Cant Not

In conversation with Edward Jones, of @edwardjonesatelier on how his early fascination with the understructures of victorian dress, the diaries of lady's maids and the hidden details and soft techniques of old haute couture sewing set him on his journey to becoming a couturier. Edward gets into the parts of couture sewing people may not realise and how hard it is to translate couture pieces in the digital age. We speak about what may be lost if this way of making isn’t up kept and the danger that puts couture fabric houses in. We get into his antique corset collection and his interest in preserving the corset history of the wartime and post war era. Other topics in our conversation include more on his collecting, 80s Emanuel Ungaro, his hat collection, the hats by the legendary milliner Madame Paulette, the punctuation mark of a Stephen Jones hat, whats next for the Edward Jones Atelier and so much more <3

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In conversation with Allison Dickerman, founder of NYC based vintage store Allison's Archive on leaving her PR job to start her own business, the intuition and feeling that goes into her curation, admiring designers who weren’t afraid to have fun, missing the times when designers didn't try to appeal to everyone, Dsquared FW 2003, the constant surprises in sourcing, Vintage going from niche to mainstream, how archives have become cultural currency, the skate moss heel and so much more <3

In conversation with Antoni Burakowski, of Antoni and Alison on behalf of both Antoni and Alison! Antoni paints a vivid picture of the early 1980s in London, jumble sales on Brick Lane, performances by Divine, happy hour at Peppermint Park, always looking your best and going to Saint Martins College of Art — where him and Alison first met. We get into what brought them together, what led to their first collection, their principles, their design techniques, the slogan tees, being their own PR, pioneering digital printing on garments, making the perfect handbag, having a show about all the things they didn’t like, Alison wanting less, Antoni wanting more, what has kept their friendship and business partnership alive over 30 years, and so much more!

In conversation with James of menswear archive Spiral Sense on how he entered the space and is continuing to make it a career, pivotal moments in menswear,  the experimental cuts and innovative materials of the 1999 collections, Roberto Manichetti and his underrated designs for Burberry from 1998 to 2001, Mandarina Duck and their in-house fabrics, design elements he gets excited about, current designers he is looking at, thoughts on the current state of fashion and so much more <3

In conversation with Matteo Azzolini writer and creator of the fashion substack Why You Should Care, a weekly newsletter investigating key cultural shifts and trends across luxury, fashion, lifestyle, and pop culture. In this Episode we dive deeper into a topic Matteo has previously explored -- Fashion's obsession with the archives. We get into the role of nostalgia in an unstable world, the ultimate luxury is what you can not buy, how archives are used as borrowed storytelling, what this means for emerging designers, the shift of creation to curation, the currency of taste, vintage used in film and so much more <3