i-D Contributing Editor Douglas Greenwood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we’re taking a deep dive into some of the year’s biggest fashion trends. We’re going to figure out what the deal is with everyone wearing small sunglasses. We’ll have a go at deconstructing fashion’s love affair with the ugly trainer. And we’re going to get our heads around a fashion season in which the Dior saddle bag came back (again) and plastic bags became the latest must-have item. i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by i-D Features Editor Tish Weinstock and i-D Contributing Editor Douglas Greenwood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the past four episodes we’ve taken an inside look at fashion week: New York, London, Milan and Paris. We’ve discussed the shows we’re obsessed with and we’ve got the proverbial lowdown from our guests as we asked the question – how did we get here? This week we’re going to hear from a few of our previous visitants. We’re going to muse on the last month of fashion – the who, the what, the where, the wow of autumn/winter 18. And we’re going to try and surmise what the impact will be on the rest of the year. Whether we’re going to all start carrying around our own Gucci-style severed heads – things like that. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re talking all things Paris Fashion Week. We're going to cogitate on the week’s best fashions – the who, the what, the where, the wow. We’ll hear from creative director Demna Gvasalia backstage at Balenciaga’s autumn/winter 18 show. And we're going to take a deep dive into that collection as we discuss where the designer has taken the house since he gained control of it from Alexander Wang in 2015. This episode, i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by Bojana Kozarevic from Paris. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Fash-On Fash-OFF we’re talking Milan Fashion Week. We’re ruminating on the week’s best fashions, taking a deep dive into the latest Versace show and talking through episode one of American Crime Story Season 2: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, as we attempt to answer the question – how did we get here? i-D Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Whitehouse is joined by Bojana Kozarevic and Douglas Greenwood, while i-D Fashion Features Editor Steve Salter reports from the ground. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

i-D's Matthew Whitehouse takes a deep dive into Christopher Bailey’s final show as Chief Creative Officer of Burberry. We hear from Features Editor Steve Salter as he attempts to make sense of the brand’s re-embrace of it’s iconic check. And we’re joined by Digital Director Hanna Hanra, Junior Fashion Editor Bojana Kozarevic and Contributing Editor Douglas Greenwood as we cobble together our summations on the who, the what, the where, the wow of LFW. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What happened at New York Fashion Week 2018? Who wore what and what does it mean? i-D's Matthew Whitehouse is joined by Bojana Kozarevic, Max Clark and Steve Salter. Plus Jack Sunnucks reports from the Calvin Klein show in New York. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

FASH-ON FASH-OFF is a new weekly podcast looking at the week in fashion, produced by i-D. We'll be discussing the shows we’re obsessed with and getting the inside story from people who know, as we ask – how did we get here? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.