The Business of Fashion Podcast

The Business of Fashion Podcast

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Pete Nordstrom on the Enduring Power of Retail’s ‘Best Mousetrap’

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Nordstrom — a company that began as a small shoe store in Seattle founded by a Swedish immigrant and has grown into a $16 billion retail juggernaut.At a moment when the American department store sector is under enormous pressure — with ban ...  Show more

How Fashion Picks Its Hip Hop Style Icons

Hip-hop has served as a primary pipeline for fashion’s entry into pop culture for decades, transitioning from organic street-level references to high-stakes global partnerships. Brands have historically leaned on a select group of superstar "style icons" to drive visibility, with ...  Show more

Andrew Mukamal and the Rise of Method Dressing

Over the past two years, press tours for films like Barbie and Wuthering Heights have become strategic fashion narratives — moments that extend a film’s story far beyond the screen.At the centre of that shift is Andrew Mukamal, the stylist for Margot Robbie who has become synonym ...  Show more

Tariffs Are Down, But Uncertainty Is Back

Nearly a year after President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs sent shockwaves through the fashion industry, the Supreme Court ruled he did not have authority to impose the sweeping levies. For an industry that imports billions of dollars in clothing, footwear and accessor ...  Show more

London’s Premier Party Photographer on the Art of Working a Room

If you’ve been to a major party in London, Paris or Los Angeles, chances are that Dave Benett was there too. For nearly four decades, Benett has been a constant presence, documenting the evolution of celebrity, society and style in all the spaces and places where culture is happe ...  Show more