The Fashion Industry Is Not Exactly Broken — with Marc Bain of Quartz

On the 9th episode of the Loose Threads Podcast, I talk with Marc Bain, the fashion reporter at Quartz, about his path to covering the fashion industry, which included working for a fashion brand in New York; how he found his reporting beats and how the storylines often intersect; the similarities and differences between food and fashion; how the blockchain might impact the fashion industry; the current state of affairs in the fashion industry; how luxury brands will continue to scale globally; how luxury brands are approaching Amazon; how brands are handling sizing online; how Digitally Native Vertical Brands (DNVBs) are approaching retail; and how malls are being revitalized. — Show Notes — Marc Bain — Quartz http://qz.com/author/marcqz/ The rise of yoga pants has brought on an existential crisis for old-fashioned blue jeans http://qz.com/769320/levis-stretch-501s-are-here-athleisure-and-denim-jeans-are-vying-for-their-place-in-the-american-wardrobe/ Your next item of clothing should be so expensive it hurts http://qz.com/507904/your-next-item-of-clothing-should-be-so-expensive-it-hurts/ Provenance https://www.provenance.org/ Post Imperial http://post-imperial.com/ — About Loose Threads — Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/buLQY9 Twitter: http://twitter.com/loosethreadsxyz The Loose Threads Podcast explores the intersection of fashion, technology and commerce. Hosted by Richie Siegel, a fashion and tech entrepreneur and writer, each episode features an in-depth conversation with one guest that spans a range of topics, lasting about an hour. The guests range from being fashion-focused to technology-focused to somewhere in between, but the unifying thread is always the rapid change facing the industry and how entrepreneurs are responding. You can listen to the podcast on any player of your choice, in addition to on http://LooseThreads.xyz