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Lauren’s guest is longtime fashion and beauty executive (and Restorsea founder) Patti Pao, who’s become a TikTok star alongside her 92-year-old mother, Joanne, chronicling their 40-year run as Chanel V.I.C.s. They dig into her newfound fame, shopping Chanel before and after Matthieu, and Patti’s amazing stories about Bernard Arnault, the Wertheimers, the Dumas family, and more.
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Puck correspondent Lauren Sherman and a rotating cast of industry insiders take you deep inside what fashion people are really talking about behind the scenes of this multi-trillion-dollar biz, from creative director switcheroos to M&A drama, D.T.C. downfalls, and magazine mishaps.Fashion People is
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