Lee Anderson of the Starkweather outerwear R&D group is in the studio talking about her conferences and focus groups, which she has been using to explore the fashion industry’s chronic issues. The hosts comment on a long list of recent news stories about the industry (see references list below). Charles Beckwith hits the Tranoï New York trade show and talks to designers Charles Harbison (Harbison), Yasmine Rana (Y by Yasmine), Katie Gallagher, and Philip Chu (Ground Zero), along with Tranoï’s CEO David Hadida and Head of Sales Marco Pili.

references:

• Buy Me Once: the online shop for stuff that lasts, from T-shirts to tweezers
• 20 free fashion books to download from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• H&M, M&S Not Fulfilling “Living Wage” Promises, Says New Report
• 9 Female Farmers Changing The Fashion Industry
• When Did Fashion Stop Being About the Clothes?
• The Power of Buying Less by Buying Better
• Zuckerberg Throws Shade At Kanye’s Money Request In The Most Subtle Way
• york-fashion-week-smartphones-killing-off-runway-show.html">How Smartphones Are Killing Off the Fashion Show
• It took a lot of skill for Alexander Wang to make clothes that look so trashy
• The Risks of Changing Creative Directors
• It Didn’t Used to Be Like This: Iconic Models Remember Fashion Week
• PR powerhouse Kelly Cutrone is sick and tired of leeches selling invites to her clients’ private Fashion Week shows
• Bizarre Gucci Advertisement Dressed As Content Gets Everything Wrong (WTF)
• Why Brands Should Stop Trying to Control the Message
• New York Fashion Week recap: ethical fashion on the rise
• Fashion Calendar Shake-Up ‘Negates the Dream’ of Luxury, Says Pinault
• One of the Weirdest Fashion Weeks
• How Newspaper Supplements Took On Fashion Magazines
• Wal-Mart Still Outshined by Amazon Despite Spending Billions
• How an Expensive Suit Can Make You Better at Your Job
• MSGM to Ban Social Media at Show