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The Year Ahead in Fashion w/ Lauren Sams

18 Jan 2026 · 38 min

In this episode, we’re chatting with Lauren Sams, fashion editor at the Australian Financial Review and Deputy Editor of AFR Magazine. Lauren takes us through the biggest fashion stories for 2025, then she gets out her crystal ball to predict the biggest themes for 2026: how the cost of living crisis will impact fashion, the rise of luxury brand dupes, and the emergence of the Middle East as a big consumer market.

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• https://nymag.com/
• https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Graydon-Carter-When-the-Going-Was-Good-9781804711019
• https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Regret-Almost-Everything/Keith-McNally/9781398548558
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• https://afterschool.substack.com/
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