StyleZeitgeist Podcast

The Birth of the Antwerp Six with Oscar van den Boogard

Our guest is the award-winning Dutch novelist Oscar van den Boogard, the author of The Six: The Untold Story of the Antwerp Six, an oral history of the origin of one of t

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 Men’s with Philippe Pourhashemi

We are back with fashion journalist and critic Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Spring / Summer 2027 men’s season at Pitti Uomo in Florence, Milan Fashion Week(end), an

Art on the Edge with Banks Violette

On this episode we host the American artist Banks Violette. While this is not an episode about fashion per se, Violette and StyleZeitgeist have much in common culturally.

The Antwerp Six With Philippe Pourhashemi

This special episode of the StyleZeitgeist podcast was recorded live at MoMu, Fashion Museum Antwerp, as part of the opening weekend program for The Antwerp Six exhibitio

Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi

We are back with the fashion critic and writer Philippe Pourhashemi to review the Fall / Winter 2026 women’s season. Eugene and Philippe discuss Demna’s runway debut at G

There is a Future For You with Jeppe Ugelvig

On this episode we speak with Jeppe Ugelvig, the editor of Viscose journal, and a scholar, writer, and curator who works at the intersection of fashion and art. We talk a

Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 Men’s with Philippe Pourhashemi

On this episode we discuss the Fall / Winter 2026 season with the journalist Philippe Pourhashemi. We talk about nice clothes versus fashion, the trio of shows at Pitti U

Numbers with Intern Pierre

Intern Pierre (not his real name) is a professional investor who runs an eponymous Substack where he deftly dissects the smoke and mirrors put up by the luxury sector. Hi

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi - Part 2

In this two-part episode Eugene Rabkin and Philippe Pourhashemi discuss this past season of many debuts, whether the so-called "great reset" was successful, and address t

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 Women’s with Philippe Pourhashemi - Part 1

In this two-part episode Eugene Rabkin and Philippe Pourhashemi discuss this past season of many debuts, whether the so-called "great reset" was successful, and address t

We All Came to Barneys with Gene Pressman

Our guest on this episode is Gene Pressman, of the great retail family that made Barneys into a New York fashion institution that has become part of the city lore and tha

Against the Grain with Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe

Our guest is Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe, one of the most talented Belgian designers you have probably never heard of. We speak about his career arc, from assisting Josephus

Fashion As Concept with Hussein Chalayan

The Turkish Cypriot designer Hussein Chalayan burst onto the London fashion scene with a brilliant 1993 graduate show Tangent Flows. With work that blended philosophy, sc

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026 Men's with Philippe Pourhashemi

We are back with the fashion journalist Philippe Pourhashemi to reflect on the Spring / Summer 2026 menswear season. We discuss many collections, starting at Pitti Uomo i

How To Build an Independent Brand in Paris with Lutz Huelle

On this episode we speak with the German fashion designer Lutz Huelle, who has built a brand with a cult following from scratch. Lutz tells us about growing up in a small

What Martin Margiela and Dries Van Noten Meant with Patrick Scallon

Apologies for the hiatus, but we are back with a bang! On this episode we speak with Patrick Scallon, Paris-based communication consultant who was the head of communicati

What Luxury? with Robert Williams

On this episode we speak with Robert Williams, Luxury Editor at the Business of Fashion. We start with Robert's unique career journey as an American student in Paris

NEMESIS with Emily Segal

On this episode we speak with Emily Segal, the founder of the brand strategy agency Nemesis, publishing house Deluge, and the author of the novel Mercury Retrograde. Emil

Paris Fashion Week F/W 2025 Women's with Philippe Pourhashemi

We are back with Philippe Pourhashemi to review the women’s Fall / Winter 2025 season. We discuss the debuts of Veronica Leoni at Calvin Klein, Haider Ackermann at Tom Fo

Fashion & Art: Redux with Natasha Degen

Natasha Degen, the chair of Art Market Studies at Fashion Institute of Technology and the author of Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion after Andy Warhol, is back on the