Layers

This episode’s theme is Acceptance, and Ana and Stevie are joined from LA by guest producer Kara Hart. She meets the founders of fashion label Universal Standard to discuss what Rihanna once described as “the pleasures of a fluctuating body”. Plus, some thoughts on dungarees, unlearning, and whether Stevie is allowed to shop in Massimo Dutti yet. Kara Hart is an audio producer in Los Angeles. You can learn more at https://karahart.info/ Universal Standard is available online https://www.universalstandard.com/collections/new Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/layers.podcast/ If you liked today’s show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Production by Lucy Dearlove. Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Library), Kevin MacLeod - Acid Jazz, Kevin MacLeod - Hard Boiled, Aaron Liebermann - Gypsy Stroll (via YouTube Music Library)

Ana and Stevie contemplate handsomeness when it comes to getting dressed. It's a word so often associated with conventionally good-looking men, but why should it be? Together with two special guests, they consider handsomeness as a descriptor to be claimed regardless of where one is on the gender spectrum. Georgeous Michael talks us through transformational accoutrements, while Dazed Fashion Editor Emma Hope Allwood contemplates Le Smoking and handsome women in art.  An array of voices discuss their favourite season for dressing in, and there's also talk of ascribing certain items of clothing as 'masculine' or 'feminine'. Do we still need to do that in 2019? Stevie and Ana try to figure it all out.  You can follow Emma Hope Allwood on Twitter @emmahopeall Georgeous Michael is on Instagram at @georgeousmichael Layers is produced by Lucy Dearlove https://lucydearlove.com/ Follow Layers on Instagram: https://instagram.com/layers.podcast Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Librar

In this episode, Stevie Mackenzie-Smith and Ana Kinsella talk about folk and what it means to dress with one eye on where you’re from: Quintessentially British Laura Ashley, so-called ‘sailor pants’ and regional dress. Plus, as always, endless eBay hunts. And we meet Alannah Eileen, a photographer from Orkney, about the importance of community, rural fashion and what happens to your style when you move to the big city.  You can see Alannah’s work on her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alannah.eileen/ and her website https://www.alannaheileen.com. Find out more about Teran at http://teran.community Follow us on Instagram instagram.com/layers.podcast and send us your tips, stories and favourite ebay search terms by email layerspodcast@gmail.com And if you like today’s show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Library), Kevin MacLeod - Hard Boiled, Aaron Liebermann - Gypsy Stroll (via YouTube Music Library) Produced by Lucy Dearlove

In this episode, Ana and Stevie are mulling over BOYISH dressing. Ana pays a visit to see Claire Marie Healy, Deputy Editor at Dazed & Confused, who shares the charm of her thrifted synthetic zip-up top, which makes her feel like an extra from Freaks and Geeks. There's also talk of clothes on film, feeling obliged to strive for femininity, and dressing your age (whatever that means). Oh, and Stevie has had a personal style-related crisis after getting her clothes out of her storage unit. Great! You can follow Claire Healy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/clairehly Layers is produced by Lucy Dearlove https://lucydearlove.com/ Follow Layers on Instagram: https://instagram.com/layers.podcast Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Library), Kevin MacLeod - Hard Boiled, Aaron Liebermann - Gypsy Stroll (via YouTube Music Library)

In this episode, we consider the theme of ENDURING. What is it about certain items of clothes that make us return to them over and over? And what about when there are limits on how many clothes we can own? What makes the cut and stays in your life, and what doesn't? Sirena Bergman, a London-based journalist talks to Stevie about how living on a houseboat means coming up with ingenious space-related solutions. And Francis McKee, a writer, curator and lecturer who lives in Glasgow tells us about the democracy of clothing via a self-imposed uniform he has worn since 1978… You can find Sirena Bergman's writing monthly missives on dressing sustainably by signing up to her newsletter, Sartorially Happy: https://tinyletter.com/sartoriallyhappy You can follow Francis McKee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/francismckee Layers is produced by Lucy Dearlove https://lucydearlove.com/ Follow Layers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layers.podcast/ Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Lib

This episode, Ana and Stevie are thinking about 'chic', and specifically how spotting a chic person 'in the wild' is what makes people-watching so thrilling! They also hear from Colleen Hill, a curator at the Museum at FIT in New York about the pleasure she gets from working with this chic fashion archive, and how she gets dressed to work alongside such a collection.  This episode of Layers is sponsored by The White Company. You can peruse their cashmere and silky pyjamas here: http://www.thewhitecompany.com Thank you also to our other sponsor, ESquared, a new fitness app for London. If this sounds up your street, you can use the special offer code POD15 for free £15 credit to get you started.  Follow Layers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/layers.podcast/ And if you liked today’s show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Library), Kevin MacLeod - Acid Jazz, Kevin MacLeod - Hard Boiled, Aaron Liebermann - Gypsy Stroll (via YouTu

Welcome back to Season 2 of Layers! We've missed you. In Episode 1, Ana and Stevie are thinking about dressing fabulously, and whether that's possible in an everyday context. They visit a charming cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon to meet a very fabulous older woman, Sarah Hosking, who is 78 years old and attributes resourcefulness and dressing joyfully to a well-lived life.  Sarah Hosking is the founder of Hosking Houses Trust, a charity that supports women writers over the age of 40 by providing them with a place to stay and work. You can donate to this wonderful cause here: http://hoskinghouses.co.uk/ Sarah also shared her wise thoughts on frugality in The Guardian's 'How I Spend It' column: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jun/09/charity-writers-room-of-ones-own-woolf The short profile on Hollywood stylist Karla Welch (which Stevie mentioned) can be found here: https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/stylist-karla-welch-wants-to-make-you-feel-something.html This episode of Layers is sponsored by The Whi

In the final episode of this season, Ana and Stevie discuss conviction. How should I dress? Is there anything I can’t wear? How does a designer know how their work should look? And - can I bring myself to throw this out?  Writer and self-confessed hoarder of precious things Isabelle O’Carroll joins us for a panel discussion/group therapy on closet clear-outs and cashmere jumpers. And we meet designers Levi Palmer and Matthew Harding - aka the Shirt Boys - about how they started a fashion label off the back of a simple white shirt. Our final Loved and Lost comes from someone you might recognise… (It’s Stevie.) Thanks for listening and join us later this year for more episodes! We’ll be keeping in touch on Instagram @layers.podcast and Twitter @layerspodcast, and you can always email us: layerspodcast@gmail.com You can follow Isabelle on Instagram at @isabelle_oc. Also, check out her ceramics! instagram.com/atelieroc You can buy palmer//harding at Matches or at their website www.palmerharding.com. And

Ana Kinsella and Stevie Mackenzie-Smith discuss power, or more specifically: "How do we dress when we want to feel powerful?" Ultramarathon runner Sorrell Walsh tells us about dressing for physical power, while writer and 'Women Who' founder Otegha Uwagba considers "power dressing" at work - and what power dressing even means in 2018. Our latest Loved and Lost story comes from writer Eliot Haworth, who relives a very funny memory about pants in the jungle.  Otegha Uwagba is a writer, brand consultant and founder of Women Who, a community for working women. She's also the author of Little Black Book. Find her Twitter @OteghaUwagba Sorrell Walsh is a writer and runner of marathons and ultramarathons. Find her on Twitter @sorrellwalsh, and find out more about WMN RUN at wmnrun.com. Eliot Haworth is assistant editor at Fantastic Man magazine. You can follow him on Instagram at @eliothaworth.  Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/layers.podcast/ If you liked today’s show, please rate and revi

For Episode 4 Stevie Mackenzie-Smith and Ana Kinsella are talking routine. Fashion writer and curator Lou Stoppard tells us how to “curate” a wardrobe that makes sense for you (sorry, Lou) and we learn about wearing exclusively monochrome looks from radio producer and Soho resident Clare Lynch. Also, we hear some secrets on replenishment buying and discuss how to take care of your clothes, and yourself. Loved and Lost comes from writer Zsofia Paulikovics.  You can find Clare Lynch on Twitter at @clarelynchred and hear her show Soho Hour on Soho Radio on Thursdays at 9am. Lou Stoppard is on Twitter and Instagram: @loustoppard Zsofia is also on Twitter and Instagram @paulikovics. Send us your thoughts on multipacks, laundry piles and must-have repeat buys via email layerspodcast@gmail.com or via Instagram DM: instagram.com/layers.podcast We’ll be posting images from this episode there.  If you liked today’s show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, or share the episode with a friend. Musi

In Episode 3, Ana Kinsella and Stevie Mackenzie-Smith discuss movement. Novelist Sharlene Teo tells us about moving from Singapore to the UK, and we talk about dressing for the dancefloor with curator Tory Turk. Foreign correspondent Sally Hayden shares how she packs for overseas assignments. Our latest instalment of Loved and Lost comes from author Sophie Mackintosh. Plus, Stevie takes a trip. Super Sharp is at Fashion Space Gallery until April 21st. Read about it here http://www.fashionspacegallery.com/exhibition/super-sharp/ Find Sally on Twitter https://twitter.com/sallyhayd Sharlene Teo’s novel Ponti will be published by Picador on April 14th / https://twitter.com/treebirds Sophie Mackintosh’s novel The Water Cure is out on May 24th / https://twitter.com/fairfairisles Ana would like to note that Social Dance at the Southbank Centre is not only for the elderly, and you can find all details here: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festivals-series/social-dance#overview Lucky Cloud Sou

In Episode 2, Stevie and Ana talk Encounters. A fleeting glimpse of a stylish stranger while on holiday, an ongoing friendship with the woman who works in the local boutique, or bumping into an enigmatic stranger in a Soho club: often it’s the chance encounters we have that can really influence how we think about clothes. Stevie makes a new friend, and Naomi Shimada tells us about her solo travels in Argentina. Sophie Davidson talks getting dressed for a memorable blind date. Ann-Maria McCarthy tells us of a vintage friendship, and Ana has a round-table on make-up and growing up with her school friends. Finally, the latest Loved and Lost segment comes from fashion journalist and erstwhile party reporter Osman Ahmed. The British Red Cross charity shop is on Old Church Street, just off the King’s Road. You can visit the Sir John Soane-designed St Peter's Church in Walworth. It's at Liverpool Grove, London SE17 2HH. Ann-Maria Mccarthy is on Instagram at @annmariamccarthy. The wonderful Jenny Vander is at

In Episode 1, Ana Kinsella and Stevie Mackenzie-Smith talk about beginnings. We meet Abigail, who decided to make her own wedding dress for a beginning of her own, and Kate O’Donnell, who built up a wardrobe from scratch when she transitioned. Plus, a diary of those all-important first-day-at-work outfits from Colleen Kelsey in New York, and writer and cook Rebecca May Johnson shares a story of satin trousers for Loved and Lost. Items: Is Fashion Modern? closes at MoMA this month. Read about it here: https://www.vogue.com/article/moma-items-is-fashion-modern Stevie also mentions her trip to Sara Berman’s closet, and you can do a video tour of it here, thanks to the New Yorker http://video.newyorker.com/watch/sara-berman-s-closet Here is an essay about women in fedoras: https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/fashion-supplement/fedora/ Ana's hat is really more like a borsalino. Find Abigail’s work on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheRayShop Follow Kate O’Donnell on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ka

In this preview episode we discuss GLAMOUR. Ana Kinsella and Stevie Mackenzie-Smith talk to Coline Bach, a celebrity stylist who's worked with Years & Years and Madonna, and dancer Kate Haughton shares memories of ballet and pointe shoes. Writer and poet Rosalind Jana reads a story about a much-loved ring inherited from her aunt Violet. Music: E's Jammy Jams - Arabian Sand (via YouTube Music Library), Blue Dot Sessions - The Shoes They Wear (via Free Music Archive), Aaron Lieberman - Gypsy Stroll (via YouTube Music Library) Production: Lucy Dearlove #style #glamour #fashion

What do you wear to feel powerful? And what do you really wish you could pull off? Four women answer. LAYERS is a podcast of stories about style, women and how we get dressed. Co-hosts Stevie Mackenzie-Smith and Ana Kinsella ask "Hey, what are you wearing? Can you tell me about it?" A preview episode on the theme of GLAMOUR launches 04/12/17, Series 1 starts 06/01/18. Produced by Lucy Dearlove.