Enlighten My Loafers Brett White

This week’s guest is Aleks Cvetkovic, host of the excellent
menswear podcast HandCut Radio. Aleks is also an accomplished
journalist, having written for The Rake and Robb
Report, among other publications.


Aleks’ work on HandCut Radio was an influence of this podcast (along
with Jeremy Kirkland’s Blamo! if you want to pair this chat with
our Season 3 opener). I loved getting to talk to Aleks about his
menswear journey, stumbling into a journalism career, working as a
freelance writer, and all of his bold style choices (some he may now
regret, but they still get my meaningless seal of approval).


You can follow Aleks on Instagram at @aleks_cvetkovic. Follow
@enlightenmyloafers on Instagram for show notes, style inspo, and
more.

This week’s guests are Sergio Guadarrama and Kade Johnson of
Celestino Couture. And you might recognize Sergio from the
recently-wrapped Season 18 of Project Runway—and you’ll recognize
Kade from that romantic finale proposal!


I talk to Sergio and Kade about building Celestino, their personal
style journeys, what it was like filming and watching Project
Runway, and how they’re changing the world one dress at a time. I
also put in a lot of hints that I want Sergio to make me a cape. Will
he take the hint?!


You can follow Sergio and Kade on Instagram at
@celestinocouture. Follow @enlightenmyloafers on Instagram
for show notes, style inspo, and more.

This week’s guest is Amanda Valentine, a Nashville-based designer
and stylist who brought her super hip, Southern chic vibe to Seasons
11 and 13 of Project Runway.


You bet I had to ask Amanda all about her two turns on Project
Runway and making it all the way to the top two of Season 13. We also
talk about her work as a stylist, how hard it is to make menswear, and
just have a chill, low-grade panic about the world! I sincerely loved
this convo!!


You can follow Amanda on Instagram at @valentimes. Follow
@enlightenmyloafers on Instagram for show notes, style inspo, and
more.

The world has ground to a halt and we are all in need of human
interaction now more than ever… sounds like a perfect time to
reassemble the EML panel! Ramsey Ess and Brady O’Callahan drop
in from their respective seclusion zones to talk answer a bunch of
listener questions and go off on a number of topics.


You can follow me on Instagram at @brettwhite, Brady at
@bradyocallahan, and Ramsey at @ramseyess. Follow
@enlightenmyloafers on Instagram for show notes, style inspo, and
more.

This week’s guest is Andrew Levitt, the drag icon also known as
Nina West. In addition to being Miss Congeniality of “RuPaul’s
Drag Race” Season 11, Nina West won Entertainer of the Year in 2008;
co-hosts the “DragCast” podcast; released music for kids (“Drag
Is Magic”), adults (“John Goodman”), and the holidays (“The West
Christmas Ever”); and started the Nina West Fund charity for the
Columbus Foundation.


Andrew talks about all of that, including getting started in drag and
preparing looks for “Drag Race.” If you’re looking for a calming convo
in these trying times, this is it!


You can follow Nina on Instagram at @ninawest. Follow
@enlightenmyloafers on Instagram for show notes, style inspo, and
more. And be sure to listen to the other half of the Season 3
premiere, my chat with “Blamo!’s” Jeremy Kirkland!

This week’s guest is Jeremy Kirkland, a podcaster / blogger /
community-builder known for his style podcast “Blamo!” and for
being the nicest guy in menswear. It is incredibly true that this here
podcast would not exist if it wasn’t for “Blamo!,” so you know this is
a big episode!


Jeremy talks about breaking into the stylist game and building a
totally unique podcast community, and he also talks me off a ledge or
three!


You can follow Jeremy on Instagram at @thekirkland. Follow
@enlightenmyloafers on Instagram for show notes, style inspo, and
more. And be sure to listen to the other half of the Season 3
premiere, my chat with “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” Nina West!