Sir Paul Smith

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My guest this week is Paul Smith, the legendary British fashion designer.

Paul and I discuss how a cycling accident launched his career as a creative, why his wife’s knowledge of couture has been essential to their success, and what it’s taken for his business to last 50 years and stay independent.

NOTES

(00:00) Paul Smith and cycling

(17:30) History of Le Bon Marché

(23:15) Giorgio Armani on Slowing Down

(24:34) Supreme

(25:04) 18 East

(36:41) Yves Saint Laurent

(44:44) Paul Smith & Land Rover

(49:58) Friendship with David Bowie

(52:41) The Lumineers

(52:54) Jimmy Page

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This episode is sponsored by P. Johnson, & Bespoke Box (enter BLAMO for 20% off your first box!)

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Jeremy Kirkland