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Devil Wears Prada with Aimee Song

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Eileen Kelly

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education

4.8897 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Aimee Song is a Korean-American fashion blogger and fashion designer who rose to fame through her blog Song of Style. We discuss the lack of representation in the media, how to break into an industry that’s cliquish, and how societal beauty pressures impact her mental health- resulting in body image struggles, depression, and an eating disorder.

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0:00.0

Welcome to going mental. This is your host Eileen Kelly. I'm interested in the things many of us face but don't always talk about.

0:08.0

After spending five months at McLean Hospital working on my mental health, I'm back.

0:13.8

A little more insightful and with plenty of stories to share.

0:16.8

Expanding on my usual topics of sexuality and intimacy, this season takes into account

0:21.9

everything I learned during my stay.

0:23.7

I'll be bringing together a wide range of guests, some beloved, some contentious,

0:28.3

to discuss work, love, and the bizarre phenomenon that is modern life.

0:32.4

Join me as we try to make sense of it all.

0:35.0

On today's episode, I sit down with fashion blogger Ahmee Song.

0:39.0

She rose to fame through her blog Song of Style, which she created in 2008.

0:44.4

She's a fashion designer, fashion blogger, and global ambassador

0:48.0

for brands such as Christian Dior, Armani Beauty, and Chloe. She currently has over 5 million Instagram followers and is the author of the New York Times best selling book

0:58.0

Capture Your Style. So can you introduce yourself in your own words?

1:05.0

My name is Ami Song and I am, I guess one of the original fashion bloggers I started in 2008. I'm currently a fashion

1:15.9

influencer. Also I have my own clothing brand called Song of Style and I also used to work as an interior architect and I'm currently

1:24.8

renovating my house in Los Angeles. Well thank you I'm so excited to have you on and

1:30.6

I think I told you this over like Instagram DM but I actually came across your

1:37.6

page through that Azelia Banks a little. So I think it's just like funny. So Azelia Banks basically was

1:47.4

posting some body shaming stories about Lana Del Rey I believe and you stood up for her and then Azalea Banks came after you.

1:57.0

In a very racist way.

1:59.0

You're super racist, so aggressive, but I thought you handled yourself really well and I became a fan after that and

2:06.6

start following you and so I'm super excited to have you on.

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