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In short

Fashion People episode mixing fashion-week news, a sports-fashion culture discussion, and a major controversy. It covers the CFDA CEO Stephen Kolb being placed on leave after allegedly manhandling PETA protesters at a Cost show, plus the upcoming “Ghanis” award show (not live-streamed) and U.S. Open fashion/culture saturation. It also discusses Tom Brady’s Instagram and Joe Burrow’s custom Aloe trousers.

Guests

Lauren Sherman (host; Puck’s fashion/beauty writer) and Madeline Hill (co-host of Sports Gossip; sports culture journalist; launched Sports Gossip in 2024 with Charlotte Wilder; previously worked with Model Alliance; has a viral anonymous Twitter account “Ship Models Say”).

Key claims

U.S. Open has reached “peak saturation” due to influencer/creator credentials and brand activations; Wimbledon is less influencer-credentialed. Kolb’s alleged actions are “insane” and raise concern about his state. Brady’s post-divorce Instagram signals identity/optimization culture; Burrow’s Aloe look suggests a fashion deal.

Notable examples

Ghanis categories (Gay Guy of the Year, Ally of the Year, It Girl of the Year; nominees include Sam Haim, Audrey Hobart, Rachel Sennett, Veronica from SNL). Kolb vs. PETA at a Cost show. Brady’s shirtless/long-caption posts and “hood over head” DM vibe. Burrow’s custom Aloe trousers.

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The CFDA Controversy

0:00 to 1:08

Discussion about the CFDA's statement regarding CEO Stephen Kolb's situation.

“So I'm obviously, obviously a big believer that mental health and physical health go hand in hand.”

The CFDA Controversy

1:12 to 1:22

Discussion about the CFDA's statement regarding CEO Stephen Kolb's situation.

“You deserve mental health care that works with you, not against your budget.”

The CFDA Controversy

1:55 to 3:05

Discussion about the CFDA's statement regarding CEO Stephen Kolb's situation.

Ghanis Award Show Overview

3:05 to 4:14

Introduction to the inaugural Ghanis award show and its significance.

“Kolb has been placed on leave pending a full review.”

Birthday Celebrations and Personal Updates

4:14 to 5:26

Casual talk about recent birthdays and personal plans.

“We only deal with founders, but DLX, what does that stand for?”

Categories and Nominations at the Ghanis

5:26 to 7:17

A detailed look at the categories and nominees for the Ghanis awards.

“I'm celebrating by recording a podcast with Jason and having a meeting and then running some errands.”

Fashion and Tuxedo Discussions

7:17 to 10:24

Light-hearted banter about tuxedos and fashion choices for the awards.

“There's also Ally of the Year, which is gay guys who are nice to us.”

The PETA Incident and Stephen Kolb

10:24 to 14:00

Exploration of the incident involving Stephen Kolb and PETA protesters.

“That is what Ben Edgar was wearing on Saturday night, a Sid Mashburn suit.”

Fashion Show Security and PETA's Impact

14:00 to 17:00

Discussing security measures at fashion shows amidst PETA protests.

“I've been taking my Muay Thai classes and I'm going to kind of exercise my right as a citizen to make a takedown.”

Evaluating the Incident's Fallout

17:00 to 19:40

Analyzing the implications of a controversial incident involving a designer.

“I spent yesterday going to see Zane Lee and Form and all the good show.”
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Personal Experiences with PETA

19:40 to 23:20

Reflecting on personal encounters and opinions regarding PETA's activism.

“what what is that is this one of those canvassing jobs where you you were like Do you have a second for the environment?”

The Importance of Fashion in Sports Culture

23:20 to 27:40

Exploring the intersection of fashion and sports through personal connections.

“So join us for brand new episodes every Wednesday.”

Previewing the U.S. Open

27:40 to 28:00

Discussing the upcoming U.S. Open and its cultural significance.

“It was a licensing deal, and we've actually just recently left The Athletic.”

Elevated Gossip in Fashion and Sports

28:00 to 28:26

Explore how fashion intersects with sports and politics through gossip.

The Influence of the U.S. Open

28:26 to 31:08

Discuss the increasing celebrity culture and brand presence at the U.S. Open.

“That's the only thing I'm going to have time for.”

Decoding Sports Gossip

31:08 to 35:08

Examine the criteria for covering sports gossip, focusing on stories with tension.

“And then it's also just brands showing up being like, we need to have some sort of presence at the U.S.”

Fashion Trends at the U.S. Open

35:08 to 37:44

Analyze the fashion choices of attendees and players at the U.S. Open.

“I mean, this should literally be the rule of every single journalist or media.”

Cultural Saturation in Sports

37:44 to 42:03

Discuss the saturation of content and brands in sports culture today.

“I think she wore Carolina Herrera, I think, if memory serves me correctly, in her Vogue wedding exclusive, obviously.”

The Impact of Football Stars on Fashion Brands

42:03 to 44:12

Explore how football stars influence fashion marketing strategies and brand visibility.

“What do you think about the sort of potential?”

Tom Brady's Post-Football Transformation

46:13 to 52:16

Delve into Tom Brady's evolving identity and social media presence post-retirement.

“Let's talk about Gucci star Tom Brady and his Instagram.”

Fashion in Sports: Joe Burrow and Aloe

52:17 to 56:00

Discuss the intersection of sports and fashion through Joe Burrow's style and collaborations.

“Speaking of, can we discuss Joe Burrows, a real fashion plate who I learned about when I first started at Puck from my colleague, Peter Hamby, who has two amazing podcasts out of Puck now.”

Navigating the Challenges of Vlogging

56:00 to 57:30

Discussion on the discomfort and challenges of vlogging and content creation.

“I just want to go to a no-far method right now.”

Anthony Vaccarello's Departure from Saint Laurent

57:30 to 1:00:00

Insight into Anthony Vaccarello's career at Saint Laurent and the potential for change.

“Okay, couple little newsy things I wanted to discuss with you.”

Chloe's Fashion Position and Consumer Perceptions

1:00:00 to 1:03:00

Exploration of Chloe's brand image, pricing strategies, and consumer sentiments.

“They do not have some hit bag that I ever think about ever.”

Giselle's ID Magazine Cover and Media Exposure

1:03:00 to 1:05:53

Discussion on Giselle's cover and the implications of her media portrayal post-divorce.

“I'll spend a couple hundred dollars, but like not 2 ,000 euros.”

Reflections on Tom Brady and Media Dynamics

1:05:53 to 1:08:38

Analysis of Tom Brady's career and public perception amid personal changes.

“They were a couple who, I mean, again, I barely know anything about either of them, but I didn't think they were going to break up.”
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1:54hello and welcome to fashion people i'm lauren sherman writer of pucks fashion and beauty memo line cheat and today with me on the show is madeline hill co-host of sports gossip she's here to discuss u.s open fashion on and off the court joe burrow's custom aloe trousers anthony vaccarello's impending exit from saint laurent new york fashion week and plenty more plus up top Paul Longgons, Chris Black, and Jason Stewart join me to chat about the Ghanis, their inaugural award show, as well as CFDA CEO Stephen Kolb's battle with PETA. Happy Tuesday, everyone. Hope you're having a great week. I'm back in Paris for a week.

2:39It's a really busy one. I want to get going with Chris and Jason, but just to let you all know, right before I sent out line sheet on Monday night, the CFDA board released a statement about Stephen Kolb, their CEO, who we talk about quite a bit on the podcast, and that he is going to be placed on leave. I'm going to just read the statement. CFDA takes this matter very seriously. And as a result, Mr. Kolb has been placed on leave pending a full review. CFDA as an organization is committed to working with dissenting voices to find commonality and is engaged in efforts to move the American fashion industry forward while upholding the values of our membership, including respectful engagement with differing viewpoints.

3:28I mean, the immediate reaction from people was like, how is he not already just resigned? Does this mean he didn't just step down? I have no idea. I haven't done that reporting yet. But anyway, it doesn't really change our conversation much. but I knew this was going to happen that something something would happen we'll see what's next but um please read line sheet especially on Monday that it's it's an interesting piece and says a lot about the state of the American fashion industry and also just like how the fashion system works at present I think you will appreciate it and feel free to send me any feedback you wish thanks so much Jason Stewart and Chris Black welcome back to Fashion People hey thank you happy to be here Lauren great to see you where what is this view that you just show me Jason Nine Orchard Hotel room 11W it's pretty nice how much are you spending a night on that don't worry about that Lauren don't ask questions don't ask money questions this early in the show Does DLX still rep Nine Orchard?

4:38We go direct to Larry. Don't even get started on us. Don't even play. You're blowout. You be spending money too. Don't play with me. We only deal with founders, but DLX, what does that stand for?

4:54It does stand for one founder, I think. Delacroix. No, it does actually. It does. And shout out to DLNC. Of course, I was with them on Friday night. Yeah, we're big fans of DLX on fashion people and How Long Gone, which... Totally. Guys, I want to... Love Justin Padgett. We need to talk about... First of all, happy birthday, Chris. Is today your birthday? Yeah, today is my birthday. Are you 4-4? I'm 44, yeah. I'm celebrating by recording a podcast with Jason and having a meeting and then running some errands. and they were going to go see charlie xcx time in brooklyn congratulations jason it was also your birthday this week uh last recently seller yeah seller i've been celebrating all month you know birthday month happens over here i don't really like the one day you know but you are also a virgo yeah what about you you a virgo but i have a concentration of people in this, like from basically September 9th to September 15th or so.

6:07There's a large concentration of people I know with birthdays in that time. It's nine months after New Year's Eve, you know? Totally. Yes, that is exactly what it is. I am early August, which is the same kind of thing, but more Thanksgiving. Sure, sure, sure. I was just saying it's also the birthday of the Ghanis, our inaugural award show happening tomorrow. Okay, so tell me, so the reason you're both on this podcast and that we do need to talk about the Stephen Kolb thing really quickly. Tell me about the Ghanis. They're happening the day that this recording is published. Yeah, at Racket in New York City.

6:45So yeah. What is Racket? Racket is the old Highline Ballroom in Chelsea, which if you've lived in New York, you've definitely been to the Highline Ballroom. I've been to the Highline Ballroom. Yeah. Tell the listeners about the Ghanis and why. Is it going to be live streamed? What is it? It's not. In classic How Long Gone fashion, it's in the room for the heads. It'll be recorded, but it will not be live streamed. We can't compete with Kai Sinat now that he's making clothes. The streaming world is open for us, but we decided not to take our swing this time. But no, the award show is a joke that we've been talking about for a while.

7:19basically like what if the Las Culturistas culture awards were for straight guys and women instead of gay guys and women so we've re-engineered it the best that we can I'd argue that your awards are also for gay guys as well no of course but everyone's included we're very all inclusive like a sandals speaking of gay men what are some of the categories that are up for the winning. Gay Guy of the Year, of course. There's also Ally of the Year, which is gay guys who are nice to us. Yeah, we reversed Ally. Gay Bader of the Year. Strali, we can call her. But then also classic Best Dressed Album of the Year, Best Regular Restaurant.

8:08It Girl of the Year. It Girl. Ooh. Who is nominated for Best Dressed since this is Fashion People? I don't really remember. it's kind of a moving target one second we uh we the only thing i know is we're gunning for sam hein to win it girl of the year obviously i'm trying to yeah what do we got here best rest we got sam mark gaducci our friend tim maddie matheson luke from luke's and mark ronson you know who i saw we alex and i saw on the street on saturday night ben who's Ben Ben Ben Shelton no um your friend that's the the designer in Chicago Ben Edgar yeah we were at dinner last night he looked super nice he looked great but he's not on the best dressed nominees he doesn't want that kind of smoke he doesn't want to be part of that what about it girl other than Sam who else is on that We got Audrey Hobart.

9:11We got Rachel Sennett, Chalita Collins, Veronica from SNL. I can't say her last name. Mary Beth Barone, Jake Shane and Ivy Wolk. I only know who like a quarter of those people are, but I'm looking forward to learning more about them. Has everyone who's nominated been on your podcast? No, no, no, no. Honestly, it's a little more. Award shows are interesting because now I'm learning as a longtime watcher. I'm learning that the puzzle pieces of the whole thing are very difficult if you want the winner in the room. You know what I mean? Yeah. So it's like it requires a lot of logistics. Especially when the award show happens the day after the Emmys.

9:49In a different scene. In a different part of the country. That's okay. That makes sense. So what are you all wearing? Are you being dressed by Loewe? No. I don't, you know, we're wearing tuxedos like adult men. Like I'm not trying to get funky with it. Yeah, tuxedo. Tuxedos that we own. That's what I was going to say. Do you both own your own tuxedos? And I guess neither of you have gotten like super fat or skinny. So they probably still have fit for years. Well, I just got my first tuxedo from Sid Mashburn like recently for a wedding. Like I would say like less than a year ago. That is what Ben Edgar was wearing on Saturday night, a Sid Mashburn suit.

10:30He looked very nice. I have to rep for my hometown. I mean, yeah, that's Atlanta's finest. I have to put on. Whereas my tuxedo is from Tom Ford. Wow, Jason, they make one long enough for you? Or is it custom? How does that work? It was a little. Our friend Mary Kate at Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills, a dear friend and How Long Gone supporter, was able to track down something long enough. And the Taylor team over at the Atelier, you know, bring a sleeve out a little bit, bring a hem out, and it fits. I'm excited for these red carpet looks Where can Threads carpet brought to you by Meta Say her name Threadina So I guess the final question is If someone wants to engage with this content How can they if it's not going to be live streamed What do you mean Have you ever heard of Instagram There's going to be shit everywhere My friend David Gerzev is shooting portraits Like Vanity Fair Oscar style great uh and then we'll have all the red carpet coverage of course there's going to be plenty of there's going to be plenty of interviews and the whole thing it'll be it'll be enough okay well i look forward to linking to the best dress list the next day thank you that's better yeah we'll make sure to send a full recap okay so one other thing i wanted to talk to you about we're about to report how long water we're going to talk about it too but Go ahead.

11:56Let's talk about our good friends at PETA. Okay. So this will publish. I don't know when you all are going to. You'll probably publish how long gone before this. This goes live at 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning, essentially. 3 a.m. Eastern. Okay. I am writing something in Monday's issue about what happened. As of recording this, it is what time? 11 a.m. Eastern? or no 10 a.m eastern on monday stephen kolb has not resigned so this guy stephen kolb who is the ceo of the council of fashion designers of america which jason had you even heard of it before hell no before yesterday stephen kolbert did what um he like i don't even know what to say but that he got violent with two pita protesters at the cost show what what is his title again I'm sorry.

12:55CEO of the CFDA. He's like the boss of the Council of Fashion Directors of America. Oh, yeah. Lauren, that shit is insane. It's a real job. And he's had it since he was used to be the president and then became the CEO. But he's he's effectively run this organization, which is the closest thing fashion has to a union. It's not a union, but it's a nonprofit trade organization since 2006 for 20 years. But Chris, you are the one that that alerted me to it. I was on my way to the airport. Malik was at the show, which we only, you know, why were we even at the show? So good because he, I just don't understand how you get to that point when you know everybody in that room has a camera.

13:38That's all. That's my, I'm like, dude, you know that you're, there's no way this doesn't go viral. And if, if there is anyone who has not watched this, it's just, I just, it's everywhere. It's a, it's a cost show, right? yes and pita protesters show up and then he manhandle like like mouth cover there's any of the chicken a leg lock yes yeah two of them one guy apparently was recording something and um and another guy and the and then the woman he was like he basically bear hugs her from behind and is like but why after the first one i don't know which one came first but like there had to be security people there i'm sure i know i know for sure they knew pita was pita is always at fashion week but that the cfda in particular had discussed it internally that they were going to be around and we they needed to watch out it's a car show this is the classic job if you want it done right you got to do it yourself that's what kolb said he said these security games are going and pay 30 an hour.

14:46I've been taking my Muay Thai classes and I'm going to kind of exercise my right as a citizen to make a takedown. Do you, see, here's the thing. Do you all think that he should quit? Like, what do you think should happen? I don't know. The board could fire him, I guess. There is a board of directors that includes people like Tory Burch and Emily Bodie. What do you guys think they should do? Like, do you think he should step down? They have to tell him to quit. That's how this works. I'm going to say no, Because if there's a security guard, the security guard would do the same exact thing. They would remove the person of unfortunately with some force and the security guard would be given a gold star.

15:26You did your job. I have seen many security guards get rid of PETA people over the 20 years I've been going to fashion shows. It is way more elegant than that. They go and they just swipe them out. I've seen it. They've they've gone to they've gone into Hermes shows like these people. get in everywhere it's more of a push out than a fucking yeah i would say colb he doesn't feel like a like a samoan bodybuilder like i'll often uh security guard does so he had to exert more force and passion but also you know how fashion week goes the drama of the shows i've seen dior and i i know how stressful it can get we've got the cost show laid out perfectly it's gonna be beautiful and then you got a pita bitch coming in here it's gonna drive you crazy it's amazing that it's costs like i didn't know they use real stuff yes that that's the thing like what do they they definitely don't use fur so do they i guess use i think it's about wool which is even fucking i think cost was the only show they could get into that's but but i think they've been to other shows this week like these people giant brand i mean it's not like we're we're but i mean it's a giant brand it's like the celebrities who are at that show the amount of money there had to be they Lupita Nyong 'o was there like she must have had her own security that's why it's just I think Cole just broke he'd had enough he had he had a one and a half celsius's that morning and he was he was he did Barry's Chelsea at 5 15 and he was fucked up you know it is it is funny and it's not funny and it is just like it was honestly disturbing I talked to a strategic communications person about it and they said i don't think he needs to resign it's completely crazy but pita and but it's pita and the fashion people who famously do not live in the real world see galliano probably think he did the right thing which like there is not one fashion person even a vegan fashion person who thinks pita who likes pita everyone in fashion hates pita but like I think it's just it just the look on his face so maniacal I like too much I'm not even saying he did the right thing or the wrong thing I'm just saying yo you look crazy and that's the that's not I don't think this we don't have to talk about Peter you just look crazy how's it real when you argue with fools no one can tell who is who you know yeah it's not good I think the i think the concern honestly is is he okay because to do that what what state is he definitely not okay hell no but i mean i think maybe maybe there was you know maybe cost is big money shit he wanted to protect the investment well i mean that's the thing like why is cost doing a fashion show at new york fashion week because they have a bunch of money that's the only reason lupita might live here you know it's probably easier to get her here or to la than to you know she definitely definitely does not want to go to the Emmys.

18:24Don't they have their own show, Lauren? Absolutely not. Like, this is why I had to leave early. I spent yesterday going to see Zane Lee and Form and all the good show. I mean, I miss Tom Brown because I was there since Tuesday. I didn't want to stay until Tuesday night, even though I'm sad to miss the Ghanis. So I went home on Sunday and spent the whole day Sunday going to previews of designers whose shows are important and Malik, you know, it's important for us to go to Kos because they have a lot of money and they're putting on a show but do I think they should have a show? No. I don't. Well, I think most people...

19:06They should sponsor the Ghanis. That's what they should do. I'll wear a fake leather jacket for the right price. Vegan leather. Powered by Kos. Shout out to our Pita family. Jason and I have more experience with Pita than most people listen to this podcast i have to say from our hardcore animal rights background but i still have no patience for pita but i've handed out flyers in my life and most people listening to this can't say that they're more supportive of the liberation front yeah but you know pita's cool i want to mention i want to mention earth crisis on fashion people just just in case any heads are listening is this one of these like do you have the a second for the environment what what is that is this one of those canvassing jobs where you you were like Do you have a second for the environment?

19:48Earth Crisis is a legendary hardcore band, and there's a famous Earth Crisis t-shirt that says Animal Liberation on it. You might have it. Do you have it? I do have it. It's a remake. There is literally no one listening to this who has ever heard of any of that. Not true. Firestorm to purify. Some heads are listening. They know. Once they see how long gone on the little show notes on your little episode, you're going to get a lot. Now there's going to be a Reddit thread. Lauren Sherman is so annoying. Why do they talk to her? No, we try to bring everything we can to the table. We want to talk about it all with you.

20:19So if we can put your listeners on to some classic 90s vegan straight edge hardcore, we should. Guys, I appreciate you. One last question. This American style T-shirt you're wearing, Chris, is it Hanover? No, this is Biz Sherbert's newsletter. I don't know it. Should I subscribe? Yeah, she's the best. She's cool. They do a podcast called Nympha Alumni. Oh, yes, I've listened to it. Because New York Magazine suggested that - Got like a nice star on the back. Oh, I need to subscribe. Because New York Magazine suggested that fashion people and Nympha alumni be like complimentary to each other. And if you listen to one, you should listen to the other.

20:59Yeah, you're kind of like their big sister who has a job in the city. And they're sort of about, you know, they're on the cusp of, you know, so, you know, watch out. They're going to take your job soon. So form an alliance with them. Business creates college campuses and does style surveys. It's actually valuable. Okay, I need to subscribe immediately and everyone else should and they need to come on the podcast. Guys, thanks for giving me so much new information. Good luck tomorrow night. Thank you. I will wake up on Wednesday morning and look at the clips. Yeah, check your wire image feed. Check AP.

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23:33Madeline Hill, welcome to Fashion People. Thank you so much for having me, Lauren. So we've known each other for a long time. You're ostensibly, as we would say in Puckies, here to discuss the U.S. Open and a bunch of other fun news stories. But you and I met a long time ago. You weren't at the Model Alliance yet, were you? I think I had maybe started doing some work with them. I started working with them. You were like a social media intern in college, and we tried to get you. This is the other person I tried to get to drop out of college. We tried to get you a job at GQ. And John Januzzi, who will listen and be like, I'm so excited I was mentioned, was like, wait, she's in college.

24:24I was like, who cares? Lauren, do you know what happened with that interview process? no tell so so you we I kind of jumped you were you basically were a social media savant and somehow you and I met I remember we had drinks were you 21 I don't even know if I was 21 to be honest probably not and somehow you got connected maybe you were also Twitter friends with John Januzzi who was the social head of social media at GQ but you interviewed for a social media job there, right? And then what happened? Well, you connected me with John about the job, but I think I knew him because I ran an anonymous Twitter account called Ship Models Say that went viral.

25:08Oh, ship, you're Ship Models Say. Yes, I was. I was. If anyone listening knows what that is, I'd be impressed. And I think he followed the account. And then I'm pretty sure I met you by me being a weirdo and messaging you on LinkedIn. I'm pretty sure. It's very possible. Um, but that interview process, you then told John like, oh, this girl Madeline should interview for this job at GQ. I did like, I, from what I remember, I think I did like a virtual interview and then I went in person and met with the editor in chief. Was it Jim Nelson? I think it was. Wow. Yeah. I mean, it was, it would either be Will or Jim Nelson.

25:48And I think that John worked there before Will was that. Yeah. But that was crazy because I think I was, I had to have been 19 or 20. So I definitely met you before I was 21. And I remember being like. I definitely took you to drinks on the Bowery at this like Mexican place that I used to go to all the time. Listen, I don't encourage underage drinking. However, I was a model. So I do know my way around. You seemed 21. Yeah. No, that was crazy. That was very much a fake until you make it experience. But one of many because I lied to get my first internship working for Natalie Juice, the former casting director and early fashion blogger.

26:25Yeah, when I was 17. What was her blog called? It was called Jixi? Juxi? Juxi? Something like that? Yeah, oh my God, it was big. I'm shocked she's not up in Substack, but I guess she probably just has other things to do. She lives in LA maybe. I thought she did live in LA and then I feel like I Instagram stalked her recently. I feel like she moved to Belgium where she was from, I believe. I could be wrong. I could be wrong. Yeah, I could see that. She seemed very Belgian. It was definitely an experience. And I remember freaking out one time because I accidentally sent something to Australia, some sample that wasn't supposed to go to Australia.

27:05And so I had to beg the guy at FedEx, the one on spring, to get it back. And that was like the highlight of that internship experience. That's amazing. I had a weird thing with her once where I interviewed her and she got upset about something. I can't remember. In the end, it ended up being okay, but she was like mad about something. Well, you know, c 'est la vie. Yeah, so the sticks were higher then. Anyway, so we've known each other for a long time. Now you are a sports culture journalist, and you have this huge podcast called Sports Gossip that was sold to the New York Times, I believe. It was a licensing deal, and we've actually just recently left The Athletic.

27:45Breaking news. Breaking news. Yeah, we're in the process of finalizing our next deal. So more information to come on that soon. But yeah, I launched that podcast in 2024 with my co-host Charlotte Wilder and it's all about off the field storylines in sports and it has gossip in the name, but obviously it's elevated, elevated gossip and we use the word gossip to draw people in, but we're talking about stories in fashion and politics that all have some sort of connection back to the sports world and what's happening on the field. yeah so so perfect perfect for this week because a lot happened in sports okay let's start with the u.s open i have not covered it all in line sheet because i've been like i the only thing i've covered is whether anna wintour shows up or not but um from the outside as someone i'm not i played tennis in high school i like tennis i'm not a i'm just not i don't watch anything like i just i don't I really want to watch Furious.

28:43That's the only thing I'm going to have time for. But the point being, obviously, tennis has become a huge monoculture thing when there is no monoculture in the sort of coming out of the pandemic. It's just become so big. And I feel like this U.S. Open in particular, it's just like so many celebrities, so much. What do you see sort of happening in tennis culture right now? And also there's just so much content around it. There's newsletters. There's just so much going on. And how is that kind of affecting the game or the culture of the game? Good question. I mean, I think in particular, the US Open has always been a very fashion-centric tournament.

29:29I think there was a lot of discussion around, oh my God, all these influencers at the US Open. It's like, they've been at the US Open. but I do feel like this year in particular, we reached a peak saturation point where it felt like every brand that I had never even heard of having a suite at the U S open had a suite and sent influencers to early rounds of the U S open, um, in ways that I don't feel like you saw as much before. I feel like you kind of saw the, the premium, like a Ralph Lauren's always going to be at the U S open because they dress the ball people. Um, but then other brands were there that I was just a bit more surprised by.

30:04I even saw some smaller brands send people. And I do think that the social media element certainly doesn't help that people now feel incentivized to film all of these live sporting experiences and like the experiential moments around the US Open. I went to, I think, the third round. And even just when you're walking the grounds, the amount of activations happening, air quote activation, you know, here's a little free snack and a photo at a photo booth, which I personally wouldn't want to stand in line for, but there were long lines for, felt like they were every two feet. And I can't remember last year if it was that many.

30:41I mean, there certainly were a lot of activations, but it does feel like brands have really taken over the U.S. Open in a way that is similar to the Super Bowl. It's the only thing I can kind of compare it to. But it does feel like it's like the combination of factors. It's social media, it's the TikTok, come with me to the U.S. Open with blank videos. It's influencers and celebrities feeling like it's a status symbol getting invited to the U.S. Open that is like, that's another element of it. And then it's also just brands showing up being like, we need to have some sort of presence at the U.S.

31:14Open because now everyone wants a piece of sports, no matter what type of brand you are. Yeah. I was in New York yesterday. I flew home last night and at Gem Home, there was some converse tennis thing what and because i tried to like go get lunch and they were like we only have pastries because we're doing an event in the back and it was like a converse event and there were tons of tennis balls so i have no idea huh but okay i was like wow they even are trying i don't understand like if if converse has a shoe that would be appropriate it was very weird interesting It's odd. I mean, because that's something I didn't even touch on are the events around the U.S.

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31:56Open that aren't even happening at the U.S. Open. They're happening in the city somewhere. And I'm always curious because they look crowded and a lot of people are there. But I'm always like, who are these events for? Like, and are they moving the needle for these brands in any sort of meaningful way other than saying we had an event at the U.S. Open and we had some marketing budget to spend? I gotta say I kind of wanted to be like can I just go into this because I would like some of the gem home food yes you should I looked it up it says our converse and gem and palms so isn't palms palm space so isn't palms that thing in that tennis thing in um palm society is that the one that's in palm springs maybe that's around Indian there's like that tennis club that's by Indian Wells I can't remember the name of it I don't know if that's what that is I think that's what it is.

32:50They did a thing and it says, come by today and tomorrow and say, hey, H-E-J. And oh, no, it's somehow Swedish. Oh, okay. I don't remember. Yeah, this is a Swedish person. Nikolai Hansen. But it's also connected to Palm Springs somehow. And it's tennis. I think it's the same place out in Indian Wells is somehow connected to okay i believe this person is swedish not danish but again i'm this is i'm just riffing now yeah they did this thing yesterday and i was like i would like a salad i don't just want a savory right right but yeah it's it's interesting how do you decide like out of all the the brand sports stuff to cover like do you feel you if if it's a super famous person you've got to cover it or is it more just if it's interesting like how do you sort through it for sports gossip in particular and you have a sub stack too yes um that's a good question i think if taylor swift's doing anything around sports i'm going to cover it regardless because it's we always joke on the podcast if we put Taylor Swift or LeBron James's name in the headline, you know, like, it's going to get more listens or opens if it's my newsletter.

34:21So I think in that sense, sure, yeah, I probably will always cover it. But I try to gravitate towards stories that are more interesting and different. Like, I, to be honest, don't really care about a major brand activating at the US Open. That, to me, isn't very interesting. I am more curious when if a brand is sending more interesting creators. That, I think, is a more compelling story. But when we talk about the show in particular, at the root of every story, we always ask, does this have some sort of tension at the center of it? So that could be a story that has tension at the center of it that has to do with Taylor Swift, or it could be about Tom Brady's Instagram, which I'm sure we'll talk about, that maybe people aren't necessarily covering at the time when we started covering it.

35:04But for us, there needs to be some element of tension. It doesn't necessarily mean that there needs to be scandal, but there needs to be some some pull there. I agree. I mean, this should literally be the rule of every single journalist or media. Yes. Attention doesn't have to be bad. It's just like there needs to be like a there there. Yes. Or you shouldn't be covering it. Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Really quickly, because I do want to talk about Tom Brady's Instagram because I know nothing about it. Oh, my God. I want to talk about him as and his his role in the in optimization culture, because to me, it's it's fascinating to see his transformation.

35:49But I felt like I was looking more at what people were wearing at Wimbledon this year than U.S. Open. Like, did you feel like the fashion on and off the court? What did you think about what people were actually wearing? Well, at the U.S. Open, a lot of guests are wearing tennis outfits, which I find strange. I'm not a big Halloween fan. And it, to me, reminds me of Halloween, wearing a tennis skirt to the U.S. Open. It just feels—it's like if I went to a doctor's office and showed up in figs. Like, I'm not going to wear scrubs. You know what I mean? I'm not playing. So there was a lot of that.

36:26And then there was this extreme other end of people dressing like they're an extra and gossip girl. Very preppy, feels almost a little bit outdated in terms of the style. Little polo shirts with skirts that aren't tennis skirts that just, I don't know, don't really work. And then, of course, there are people just in outfits because it's hot and wearing shorts and a t-shirt. And I certainly kind of fell in the middle. I wore shorts and a button down, but there is a lot of this sort of like gossip girl-esque dressing. And I've only been to Wimbledon once. I went last year, and I would agree with you.

37:04Wimbledon dressing is way better, but that's also not surprising because that tournament is not embracing influencers in the same way that the US Open being such an American sports and pop culture media event does. I even read that Wimbledon, I don't think they're credentialing creators. I don't know if they have in the past, but they've already said for next year, I don't think that they're doing that. Whereas the U.S. Open doubled the number of credentials they gave to creators, which also, it's not to say that those creators are the ones like the wearing gossip profits. I don't think that's the case, but I do think it encourages a culture of content creation and consumption around the U.S.

37:39Open that you don't necessarily see at other tournaments in the same way. Is the creator who's behind Dairy Boy, is she married to a tennis player? Yeah, Paige Lorenz. Now I think Paige Paul. She's married to Tommy Paul. And she got married recently. I think she wore Carolina Herrera, I think, if memory serves me correctly, in her Vogue wedding exclusive, obviously. Gorgeous. She looked good. But yes, she has a brand and then is also married to a tennis player. And so those kind of gals, they're also wags or like up there creating content, but then they're also there to support. Exactly. Yeah.

38:19You know what? Get that bag. Is he one of the Viore people? Oh, he might be. I don't know. You would actually probably know that better than me. I am obsessed with Viore's sports people, Tommy Paul. And I feel like he was one of the people that got, let's see. That sounds right.

38:46um ben tommy uh it's really hard now with ai to to find this stuff now it's really screwing that damn overview it's unclear okay he wears a he wears new balance maybe i don't okay i don't know it's there's no um there's no big story about it anywhere ben shelton hardcourt who is written by jessica schiffer who who used to write about fashion she's really a writer i just interviewed oh jack draper is the viore jack draper yes yes yes anyway is jack draper the one who i was like wow he's extremely cute people like him he's british i think yes okay so anyway what did you think about on the court it was our friend jacob gallagher wrote a piece for the times basically being like the style yeah this jack jack draper is a very cute guy but um the style for um like on the court was kind of it's almost like they've peaked in terms of tennis style do you feel that way?

39:58I do feel like we've kind of peaked and it felt like a swing back towards more just traditional tennis outfits across all the brands, obviously outside of Naomi Osaka, who walked out in those custom warm-up jacket looks style by La Roche. I don't know. I can't remember which brand she worked with. You might know this. And that was certainly very interesting. And she always wears something interesting walking out onto the court for the most part. but I there weren't really any standouts. I wasn't opposed to anything. I liked the Nike like double striped sports bra look. I think Serena was wearing it.

40:33That also kind of felt like a nod to just more traditional tennis outfits. Yeah. But there wasn't really anything that stood out as like this is bad or this looks terrible. Yeah. I was kind of neutral. Yeah. It's interesting. And Coco Gauff is on the cover of the new issue of The Gentlewoman. And I thought it was an interesting choice. They like athletes, and they've had a few different athletes featured in the magazine. Many different athletes featured in the magazine, but I think also on the cover. And I assume it's connected to her Mew Mew line, but I just thought it was an interesting choice.

41:14It does feel like to me, I don't know if we can get more into tennis as a culture. No. I mean, we've reached peak saturation, I feel like, across a lot of sports in terms of the ancillary content we're getting and all of these brands and media organizations trying to tap into sports. I think in some ways it works, and then in other ways it just does not land. Yeah. That covers an interesting choice. I mean, she's obviously a huge star. I'm curious. I saw online, it already said it was sold out, but I don't know if it's always sold out that quickly. So I don't know if that's just a comment. The Coco Gauff.

41:49I think it's really cute, too. Yeah, it does look good. And so people are like, I just want it. And I think it's probably a little more affordable than their typical stuff. So that probably helps. Yeah, I don't know. What do you think about the sort of potential? of because living in Paris, I'm much more exposed to football. Yeah. European football. And obviously everything I read in any sort of analysis is like, if you have a football star be in your campaign, it's like the best thing in the world for you. And also with the Ronaldo Gucci wedding, I was like in my interest increased and my kid keeps talking about Messi and Ronaldo asking if they're in the NBA.

42:40Oh, close. He's learning. But yeah, I'm just curious. Like, do you think that they have a that's that's the sort of slam dunk if you're going to if you want to hire an athlete and it's like European football is the way to go? especially if it's like a brand that I like has a male consumer. Totally. I mean, it's the world's most popular sport. I think we live in America, at least I think we lived with goggles on not thinking about the fact that it is the world's biggest. However, I do think even though going into this World Cup, it was unbelievably chaotic. The Joshua Kushner of it all that just all of the off the field scandals that were kind of happening leading up to the World Cup.

43:27It felt like it was going to be a bad PR look. And not to say FIFA is not full of bad PR scandals. But I do think that this World Cup exposed the American audience to a lot more soccer players that maybe they wouldn't have known about, even though they already are global stars. Like I think about Erling Holland, the Norwegian player, and like he went on basically a tour of America as like trying on cowboy boots and all this stuff that I think it's very smart for brands to tap into soccer players, even American brands. And I think people underestimate how many soccer fans there are in America. And it's only going to continue to grow.

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46:19Let's talk about Gucci star Tom Brady and his Instagram. Tell me about it. Tom Brady, Tom Brady. So for those who don't know, Tom Brady was married to Gisele Bundchen. He's the former NFL GOAT quarterback, as they say. They got divorced in, I think, 2023, I believe, or when they announced it. and since then this man has been crashing out online and also in his real life and to the point where on the sports gossip show we did a full sociological analysis of his Instagram I got my master's degree a couple years ago in sociology where I analyzed the top 30 most followed celebrities on Instagram and did a whole theoretical framework around that and so we applied that same framework to his Instagram to kind of figure out what sort of content is he sharing around which moments what do the captions seem like?

47:08What's the sentiment? And basically the overwhelming sentiment is that this man is going through it. Since he got divorced, this man posts more shirtless photos, long captions, post photos with his kids, clearly trying to grasp on to like these elements of family that I think he wasn't participating in because he was a football player and that was his whole world in a lot of ways. And then also he still continues to post photos of him with a football, like literally holding a football in all of these images. And I'm like, sir, you're retired. You're not playing football anymore. And so that Gucci moment does not surprise me at all.

47:45This man has lost his main identity, is trying to find a new identity in retirement and has no idea who he wants to be. And he's not he is a commentator on TV, but is not very good. Is that the. So he wasn't very good at the beginning. He's gotten better. And he's on a tenure contract, I think with Fox Sports. And I read recently that I think his goal is to actually write out the full contract and be a commentator for another seven years. I think that's left on his contract. And he's, he's done a better job for sure. Like when he started, he was definitely a little bit rusty. It's an amazing thing because this, this is typical, like they give them a real chance and and it is also it shows that the all you need to do with being on air is practice and the more you practice you will get good enough to not like be terrible right but um it does just require a lot of practice i would like to briefly talk about his physical transformation please because i mentioned this i believe i mentioned this to my boss at some point I was like, I don't know, because I don't follow football.

48:56I don't, I was like, I don't understand what happened to this guy. Like he, and, and there, and my boss was like, what are you talking about? It's completely normal. Well, but he is like, I know, isn't he on some like really weird diet? And then, but he just like, to me in the Gucci campaign, and I'm, this came, maybe came up on another podcast he is like the ultimate version of this idea of optimization in american culture like he is so gaunt i know this is he's so gaunt i know and i'm not i do i really don't like to comment on people's weight anyway i don't like when people comment on my weight so i don't want people to i don't want to comment on people's weight but it's alarming to me like it's so chiseled.

49:48Yeah. And I know he's like on some very strict diet or something or. He was on a very strict diet when he played. I don't know if he's still on that same diet, but to me, it looks like that kind of gone. I don't know if it's that he got like filler put in his face in a sort of strange manner or something. I don't know. I have no idea. But that's it. That's almost what it reads to me is like he's gotten some sort of Botox or filler or something. Or maybe he's gone to. do you know the beauty sandwich Ivan Paul? Oh, yeah, I've met him. Yes, I've, you know, I've gotten snatched before by him. Oh, wow.

50:23I've tried, but it never worked out. I mean, listen, it worked for me. I got it, but it was not cheap. And I'm not paying what he probably charges now for it. This was a few years ago. But I'm like, is he doing that? Like, is he getting some sort of snatching treatments? Because that's, I feel like, what the gaunt is. I think he's on peptides, too. You think? Probably. Probably. Yes. Well, he does also have this line called No Bowl, which is like his sort of like wellness, clothing, fitness line. Interesting. So I don't know if that's like he's on some routine for that. But he also that was another piece of his Instagram is he continues to post workout specific content.

51:02Like he's getting like sort of like The Rock. But The Rock feels more genuine, even though I know Tom Brady obviously worked out a ton. Of course, when he was an NFL player and still does. but it feels more genuine coming from The Rock than on Tom Brady's Instagram. I can't explain it. Should I follow both of them? I mean, listen, they have very different approaches to their Instagrams, but honestly, yes, they are fascinating. Because Tom Brady especially, like, you can tell what he's going through emotionally based on what he's posting on his Instagram story. I mean, he famously, we talked about this on the podcast, but like, he posted a selfie with his hood over his head like he wants a girl to slide into his DMs.

51:39Like straight up. And I'm like, okay, you are posting so vulnerably on the internet to millions of people in a way that should only exist for close friends at the most. Do you know what I mean? And I'm like, maybe he doesn't know how to use close friends, but he is just very exposed online in ways that I think other famous people are not and present much more curated. Not that he's not curating what he's sharing, but it does feel more intimate in a lot of ways. Well, I wish him the best and I will start following him. I like following fitness influencers. You should. So much of that has to do with fashion as well.

52:19Speaking of, can we discuss Joe Burrows, a real fashion plate who I learned about when I first started at Puck from my colleague, Peter Hamby, who has two amazing podcasts out of Puck now. But he was like going to Fashion Week and Peter was very excited. I was like, I don't know who this person is. Well, I love him. I love Joe Burrow. He's the quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. And he is always looking very chic walking into NFL games. I think he has some sort of overall deal with Aloe. So he's often in custom Aloe, which I am curious about. Like, are they really? I don't think they've ever released what he's wearing, but he was just photographed during week one walking in in these custom trousers.

53:03and I'm like, is Aloe going to release these trousers? Are they going to compete with Favorite Daughter, the internet's favorite wide leg trouser? You deserve a cut of Favorite Daughter. You've done so much for that company. You know, I must admit, I haven't worn my Favorite Daughter pants. They've been replaced by my High Sport pants, which I love dearly. I was going to say, you and I are real high. I'm wearing High Sport pants right now. Well, I always tell Alyssa, obviously from High Sport, I'm like, can you please make more long colors? because I have all the long colors and I need more. I think the other thing, because I am not as tall as you.

53:39I'm pretty tall, but I have short legs. So I don't, the length is not an issue. I just really like the straight leg one over the little kick flare. Oh, I don't think I've ever gotten those. I have them in the not safe for work. Oh, yes. I tried to order them in another color and she was like, I don't have them. I was like, but can you just make them in the straight? Yes, please. But I love the not safe for work fabric. I just almost exclusively get that now. Which is like just a little shiny. I mean, I'm wearing it for daytime. It is safe for work. I'm wearing my high sport pants right now. Not intentionally.

54:16They're great. They're the best. They're the best. But no, yes. Favorite daughter, I did wear those a lot. Because they are suited for tall people. Yes. Very tall friendly. And my foster sisters are very tall. So Joe is a walking spokesperson for Aloe. Yes. walking billboard for aloe yeah aloe i feel like is gonna they've made a bunch of new hires recently i feel like it's gonna it's gonna start popping and it's very popular in europe oh really i didn't know that yes it's um because they have stores in london and i believe a store here in paris and it's just i you just you see people on the plane like people wear it as fashion here because like wearing leggings here on the street is weird so if you're gonna do it like you really got to do it yeah um yeah i wonder if they're gonna open one of those aloe gyms in london if they haven't already do you know what i'm talking about oh there you go yes there you go i think they have like a cuss the yes the very the very i almost one-to-one during new york you know as with a friend of ours who's a social media executive uh-huh i don't want to out her right now she was like do you want me i was trying to like get into a class in between shows and She's like, want me to call Aloe right now and just ask them?

55:31And I was like, no. You're like, no, I'm good. Next time, though. I want to do a vlog. Lauren, nothing would bring me greater joy than if you did a vlog from the Aloe Gym. You know, I will take photos from the Aloe Gym for sure if you're allowed to. I feel like it's too private. I definitely want to go. Yeah. That is not it. I just was like, there was too much pressure and her calling being like, can you get me in? I also have friends who work at Aloe who would be happy to oblige me. but I was like, I just don't want to bother them. I just want to go to a no-far method right now. But yes, I don't, you know, and then we should move on because people don't want to hear about this too much, but I don't like vlogging.

56:12I find it, I think that there are a lot of people in this world who would be happy if I was more into vlogging. I don't like looking into the camera. It's hard. I find it, yeah, icky. And I know that that's where the world's moving, but I just am very uncomfortable. Yeah, I think that's valid to feel uncomfortable. I think I got a little bit more used to filming selfie style content once we started doing video for our podcasts and posting on YouTube where you're like, you're just on and you're used to seeing your face more and hearing your voice back and seeing your mannerisms on camera. But I also will say like watching content creators, yeah, people obviously hate on them, blah, blah, blah, blah.

56:52But it is hard. Like when I see some of these content creators out here at major sporting events, I'm like, surely this video is not going to be good. And then I watch it. I'm like, oh, my God, this is like a work of art. This video, I could never film this. And I worked in social media for over a decade before doing working in sports that I'm like, I don't know how you gain these skills. I mean, it's so impressive. And like the filming in person, like holding your phone and walking and filming, I'm like that I haven't really been able to master because that is like I feel too uncomfortable. and I feel like I'm being perceived.

57:24Yeah, well, you'll get there. I believe in you. Like we were saying, it's just all practice. Okay, couple little newsy things I wanted to discuss with you. So I had a report last week that Anthony Vaccarello is leaving Saint Laurent. This is gonna be his last show. From what I heard from people close to the Saint Laurent people, his contract's gonna be up soon and they're not renewing it. What I heard from people close to him was he doesn't like this situation there right now creatively and he's ready to move on. From everything I've heard, he doesn't have another job. I think he's just going to take time off.

58:07Like this job, he's worked his ass off for 10 years and it went really well. One little note that I thought was interesting and then the sort of understood thing is that Shamina from Chloe is probably the person who's taking the job. She's definitely interviewed for it. It sounds like it's for real, but they're both going to have their shows and get their send-off or whatever. I don't know the details of her contract at Chloe to know whether or not that would be possible, but she's been there for about three years. So it all makes kind of sense. She used to work for Anthony at Saint Laurent. She's a really strong commercial designer and they need a strong commercial designer.

58:52They also need a hit handbag, which someone said, you know, he hasn't put a handbag on the runway in 10 years. I don't know if that's actually true. But the point being that like, the business is very reliant on handbags, but handbags aren't in the fashion conversation. It doesn't have the sort of like entry-level handbag and then the handbag that fashion people want. And they need both. And they also, I think, from a merchandising perspective, could do a lot more with ready to wear in the stores. Shoes have been a huge success and will continue. But I was just curious as you're obviously a close follower of fashion and a consumer of it.

59:33Like, do you look at Saint Laurent? Do you care about this? Like, what do you think overall? I mean, I'm not surprised. I feel like his time has come to an end. Like, he did a great job there. And I feel like really honed in on what their vision is in this 2020s or whenever he joined. Didn't he join 10 years ago? Like eight years ago or something like that? Yes, exactly 10 years ago. But I always associate them, which maybe other people do or they don't, with sunglasses. That to me is the product that I associate with them. I agree. They do not have some hit bag that I ever think about ever. If anything, yeah, sunglasses would be number one to me.

1:00:08And then yeah, heels, like super high heels is what I think about. So I'm all for the change. I think it would be great. I am not a consumer of Saint Laurent. I've been into the only time I've really ever looked at their stuff was when I was looking for sunglasses because I was like, oh, they have cute shades. But that that is like the only thing I've ever even dug into. And then I just didn't even buy them. And I ended up getting another pair from a different brand. But I'm all for it. I'm like, shake it up. Yeah, I think I think it's good. I'm curious to see what he does after this he deserves a break and i'd be curious to see what he there was there was some speculation he was talking to louis vuitton because nicola jesquere their designer is gonna leave in the next year or so maybe maybe by the end of this year i think it's like they would love for him to leave but they if it's really his decision um but i was told by people inside at LVMH that they're not talking to Anthony for the Vuitton job yet.

1:01:09Who knows? Well, maybe it's because he hasn't had a hit bag. Yeah, well, this is the thing to me. It's like, I am not sure that, I think Louis Vuitton is a brand that needs to have a product designer as the head. Like a Virgil or a Jonathan Anderson or something. Like, not a designer designer. And also, one of the reasons Anthony was so successful at Saint Laurent is he used the archives so well and the archives there are so amazing. Vuitton has Marc Jacobs and Nicola Jesquer archives. They're not like ready to wear art. I don't, I just, she's a ready, ready to wear designer. So I don't know if that's right.

1:01:48But I think Shamina at, at Saint Laurent is really interesting to me because I really like what she's done at Chloe. I think overall, all of these brands, everything is a little too expensive yeah and they're gonna have to start to calibrate differently on pricing like you've seen like some Gucci stuff changing but it's not I'm not saying like completely lose your margin these brands need to make money but there is a way to like be a little sharper consumer psychology wise yeah maybe not 4 ,000 euro for the dress maybe 2 ,800 euro yes yes and you're still gonna make a lot of money on it but um but i think they are all sort of realizing okay we can't all be like hermes we can't all be like dior we need to have a little bit more um flexible pricing so i hope that because the thing about her chloe that i that was frustrating to me and i only really looked in the u.s but like there was blouses that were two thousand dollars and it's like but you can buy a vintage version of this for 400 bucks or whatever yeah i think that that's the challenge like figuring that part of it out i don't know yeah no i agree i also associate chloe with a brand i would see on the outnet like on sale interesting because of the and i feel like part of the reason maybe i have that feeling about it is because the price like to your point i'm not spending 2 ,000 euros on a, on a blouse.

1:03:26I'll spend a couple hundred dollars, but like not 2 ,000 euros. Like I'm just not spending that. And so I do feel like that brand, I also like, I associate with like Ux or something like a sale website. Do you know what I mean? No shade to Chloe, but that's just. No, no, no. Well, I think, well, one thing was that Ux was owned by Richemont. So it probably was even more. It's not anymore. No, but it was. So I bet it was even more. There There was probably like a ton of it on there. Yeah. Yeah. A ton of Chloe because that's their biggest fashion brand. Yeah. One final thing. Speaking of Tom Brady and you mentioned Giselle, his ex-wife, she's on the cover of ID Magazine.

1:04:08I'm curious what you thought of it. I was into it. I'm like, yes, revenge. Yeah, I thought it was cute. I think she looks good and she's continuing her revenge tour from having to live in Boston for all that time with Tom Brady. The worst. Oh, sorry to Boston. Don't add us Boston, but it is not. Sorry. It's it's not a place where a supermodel should be living. Who likes Boston is a question. Well, my co-host Charlotte Charlotte can chime in, but she's from Boston. So she's what neighborhood is she from? She's from Lincoln, Lincoln, which is outside of Boston. Yeah. But I was into it. I'm really fascinated by ID magazine in general and the Carly Closs Bedford media of it all.

1:04:49We actually, we talked about it on an episode about Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss. We did with the FIFA scandal. Oh, interesting. I'm like, is that going to move the needle for ID? I don't know. You would know more about the business of magazines than I do. But I liked the cover and it's always surprising to see her on a cover now. I liked it too. I thought it pales in comparison to the W Magazine cover with her, which was like truly iconic. So good. but I really liked it as well and so they ID just got a new editor in chief Steph Yaka I think this was Tom Bettridge the last editor and I thought it looked good it was the first ID cover that is memorable probably because it's Giselle yeah but I thought she looked cool and it was an interesting concept so we'll see I mean Steph is a frequent fashion people guest and someone I've known for a long time and I'm really rooting for her and I think it'll be interesting to see what she does next.

1:05:52But yeah, I think you're right. They were a couple who, I mean, again, I barely know anything about either of them, but I didn't think they were going to break up. No, it didn't seem like they were going to. They had like a very trad vibe of their, their relationship felt very trad. And so the fact that they split and there's been all this sort of the way they've managed it and the media has been like both of them because I remember when she did her basically her divorce story where I believe it was with something yeah it's um I guess it's trad the way they're doing that too but it is just very they both feel very exposed in an interesting way yes both feel very exposed I think I will say that if you do follow football, you may not necessarily be surprised because he retired and then unretired, which I could imagine that that set her off and she was like, I thought you were done with this.

1:06:51I'm over it. It felt like it was an ultimatum. I mean, I don't know them personally, but if you're just following his career, him going to Tampa Bay was just like, you're like, what are you doing, sir? I thought you're going to retire. Like, what's going on here that I don't think it's surprising in that regard. But yeah, I don't know. I think that they both clearly seem to be thriving in their own right. And Tom Brady is just going to continue to post online. Yeah. I'm going to start following him for sure. Do it. You have to. You have to. Madeline, this was great. You have to come back like once or twice a year because this is a good intersection of worlds.

1:07:32I'd be honored. I'd be honored. Super fun. And enjoy your time in Europe where you are at an undisclosed location. Thank you so much, Lauren. Fashion People is a presentation of Odyssey in partnership with Puck. The show is produced and edited by Molly Nugent. Special thanks to Puck co-founder John Kelly, executive editor Ben Landy, producer Maya Tribbett, and Director of Editorial Operations, Gobby Grossman. An additional thanks to the team at Odyssey, Kelly Turner and Bob Tabador.

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In this supersized episode, Lauren is joined first by Chris Black and Jason Stewart to discuss the Goneies, their live awards show happening at Racket NYC, as well as the whole Steven Kolb–PETA saga. Then, Sports Gossip queen Madeline Hill hops on to discuss the U.S. Open looks on and off the court, NYFW, Anthony Vaccarello leaving Saint Laurent, Joe Burrow’s custom Alo trousers, Gisele on iD, and the Tom Brady of it all.

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