VAGUE Voices: Recent Episodes
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VAGUE Voices is the community podcast for VAGUE members to provide social commentary on art, culture & industry. (ig: @vaguedigital)
VAGUE TOMES editor-in-chief karina so. chats to artist & designer olli hull about the fine art of upcycling - both as a craft and as a metaphor for the influx of emerging talent, unapologetic in their identities and creative expression, breathing new life into a once-stale, regimented London Fashion Week. let's get into it.
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host: karina so. (IG: @whatkarinasaw)
voice: olli hull (IG: @ollihull)
production: mo ray (IG: @moray_13)
VAGUE THREADS member elle brown sits down with “multidisciplinary conceptual storyteller” and jeweller kassandra lauren gordon @klgjewellery to discuss Black british culture, motherhood and all things jewellery with a nod to her latest collection and upcoming docu-series, gemstones. join us as we consider what childhood, parental bonds and leaving heirlooms means to Black women?
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host: elle (IG: @ellenbr.wn)
voice: kassandra lauren gordon (IG: @klgjewellery)
production: mo ray (IG: @moray_13)
in this VAGUE VOICES ON THE GROUND episode, community member vickee reflects on nigeria's #endSARS protests a year on and shares her hopes for the future of her country.
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host: mo ray (ig: @moray_13)
voice: vickee benz
production: mo ray
VAGUE Culture Club curators ayomide and mo sit down to talk about their journey of transformation whilst doing yoga with adrienne's 30 DAYS OF YOGA challenge in january 2021. grab yourself a cup of your favourite beverage and listen to how this practice affected their physical and mental health.
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host: ayomide (ig: @ayomid_night)
voice: mo (ig: @moray_13)
design: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw)
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
ever wanted to start a business? worried it might fail? VAGUE's tech editor abhishek sharma spoke to yorkshire-based wunderkind em ledger about her journey as a digital entrepreneur from surviving bankruptcy to thriving with not one but two digital publications, the poor lass zine and the survivin' & thrivin' podcast.
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host: abhishek (ig: @absiee)
voice: em (ig: @imemledger)
design: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw)
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
VAGUE's artistic director karina sit down with Embody Naturals founder becca wong to talk about owning and growing your business during the age of brexit and a global pandemic, the dynamics of the beauty industry and the importance of self-care.
[note: this was recorded during 2021 women's history month)
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host karina so. (IG: @whatkarinasaw)
voice becca wong (IG: @embodynaturals)
recorded in oct 2020, VAGUE artistic director karina so. spoke to emerging VAGUE fashion designer and multi-hyphenate creative suze la cruz about her new brand, les saveurs and the all-important and thankfully still-trending topic of sustainable fashion against a backdrop of our planet’s climate rapidly declining around us.
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host: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw)
voice: suse (ig: @les_saveursxx)
design: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw)
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
recorded in oct 2020, VAGUE artistic director karina so. spoke to mancunian fashion designer shony karengesha about her tailoring service and fashion brand kamuse attire, amidst shifting consumer behaviour from fast fashion to local creators with a sustainable ethos, and what this means for new designers.
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host: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw)
voice: shony (ig: @shonykarengesha)
design: gloria (ig: @glxrious)
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
recorded in oct 2020, our creative director karina so. and visuals director suji so. chat to london-born photographer jennie baptiste about her creative journey, how the role and approach to photography have changed and remained the same since she got her first break in the 80's, and more.
jennie baptiste who has worked for the likes of nike, sony music, and levi's and shot portraits of artists such as biggie, estelle, and jay-z captures moments in ways we can't help but admire. inspired by music and youth culture,her work can be seen on her instagram @jenniebaptiste.
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host: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw) and suji (ig: @glockworksuji)voices: jennie (ig: @jenniebaptiste)
art direction: karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw**)
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)**
the three creatives delved into #cancelcuties, one month into the netfix scandal from the perspectives of those who have seen the maïmouna doucouré film, and those who have not but have opinions about it still 🙃
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host: ayomide (ig: @aliteratenation)
voices: temne (ig: @temne.mp4) and karina (ig: @whatkarinasaw)
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
design: gloria (ig: @glxrious)
in exploring the theme of 'authenticity' in Boot Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, VAGUE Culture Club asked a few VAGUE community members when and if they code-switch. writer + poet ayomide abolaji walks us through how this form of communication works for her in this episode of VAGUE Voices.
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white voice: R
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
voice poet ayomide (ig: @aliteratenation)
in exploring the theme of 'authenticity' in Boot Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, VAGUE Culture Club asked a few VAGUE community members when and if they code-switch. designer + writer gloria ukoh tell us how code-switching colours the way she communicates in this episode of VAGUE Voices.
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white voice: R
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
voice designer gloria ukoh (ig: @glxrious)
in exploring the theme of 'authenticity' in Boot Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, VAGUE Culture Club asked a few VAGUE community members when and if they code-switch. in this episode, community member hellen songa shares how and when she code-switches and how her time spent in various parts of the world influences that.
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white voice: R
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
voice: hellen songa
in exploring the theme of 'authenticity' in Boot Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, VAGUE Culture Club asked a few VAGUE community members when and if they code-switch. photographer suji so. gives us his take in this episode of VAGUE Voices.
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white voice: R
production: mo (ig: @moray_13)
voice: photographer suji so. (ig: @glockworksuji)