THE FASHION ARCHIVES

amelie stanescu
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you’re the average TFA listener if you gaf about fashion culture in a way that makes your peers uncomfortable around you. let me make you a clear example: if you once bought an unshaped uncut dirty-looking old piece of fabric for hundreds of bucks and your friends were like WHO THE F**K IS MARGIELA then I am talking about you. hosted by amelie stanescu, the wannabe julian casablancas of this industry (read: @minorbutmajor) the show explores fashion the way early mtv explored youth culture. it sounds pretentious I know but trust me give it a minute and you will see what i mean.

  1. 4d ago

    S02E05: THE LIES YOU'LL HEAR AT FASHION WEEK

    it took me one month to edit this episode, which i filmed after coming back from my fashion month tour around europe. i wasn’t exhausted necessarily, i was a little confused by all my thoughts. they were coming out like vomit in this episode, so i had to find a decent order and a narrative consecutio temporum. but anyways, a couple of things that will be mentioned here: is the makeup getting more press coverage than the clothes at rick owens? (rhetorical question) building your access in fashion is more useful than pretending to have it i am craving seniority ann demeulemeester’s friends of the house fashion roadman and i fangirling over alessandro michele at the jil sander show and I can't believed it's not mentioned anywhere here pretending you’ve reached your goals won’t get you closer to reaching them accepting where you are and doing what you can with what you have is so me forgot to talk about my fav thing on the feed this fashion month: bliss foster's interview with rick FIND ME AT chez.amelie

  2. Sep 1

    S02E04: GALLIANO'S MET GALA 2027 IS CANCELLED

    John Galliano’s 2027 met costume Institute retrospective was announced and then cancelled just weeks later (SURPRISE SURPRISE) but the backlash around galliano was never exactly unpredictable so why did the met approve the exhibition in the first place????in this comeback episode we look at the John Galliano Met controversy, the unusually early announcement of John Galliano (MONTHS IN ADVANCE): horizons, the met’s consultations before the exhibition was announced, the backlash that followed, and the bigger question of whether a museum can historicise an important designer without also appearing to rehabilitate him.my theory is basically that galliano was used as a trojan horse for something we are yet to learn about FIND ME EHRE https://www.instagram.com/chez.amelie https://www.youtube.com/@chez.amelie

  3. Apr 1

    S02E03: MY FIRST MARGIELA SHOW

    glenn martens came to conquer: fall winter is set to be the never-seen-before at margiela: mixing artisanal with pretaporter + showing off location in shanghai + an itinerary of exhibitions in china + online access to exclusive margiela documentation WHAT IS GOING ON! BRB with a proper report on margiela's fall winter 2026 straight from shanghai find the dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/q9xdsiuqxtwhm6mat8820/AB8_5H3F1_YAKeUaJ7_d1nE?rlkey=09jhiuc26dqq8pt6ix437tanv&e=2&st=pye072fr&dl=0

  4. Jan 31

    S2E02: FROM MARLENE DIETRICH TO MODERN BERLIN FASHION

    i went in for a collection preview at haderlump, honestly one of the strongest up-and-coming names on the berlin schedule and consistently one of the most attended shows every season. proof that haderlump is having a real moment right now is the decision to open a physical store, at a time when even some of berlin’s oldest and coolest fashion spaces are struggling or closing altogether. I visited the new space and previewed their winter 2026 collection called VARIUS, inspired by marlene dietrich. the collection leans heavily into historical references with lace and draping and a softer approach, it makes a clear shift away from the brutalist berlin coded vibe that has been haderlump’s hallmark for since its beginnings. FIND ME HERE https://www.instagram.com/chez.amelie FIND HADERLUMP HERE https://www.instagram.com/haderlump.berlin filmed by @varvara_film

  5. Jan 14

    S2E01: LA FAMIGLIA BY DEMNA IS BASED ON GUCCI'S TRUE CRIME STORY

    new year new season they say WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE OF SEASON 2: we are exploring a parallelism that might be in my head only but I wanted to check if someone else sees this - it's a social experiment. DID DEMNA GET INSPIRED BY THE REAL TRUE CRIME STORY OF GUCCI'S DYNASTY for his LA FAMIGLIA ss26 collection? YOU ANSWER NOW, I've said enough. Video production by @varvara.film on insta FIND ME HERE: https://www.instagram.com/chez.amelie

  6. 12/08/2025

    ep. 63 - the history of the prada group and why dario vitale at versace doesn't fit into it

    in this episode im taking dario vitale's exit at versace as an excuse to do a little bit of a brainstorming around the history of the prada group. i keep saying this but the speculations behind this move are way too good, and honestly the more i look at it the less random it feels ngl.we start in 1913 with the fratelli prada in the galleria, move through miuccia + bertelli turning a luggage shop into a cultural machine, then zoom in on the empire-building years: when prada bought jil sander and helmut lang and almost broke itself in the process. from there, we look at dario vitale’s 14 years inside miu miu, his impact on the brand’s image and insane growth, and finally land on my three conspiracy theories about why he was let go from versace right after prada bought the house. DO NOT FORGET the next episode it's gonna be our yearly giveaway FIND ME HERE!!!!!!!!! YOUTI https://youtu.be/OfMSv7zVnQgIG https://www.instagram.com/chez.amelieSUBSTI https://thefashionarchives.substack.com/CICI hello@ameliestanescu.com

  7. 11/22/2025

    ep. 62 - kelly cutrone's nobodycares.com

    kelly cutrone is reality tv lore one of the few people in fashion who understood that power, communication and a little fear can shape an entire generation. long before influencer culture she built a world where honesty mattered more than likability. cheapeau? 00:00 — intro 01:17 — who is kelly cutrone 05:52 — the anti-influencer before influencing 12:04 — influencers as fashion’s frankenstein 16:40 — fashion criticism in 2025 but I was thinking: would someone like kelly cutrone, stern, sharp, villain coded in a devil wears prada way still be accepted TODAY - in my today's mind she sounds blabla-ly and random not/gonna/lie in this episode i look at the version of her the internet remembers and the one the industry quietly respects. her rise from the hills and the city, the pedagogy behind her toughness but also her latest interview here https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KhErSUR8EYG4MTGU5ugin?si=5a86881483614096 we also talk about influencers as fashion’s frankenstein, created by US and then accepted by the industry and then blamed for everything, and where fashion criticism sits today now that creators hold more power than hisotrical institutions like vogue etc (IMO - no need to add that)

  8. 11/20/2025

    ep. 62 - post book launch depression

    GO UP AND RATE THIS PODCAST XDDDDDDD i had a massive emotional hangover after my book launch party at paris fashion week ss26 and i let one hateful comment enter my veins like salt on an open wound I did a lot of work on myself to not let anything get to me and I am proud to say I built a very thick skin but my impostor syndrome triggered me into letting my guard down. never give this much power to ANYONE let alone a dücking stranger on the internet I won't let anything cancel WHAT WE DID IN PARIS this woman right here is too stunned to speak: hundreds of my beloved archivists showed up on a rainy and super busy friday during paris fashion week - the busiest fws of them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! H O W W O W this is pushing me to invest so much more in tfa - 2026 is coming with a BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM con amore Amelie FIND ME HERE yt https://www.youtube.com/@chez.amelie ig https://www.instagram.com/chez.amelie substi https://thefashionarchives.substack.com/ cici hello@ameliestanescu.com ciaoooooo

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you’re the average TFA listener if you gaf about fashion culture in a way that makes your peers uncomfortable around you. let me make you a clear example: if you once bought an unshaped uncut dirty-looking old piece of fabric for hundreds of bucks and your friends were like WHO THE F**K IS MARGIELA then I am talking about you. hosted by amelie stanescu, the wannabe julian casablancas of this industry (read: @minorbutmajor) the show explores fashion the way early mtv explored youth culture. it sounds pretentious I know but trust me give it a minute and you will see what i mean.

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  • Creator
    amelie stanescu
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    70
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © amelie stanescu
  • Show Website
    THE FASHION ARCHIVES

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