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Fashion Your Seatbelt

Jessica Michault

The Fashion Your Seatbelt podcast gives its listeners the rare opportunity to hear from some of the leading voices working in the fashion industry today. Each podcast is an exclusive one-to-one conversation with a creative who is crafting the future of fashion. Hosted by the renowned and award-winning fashion journalist Jessica Michault, this podcast is designed to take its audience directly to the heart of fashion and discover what makes it tick.

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090 Nicolas Santi-Weil: The Fashion CEO Who Leads...

Fashion Your Seatbelt ·

2025/10/30

In this episode Nicolas Santi-Weil, the CEO of AMI Paris, discusses what it takes to build a global multimillion dollar independent fashion brand today, how Asia helped shape AMI’s future, and why his carpe diem approach to business has proven so successful…Nicolas Santi-Weil is not your typical fashion CEO. Equal parts strategist and storyteller, he’s the architect – alongside founding designer Alexandre Mattiussi – behind the rise of AMI Paris, the effortlessly cool French brand that’s become the

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53:50

089: Burc Akyol: The Designer You Need to Know

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2025/10/23

In the latest episode of the Fashion Your Seatbelt podcast, up and coming fashion designer Burc Akyol shares his unfiltered views on the fashion industry, his nascent signature brand and what it’s really like to work with Cardi B.There are some designers that feel like lighting in a bottle. Burc is without a doubt one of those. The poetic way he talks about fashion, his clear sense of self awareness and his raw honesty make him captivating to listen to and I could have easily spoken with him for

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44:29

088 Charlotte Chesnais: The Cool Girls Jewelry Designer

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2025/10/16

In this episode, I speak with Charlotte Chesnais, a woman who has spent a decade creating jewelry coveted by cool girls around the world. This year, she is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her signature brand and her 40th birthday. Major milestones for a woman who seems to take everything in stride and with a broad smile.In a landscape where jewelry often shouts for attention, designer Charlotte has built a brand that whispers refinement – but still turns every head in the room. Her pieces are

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55:45

087 Dima Ayad: The Dubai Designer Changing the Shape...

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2025/10/09

Designer Dima Ayad is rewriting the conversation around Arab fashion, inclusivity, and the power of creative resilience.Born in Lebanon but raised in Dubai, she grew up within the rhythms of the city’s hospitality and luxury spaces. Her early career unfolded in PR and marketing roles at Jumeirah, Raffles, and Atlantis. Places where she learned not only about always going the extra mile and delivering more than what was asked for, but also the critical importance of storytelling and creating deep

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41:34

086 Laure Guilbault: France’s Die Hard Fashion...

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2025/10/02

In this episode, I sit down with Laure Guilbault, the Paris Correspondent for Vogue Business. Laure is a diehard fashion journalist. She worked at WWD for five years, became Business of Fashion’s first Paris correspondent, and is now the Paris Correspondent for Vogue Business. She doesn’t just report on fashion – she dissects it. From the C-suites of luxury maisons to the atelier floors of emerging designers, her journalism captures the pulse of an industry in flux.Laure brings a uniquely European

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56:07

085: Lucien Pagès: The Man Shaping the Stories of...

Fashion Your Seatbelt ·

2025/09/25

In this episode, I sit down with Lucien Pagès, one of the fashion world’s most accomplished storytellers and the founder of the eponymous Lucien Pagès Communication, a prominent public relations agency in the luxury fashion and beauty industries.Cards on the table…I have known Lucien Pagès for decades. I have watched with joy as his unique mix of charm, creativity, and candor has manifested itself in public relations triumphs for hundreds of brands, including legendary labels such as Saint Laurent,

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00:35:15

084 Charaf Tajer: Takes Fashion Global With His...

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2025/07/02

In just seven short years, Charaf Tajer, the founder and creative director of the brand Casablanca, has proven that the fashion world has room for a multitude of sartorial expressions. His unique blend of old-money style, colorful prints, sporty inspirations and architectural touches has managed to recalibrate the language of contemporary fashion. With roots in Paris and Morocco, Charaf’s path to fashion wasn’t linear. He cut his teeth in the nightlife scene as the art director of Paris’ iconic

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00:30:22

083 Guillaume Delacroix: Fashion's Badass Brand...

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2023/09/17

Guillaume Delacroix is a luxury brand whisperer. His entire career, from his early days working at Karla Otto and KCD to his time at Giorgio Armani and Balenciaga, to his current role as the founder and CEO of DLX, he has been helping leading prestige companies craft their narratives in ways that spark conversations, engage the public and create lasting impressions.Guillaume launched DLX nine years ago and since then he has built up a reputation in the industry for both spotting and supporting

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00:48:58

082 Suzy Menkes: Fashion's Greatest Critic

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2023/07/09

I don’t think I have ever been as nervous about interviewing someone in my entire career as I was when my former boss and colleague Suzy Menkes agreed to speak with me for this podcast. I worked side by side with Suzy for 16 years at the International Herald Tribune, which is now known as the International New York Times. Over that period she mentored me, encouraged me and guided me. Shaping my career as I moved from her assistant to fashion writer and finally the Online Style Editor of the IHT

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00:43:53

081 Alexandra Van Houtte: The CEO who is galvanizing...

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2023/06/29

From the moment Alexandra Van Houtte first told me about her newly launched platform in 2016, describing it as Google for fashion, I knew she was onto something. Since then TagWalk, the website she founded and is the CEO of, has grown by leaps and bounds and has become a linchpin platform for anyone working in the fashion industry. It is the first runway image keyword search engine in existence. In a nutshell, the former stylist’s assistant created a site that, in just a few simple clicks, makes

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00:28:02

080 SCAD President Paula Wallace: A Life of Learning...

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2023/06/17

Talk about an inspirational story. Paula Wallace, the president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, better known as SCAD had a singular vision back in September of 1978, To create a world-class art and design college that would prepare students for a global workforce. Under her leadership, SCAD has grown from a small art school with 150 students to a global university that spans three campuses around the world with thousands of students enrolled. Over the years it also became

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00:28:35

079 Anine Bing: Turning Followers into a Fashion Empire

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2021/09/19

Fashion entrepreneur Anine Bing is a very savvy business woman who knows how to seize her moment. An early adapter to the social media space, Anine, who is a former model and blogger, was one of the first to translate her online following into a successful fashion brand business. She launched her signature line back in 2012 out of the garage in her home in California. Her collection of chic staple pieces, inspired by her Scandinavian heritage and the casual cool of her Los Angeles home base, were

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00:38:38

078 Kaat Debo: The Fashion Curator Looking to the Future

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2021/09/08

Kaat Debo is the Director and Chief Curator of Antwerp’s famed ModeMuseum fashion museum, better known as the MoMu; a museum that has spent the last three years under renovation. But now, after years of waiting, Kaat is able to reintroduce the world to her second home. A museum with over 35,000 pieces of Belgian fashion in its archives and a unique history that celebrates sartorial storytellers who have helped the world see fashion from new and unexpected angles. But while the MoMu is all about

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00:50:01

077 Mary Katrantzou: Fashion's Goddess of Trompe...

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2021/06/23

I’ll never forget the first time I discovered the work of Mary Katrantzou. It was in London in 2008 I believe, and I just happened to wander into a room where a rack of her now-famous perfume bottle printed dresses was on display. On hand was her mother who was proudly showing off the stunning creations her daughter had dreamt up. And Mary’s mom had every right to be proud. Her work was unlike anything else going on in fashion at that time. Advancements in printing and computer technology had made

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00:37:10

076 Spencer Phipps is Making Sustainable Style A...

Fashion Your Seatbelt ·

2021/06/11

Designer Spencer Phipps is a born risk-taker. There isn’t a limb on his body that doesn’t have a scar from one escapade or another - that he jumped into with both feet before asking questions. The man is even missing a significant portion of one of his pinkie fingers from one memorable misadventure. And when it comes to taking risks, Spencer also has no problem doing that in business. It was, after all, an impulse decision to launch his signature menswear brand Phipps back in 2017. When, after

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00:41:35

075 Joseph Altuzarra: Finds Fashion's Perfect Balance

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2021/05/27

You get the sense, when you speak to designer Joseph Altuzarra, that he is that perfect combination of creativity and commerce. That as a French American, he has an innate sense of style coursing through his veins. While his American roots give him savvy business sense and a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” attitude. From a young age, Joseph - who was raised by his French Basque father and Chinese- American mother - has always believed in the transformative power of fashion. A self-taught

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00:36:15

074 Alisa Volskaya: The Future of Luxury PR

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2021/05/12

I wanted to interview Alisa Volskaya, the founder of the public relations firm AVEC, for a few reasons. First of all, every time I would bump into her at a fashion show or event, our conversations about the state of the industry, future trends, and fashion in general always went well past surface chit-chat. Secondly, I was impressed by her drive and third, it just takes a lot of guts to launch a PR company during a moment when that field is in the middle of such a paradigm shift. Not to mention

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00:55:06

073 Alexandre de Betak: Fashion's Consummate Creative

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2021/04/30

Consummate creative Alexandre de Betak is an industry touchpoint in the world of fashion. He is behind some of the most era-defining fashion shows, events, and exhibitions of the past three decades. The proverbial man behind the curtain, Alex has brought to life the visions of designers as diverse as Raf Simons, Michael Kors, and Gabriela Hearst, and brands big and small, from Dior and YSL to Jacquemus and Rodarte. Throughout our fascinating conversation, we talk about where the spark of

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00:25:11

072 August Getty: Couture's Virtual Visionary

Fashion Your Seatbelt ·

2021/04/06

Fashion designer August Getty is a gentle soul whose goal is to create a fully inclusive, fully immersive sartorial world where everyone is welcome. All that is required is that you be yourself 100% both in the real world in one of his one-of-a-kind couture creations, or in the digital sphere where he recently created a whole new virtual universe he has baptized Tinitus. It is inside Tinitus that August brought to life four digital gowns for this past haute couture season, with 3D imagery so

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00:42:43

071 Sasha Samsonova: Photographing Female Power

Fashion Your Seatbelt ·

2021/03/19

Photographer Sasha Samsonova is generating quite a buzz with her striking images of women who are comfortable in their own skin and unabashedly sexy. A female Helmut Newton, Sasha is all about celebrating the beauty and strength of the women who stand before her lens. Born and raised in Ukraine, Sasha is an autodidact photographer who was already shooting for Harper’s Bazaar by the time she was 17 years old, having picked up a camera after her plans to become a professional ballroom dancer fell

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