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  • Selena Forrest on When Life Goes From Wrong to Right

    October 26, 2026 · 37 min

    Selena Forrest's journey from “wrong” to “right” has been marked by a series of peaks and valleys. Her beginnings weren't easy, and success wasn't a cure-all, but somewhere between the two, she's managed to find herself in the lessons…

  • Alastair McKimm On Gratitude & an Addictive Personality

    October 19, 2026 · 49 min

    Alastair McKimm returns to What’s Contemporary Now?, this time on camera, to discuss life after 23 years at i-D and the launch of Prototype, a new creative venture bringing publishing, product design, and creative services under one roof…

  • Becoming A Cultural Phenomenon with Willy Chavarria

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    It’s all about the Big Willy energy these days. What was once an independent, primarily menswear label showing at New York Fashion Week has become a full-blown fashion brand known for staging high-quality productions and often politically…

  • How H&M Democratized Luxury Fashion

    October 5, 2026 · 48 min

    As one of the first brands to democratize luxury fashion, H&M helped reshape the relationship between designer creativity and the wider public. From its landmark collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004, they’ve brought the creative…

  • The Fifth Fashion Week, How Copenhagen Rewrote the Rules

    February 3, 2026 · 40 min

    Copenhagen Fashion Week marks its 20th anniversary at a moment when the fashion system is being asked to account for itself. In conversation with CEO Cecilie Thorsmark and COO Isabella Rose Davey, this episode examines how a regional…

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  • On the Road in Copenhagen

    January 26, 2026 · 1 min

    With a quick trip to Copenhagen for the city's 20th anniversary fashion week, we will be attending the shows, interviewing the organizers, and participating on a panel with Vogue business to explore the idea of what a magazine is today…

  • Yoon Ahn on AMBUSH, Subculture, and One Foot In, One Foot Out

    January 19, 2026 · 50 min

    The episode follows AMBUSH’s evolution from jewelry made for friends to a brand that Yoon describes as a platform, shaped by experimentation rather than a rigid business plan. She speaks candidly about learning in real time, being paid to…

  • Asad Syrkett on Interiors, Identity, and the Human Touch

    January 12, 2026 · 48 min

    Asad Syrkett joins What’s Contemporary Now? for a wide-ranging conversation about design as a cultural language and the quiet ways environments shape identity, memory, and access. From a childhood spent moving through New York City’s…

  • Kyle Hagler and Emil Wilbekin on Native Son, Visibility, and the Business of Culture

    January 5, 2026 · 59 min

    For our first episode of 2026, we sit down with Kyle Hagler and Emil Wilbekin for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation at the intersection of Native Son, culture, and media. We begin with formative histories shaped by strong…

  • Happy Holidays!

    December 23, 2025 · 1 min

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  • Angelo Flaccavento on Taste, Doubt, and the Beauty of Uncertainty

    December 15, 2025 · 49 min

    Angelo Flaccavento has long been one of fashion’s most distinctive critical voices — sharp yet empathetic, rigorous yet imaginative, always willing to question his own certainties. In this conversation, he traces his path from a Sicilian…

  • Camille Miceli on Pucci, Play, and Joie de Vivre

    December 8, 2025 · 43 min

    Camille Miceli brings a vivid, almost incandescent joie de vivre to Pucci, treating color, movement, and intuition as both vocabulary and philosophy. Her worldview is shaped by an upbringing steeped in art and fashion, and by formative…

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About the show

Designed for curious minds, "What's Contemporary Now?" engages various thought leaders across cultural industries taking in their broad, compelling perspectives and unveiling their common threads. Hosted by Christopher Michael Produced by Sasha Grinblat