Episode 18: After aspiration: the things we don’t want anymore

Episode 18: After aspiration: the things we don’t want anymore

From Coachella’s performative dressing to the cooling luxury handbag market, this episode traces how fashion aspiration and desire are being reshaped in real time.  We start with the event in the California desert, where getting dressed has become a form of performance shaped as much by the algorithm as by personal taste. From vintage sourcing to “wear-it-again” festival looks, even escapism is starting to come with conditions. Then we turn to the luxury handbag market, where the long-standing idea of the “investment bag” is beginning to crack. As resale premiums soften, brands are experimenting with a different kind of appeal – less about exclusivity, more about identification. And finally, we talk to Isabelle Lefort of Paris Good Fashion about whether it’s possible to change not just what we buy, but what we want. Style Signals created by majelan studio [https://www.majelan.com/]. Hosted by Audiomeans. Visit audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite [https://www.audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite] for more information.

Episode 17: Fashion and memory: the wedding dress, the museum and the almighty archive

In this episode, we explore how fashion acquires cultural value — from the wedding dress to the museum to the branded archive. Why has bridal so often been kept outside fashion? What happens when garments enter institutions built to preserve culture? And what does it mean when brands begin curating their own pasts? A conversation about fashion, memory, hierarchy, and who gets to decide what deserves to endure. Subjects covered include Zendaya’s The Drama press tour, Zara × Galliano, Olivier Saillard, Gucci, Margot Robbie, Michel Gondry and Kylie Minogue for Chanel, and Natalie Portman for Tiffany. Style Signals created by majelan studio [https://www.majelan.com/]. Hosted by Audiomeans. Visit audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite [https://www.audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite] for more information.

Episode 16: Oscars costume design, female creative directors, and the rise of fashion watch parties

As the 98th Academy Awards ceremony approaches, we dig into this year's Best Costume Design nominees — Hamnet, Frankenstein, Sinners, Marty Supreme, and Avatar: Fire and Ash — and what each tells us about the craft, the mood of the moment, and the future of the category. We also get into one of fashion's persistent paradoxes, its gender gap: an industry mainly built by and for women, still largely led by men. From Dior's historic shift back to male leadership to the new generation of female creative directors quietly reshaping major houses, it's a moment worth paying attention to. And finally: fashion watch parties are getting big. Really big. We look at how events like "LA watchparty" are transforming the way fans and industry insiders experience fashion together, and ponder whether the thing that made it special can survive the sponsorship deals. Style Signals created by majelan studio [https://www.majelan.com/]. Hosted by Audiomeans. Visit audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite [https://www.audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite] for more information.

Episode 15: The clothes that give you away: vintage, values and the future of fashion

Is there a silhouette burned into you from your formative years, one that just feels right in a way nothing else quite does? In this episode, we use the new JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy series Love Story as a jumping-off point to ask why the 90s keeps pulling us back, what the return of Marc Jacobs and minimalism actually means, and whether or not Gen Z is nostalgic for a period they never lived through. We get into the small things that give your generation away (the socks, the jeans, the bag) and what they reveal about the silhouette you're always unconsciously reacting against. We trace the complicated moral journey of the fur coat, and what that rare story of genuine cultural change might say about fashion's bigger sustainability problem. We close with Paris Good Fashion's 2026 citizen consultation, which is asking a deceptively simple question: how do you make sustainable and ethical dressing feel like style, not sacrifice? Fashion across generations. The clothes we inherit, the ones we reject, and the ones we quietly keep. Style Signals created by majelan studio [https://www.majelan.com/]. Hosted by Audiomeans. Visit audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite [https://www.audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite] for more information.

Episode 14: Fashion's transformation of the press tour; sports style at the Games; and a new (old) culture of clothing care

Fashion used to happen in very specific places: runways, red carpets, magazine spreads. Not anymore. In this episode of Style Signals, we're exploring fashion's great expansion into unexpected territories. From Margot Robbie's Wuthering Heights press tour creating a new blueprint for method dressing, to the Milan 2026 Olympics turning athletes into fashion's most influential voices, to Levi's proving that caring for your clothes is the new luxury. We break down why literary adaptations keep becoming fashion events, how sports tunnels became the new front row, and why visible mending is having a moment. Plus: luxury book clubs, $5,000 book-shaped handbags, and why knowing your tailor is more insider than knowing your sales associate. Episode Topics: • Method dressing 2.0 and the Wuthering Heights press tour phenomenon • Milan 2026 Olympics as the ultimate sports-fashion collision • Athletes as style icons (from Naomi Osaka to NHL tunnel walks) • Levi's repair initiative and the culture of care • Why fashion brands are suddenly hosting book clubs Style Signals created by majelan studio [https://www.majelan.com/]. Hosted by Audiomeans. Visit audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite [https://www.audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite] for more information.