Podcasts remained a popular news medium in 2025. Credits: Unsplash With over 4.5 million podcasts worldwide and an audience increasingly turning to audio for their news consumption, podcasts are an undeniable part of the culture, including in the upcoming fashion year. FashionUnited has selected a number of leading shows that are here to stay. Fashion neurosis Designer Bella Freud broke away from the rigid setting of the classic podcast studio to explore the emotional weight of clothing. Well-known actors, designers and other creatives join her on the sofa for an intimate conversation about their personal relationship with style. This is not viewed as a sum of trends, but as an expression of personal desires and insecurities. Fashion becomes a form of self-analysis, with Freud taking on the role of therapist. This approach suits her prominent guests, such as Marina Abramović, a revolutionary in performative practice herself. Chanel connects Fashion can become incredibly intellectual when you let visionary artists, writers, performers and curators explain what it is all about. Chanel proved this with “Chanel Connects”. The fifth season takes place at La Pausa, the “ideal Mediterranean villa” on the French Riviera designed by Gabrielle Chanel herself. It is hosted by Yana Peel, president of arts, culture & heritage at the luxury brand. A special bonus episode was recorded live at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. In it, artists Sarah Sze and Julie Mehretu talk with Peel about creativity, abstraction and the role of art as a driving force for…
