Episodes

  • Crafting a Hopeful Future

    Crafting a Hopeful Future
    Jun 1 2022
    Model and knitwear designer Ella Emhoff, one of fashion's newest faces, dials in from New York to chat with Susie about the exciting project she is working on with Mulberry. She also gives her take on the significance of leather as a material, the importance of craft, her approach to fashion - and of course, what sort of bag she's carrying.

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    20 mins
  • It's the How, Not the Cow

    It's the How, Not the Cow
    May 3 2022
    Susie explores the future of leather and its implications, asking Rob Percival, the author and head of food policy at The Soil Association, about the role of cows in a regenerative farming system and the importance of making use of by-products. She also asks the vlogger, model and environmental activist Emma Winder for her Gen-Z take on what a new generation of leather lovers looks like and speaks to the managing director of a tannery which puts environmental responsibility at the forefront of its business.

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    33 mins
  • Leather Pleasure

    Leather Pleasure
    May 3 2022
    Fellow fashion blogger originals Susie Lau and Bryanboy reunite to discuss the latter’s infatuation with leather and his attitude towards shopping for leather products. Susie then goes on to speak to the television presenter Miquita Oliver about how growing up in a West London community shaped her love of second-hand shopping, and menswear designer Nicholas Daley about craft and the cultural significance of the material to him.

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    30 mins
  • How Leather Became Desirable

    How Leather Became Desirable
    May 3 2022
    Susie asks the fashion historian Judith Watt to explain the significance of leather throughout history and how it came to be seen as a luxury material, and chats to Alexander Fury, the fashion journalist and vintage aficionado, about Mulberry’s evolution from British heritage brand to fashion tour de force to the progressive global luxury brand it is today. She also chats to Amy Hunt, a raw materials technologist who works at Mulberry’s factory in Somerset, about changing attitudes to leather production.

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    31 mins