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Episode 32: Conversation with TANYA TAYLOR designer and founder

Episode 32: Conversation with TANYA TAYLOR designer and founder

FromDry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + Style


Episode 32: Conversation with TANYA TAYLOR designer and founder

FromDry Clean Only: Conversations on Fashion + Style

ratings:
Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Apr 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, fashion-insider, host Kristen Cole sits with designer and founder Tanya Taylor in NYC. The two discuss Tanya's journey with her eponymous ready-to-wear collection, as the brand enters its 10-year anniversary and embarks on its first New York, Madison Avenue flagship. They discuss Tanya's commitment to building an inclusive, joyful and inviting brand centered around empowering women to feel their best. They discuss her love for color and art, "color as a mood booster", her color therapy classes, travel and recent trips, getting in the dressing room more with clients, the brand's considered development and merchandising evolution, production practices, inclusive sizing up to size 22, her path to fashion from finance to Central Saint Martins and Parsons School of Design, her singular advice to young designers, and brand expansion beyond beautiful statement dresses into children's, swimwear, denim, tailoring and foundational wardrobe pieces. Kristen also touches on new NYC museum exhibitions, art dinners, and gallery openings, what she's buying for spring, upcoming Closely Crafted celebration, Fashion Reimagined, Succession, Barbie the movie... and more.
Released:
Apr 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (41)

Fashion-insider Kristen Cole examines the current state of fashion and sweeping paradigm shifts through conversations with industry friends and colleagues from her twenty-years as a fashion director, experiential retailer, buyer and tastemaker. She sits with designers, stylists, experts, leaders and innovators to delve into the most prescient industry topics of the moment, sharing insights and observations, with plenty of not-so-serious talk sprinkled in. Dry Clean Only celebrates fashion's finer qualities while exploring the many opportunities to re-create in this rapidly changing landscape.