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24/06/2022

Garmology: Authenticity: Reclaiming reality in a counterfeit culture – With Alice Sherwood, author (#95 S04/E22)

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Today’s guest is Alice Sherwood, author of the new book “Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture”. We have a fascinating chat about the counterfeit goods and how brands are actually helping the fakers, storytelling in marketing, how almost all fashion design is an incremental process, influencer culture and how AI is making is both enabling the theft of information…

17/06/2022

Garmology: The last button-maker in the land – With David Courtney, Courtney & Co (#94 S04/E21)

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This week’s guest is David Courtney of Courtney & Co, arguably the last of the traditional button makers in the UK. I was keen to invite David for a chat about how he happened into what is a rather unusual business, requiring as it does both a plethora of machinery and some rather special source materials. Not to mention the…

20/05/2022

Garmology: Mindful mending – With Molly Martin (#90 S04/E017)

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This week’s guest is Molly Martin, author, illustrator and mender. Molly’s book “The Art of Repair” is a wonderful combination of techniques and illustrated garment stories and real garmology material. We chat about the historical necessity of repairing garments, how wartime and rationing made it important to be able to repair what you wore, the Japanese techniques of Sashiko and…

01/04/2022

Garmology: Influencers – Get rich or lie trying – With Symeon Brown, journalist and author (S04/E10)

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Journalist Symeon Brown visits to talk about his new book about the world of influencers, “Get rich or lie trying”. We cover the rise of the modern influencers, how social media has enabled new ways of guerilla marketing using young fans, the fashionable surgery and Brazilian butt lifts, the dropshipping and financial trader scams and at the end of the…

04/02/2022

Garmology: Dandyism documented – With Nathanial “Natty” Adams (S04/E02)

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In this episode, I take a trip down to Dandy Avenue with my guest Nathanial “Natty” Adams, journalist, author, suit designer and gentleman of taste. Natty is the author of the acclaimed books “We are dandy” and “I am Dandy”, documenting distinctive gentlemen across the world, with photos by Rose Callahan. We discuss what clothing can mean, the reasoning and…

17/12/2021

Garmology: We need to talk about wool – With journalist Tone Skårdal Tobiasson (S03 E15)

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Today Norwegian journalist and sustainable fashion advocate Tone Skårdal Tobiasson guests the pod to talk about wool, other fibres, the issue at hand and the initiatives pointing forward. Tone’s career has seen her quite dramatically change sides of the fashion table, going from being a fashion magazine editor to being one of the countries most vocal critics of the industry.…

01/10/2021

Garmology podcast: Suits you, Sir! – With Nicholas Simon, Tailor (S03 E04)

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This week bespoke tailor Nicholas Simon visits Garmology to talk about the future of suits, how he was pushed into pushed tailoring, why Savile Row is still the epitome of suit-making, the difference between a good suit and a bad suit, bespoke vs made to measure, why it makes sense to own a really well made and well fitting suit…

27/01/2021

Garmology: Finding confidence and purpose – With Rebeccca Perkins S02/E04

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The guest this week is Rebecca Perkins, acclaimed author and midlife coach. We talk about confidence in mid-life, finding your purpose, not being limited by labels, being ourselves, learning to sew and write and the problems of living your life through social media. And remember, while you can listen to the episode right here on the webpage (all episodes on…

11/11/2020

Garmology S00 E32: Just cosplay every day – With Holly Swinyard

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The guest this episode is Holly Swinyard, style chameleon in many a Cosplay getup. Holly is editor and podcaster for the Cosplay Journal, a contributor to Chap magazine, We talk about having fun with clothes, dressing for pleasure and self-confidence, conformity, ignoring rules and how cosplay intersects with dressing up in our daily lives. Oh, and a shared admiration for…

21/10/2020

Garmology S00 E29: Sports shoes to hypebeast mania – With Thomas A Turner

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My guest in this episode is Thomas A Turner, acclaimed author of “The Sports Shoe – A history from field to fashion”, the definitive book about the evolution of the sports shoe form the early days of tennis shoes, via trainers to sneakers, technology, fashion, cult reissues and the current days’ hypebeast mania of the collectable collaborative investment sneakers. And…

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