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Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
I used to find the concept of watching a podcast very strange (that’s what, I don’t know, television is for?), but I must admit that I’ve been watching designer Bella Freud’s new podcast, Fashion Neurosis, with greatinterest. This has a lot to do with the format: Channeling her great-grandfather Sigmund, Freud has her guests recline on a couch (in very soft, flattering lighting) as she queries them about important pieces of clothing from their childhoods, what they start with when putting an outfit together, how comfortable they are being naked, and more. The resulting conversations—with the likes of Zadie Smith, …