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Jun 2025
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ep. 58 - fashion week politics with luci...

amelie stanescu
About this episode

someone in my comment section said he’s “the man who turns water into perfume.”


add to that: the liaison between vision and visibility.

In this episode of the fashion archives podcast Lucien Pagès breaks down how perception becomes product, how to turn noise into meaning — and how to get invited to a fashion show (the most asked question in my dms I swear!!!!!)


topics we got into:

– pivoting from design to PR and reframing ambition

– some brands are rich in sales but poor in story (and viceversa): how does PR balance that?

– sacai and the reality of avantgarde fashion

– designers as content creators

– people sneaking into fashion shows

– PR blacklisting — spoiler: it’s real

– the industry’s obsession with romanticizing young male couturiers

– and the question no one wants to ask: do we really need more fashion brands?



the production quality of this episode is T-R-A-S-H (we had so many hiccups!). the conversation isn’t :)))


full episode out now literally everywhere youtube substack spotify apple podcasts!!!


find lucien here:

https://www.instagram.com/lucienpages/

find me here:

https://www.instagram.com/chez.amelie/

https://thefashionarchives.substack.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fashion-archives/id1764314268


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