In this episode of Style POV, I’m joined by Dr. Valerie Steele, fashion historian, author, and director of The Museum at FIT. Dr. Steele has shaped the way the world understands fashion. Her work examines the cultural, psychological, and emotional forces behind what we wear and why it matters. We talk about her latest exhibition, Dress, Dreams and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis, and explore how clothing reflects fantasy, identity, memory, and the unconscious. If you’ve ever felt that what...
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In this episode of Style POV, I’m joined by Dr. Valerie Steele, fashion historian, author, and director of The Museum at FIT. Dr. Steele has shaped the way the world understands fashion. Her work examines the cultural, psychological, and emotional forces behind what we wear and why it matters. We talk about her latest exhibition, Dress, Dreams and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis, and explore how clothing reflects fantasy, identity, memory, and the unconscious. If you’ve ever felt that what...
Style, Spontaneity, and the Making of an Icon: Jane Birkin’s Story with Marisa Meltzer
Style POV
37 minutes
3 months ago
Style, Spontaneity, and the Making of an Icon: Jane Birkin’s Story with Marisa Meltzer
Today on Style POV, I’m joined by the incomparable Marisa Meltzer, bestselling author of Glossy and Girl Power, and a writer the New York Times calls “culturally astute and genuine.” In her latest work, It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin (out October 7th, 2025), Marisa traces how an insecure London teenager grew into the epitome of effortless French style. Our conversation pulls back the veil on Birkin- not just as a fashion icon, but as an artist, activist, and woman who embodi...
Style POV
In this episode of Style POV, I’m joined by Dr. Valerie Steele, fashion historian, author, and director of The Museum at FIT. Dr. Steele has shaped the way the world understands fashion. Her work examines the cultural, psychological, and emotional forces behind what we wear and why it matters. We talk about her latest exhibition, Dress, Dreams and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis, and explore how clothing reflects fantasy, identity, memory, and the unconscious. If you’ve ever felt that what...
