Alex Mill’s Ali Dillon & Somsack Sikhounmuong On Office Lunch Culture And The Food/Fashion Connection

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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On today’s episode of Radio Cherry Bombe, host Kerry Diamond is joined by Ali Dillon and Somsack Sikhounmuong of Alex Mill, the brand known for its effortlessly cool and well-crafted essentials. The company recently opened a shop in Rockefeller Center, right across from Newsstand Studios, where Cherry Bombe is recorded each week. Ali, the president of Alex Mill, and Somsack, the creative director, talk about the restaurants they love, the importance of office lunch culture, and the lessons all entrepreneurs can take from their approach to merchandising, design, and brand building. For Jubilee 2025 tickets, volunteer, and Bombesquad Booth applications, click here. To get our new Love Issue, click here. Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions and show transcripts. More on Alex Mill: Instagram, website More on Kerry: Instagram

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. You are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond,
0:10.1	coming to you from Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.
0:15.1	Today, we're talking about one of my favorite subjects, food and fashion.
0:19.6	And our guests are Ali Dillon and Somsak Sikunmong, of the brand
0:24.0	Alex Mill. Some of you might have heard me talk about this, but Alex Mill opened a shop right
0:29.0	across our studio, and I am literally looking into their store as I read this. I've always felt a lot
0:35.0	of kinship with the Alex Mill team as they left the corporate world
0:37.9	to build something very special and intentional, much like we did with Cherry Bomb. We've done some
0:43.0	fun events with them over the years and a great jacket co-lab. I bet some of you remember that
0:48.0	and maybe even own the jacket. Anyway, Allie is the president of Alex Mill and Somsack is the
0:53.8	creative director. We talk about their food lives, what lunch culture is the president of Alex Mill, and Somsak is the creative director. We talk about
0:55.4	their food lives, what lunch culture is like at the Alex Mill office, what all of us entrepreneurs
1:00.4	can learn from their approach to merchandising, meaning how they display things, and lots more.
1:05.5	I've known Somsack for a long time, and I loved getting to know him better, and it was wonderful
1:09.9	meeting Allie for the first
1:11.0	time. Stay tuned for our chat. You regular listeners know I love Las Vegas. In fact, I just
1:17.3	got back from Vegas a few days ago. I love the energy. I love the restaurants. I love the sphere.
1:22.6	But mostly, I love the people. There are so many incredibly talented women making magic happen
1:27.3	on the Las Vegas culinary scene.
1:29.3	Chefs, restaurateurs, mixologists, pastry chefs, many of whom we celebrated on this show last year
1:34.9	during a special Las Vegas miniseries.
1:37.7	Well, good news.
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