Fashion Industry Confessions

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Tales of Taboo

Ali Weiss

36 episodes

1 week ago

Tales of Taboo is a collection of ANONYMOUS confessions investigating, and celebrating, what happens behind closed doors. Ali Weiss dissolves the boundaries that traditionally exist between host and audience by creating episodes around her listeners' unique perspectives. They share unadulterated stories about public scandals and private struggles, liberation and oppression, and the various ways to navigate the darker corners of the human experience. Follow Ali on Instagram & TikTok @aliweissworld, or submit a confession at confessions@aliweissworld.com.

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Fashion Industry Confessions

Tales of Taboo

1 hour 17 minutes 56 seconds

2 years ago

Fashion Industry Confessions

Which famous designer refused to pay for $100,000 worth of samples? What major eyewear company has a Chief Financial Officer with no credentials besides being a party magician? Where does being over a size 6 and an A cup make you "fat?" What really happens behind the scenes at Fashion Week?

I LOVE clothes. I love theatrics. I love escapism. What I do not love is when some people suffer greatly to compensate for others’ greed. On the heels of New York Fashion Week, I decided to revamp and re-release one of my juiciest, most scandalous, most shocking, and all-time favorite episodes.

Our anonymous contributors went to hell and back in different parts of the exploitative, discriminatory, and deeply unglamorous Fashion Industry. With the help of DeuxMoi, I found ex-employees of American Eagle, BCBG, Dolce Vita, Halston, Free People, Linda Farrow, Stone Cold Fox, Victoria Beckham, Zac Posen, and some of the most famous- and infamous- fashion houses IN THE WORLD that I can’t mention by name! From dreamy, druggy parties to nightmare celebrity clients, body shaming to illicit sex, criminally low salaries and even lower self-esteem, turns out fashion is everything and nothing you thought it would be.

In the words of one of our confessors: “we’re paying countries and people literally no money because we [the consumer] need fashion. I don’t think people realize that.”

Tales of Taboo is produced and narrated by Ali Weiss. Follow Ali on Instagram & TikTok @aliweissworld. Audio production by Isabel McMahon & WTF Media. Theme song by Chris Stathopolous. Cover photo by Erika Flynn. Cover art by Kristen Montenegro. GOT A SECRET TO GET OFF YOUR CHEST? Share your own confession - or thoughts and feedback - at confessions@aliweissworld.com.