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Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Does Fashion Have a Future? Designer Gabriela Hearst is Threading the Needle.

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Society & Culture

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Gabriela Hearst is one of the rare figures in fashion with an unwavering commitment to sustainability.

 At the top, we discuss her luminous Spring Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week (4:08), her childhood herding cattle on a 17,000-acre ranch in Uruguay (6:55), and the gaucho traditions that shaped her philosophy around art-making (10:35). Then, Gabriela reflects on the manifestation practice that’s guided her since adolescence (17:15), how love and heartbreak fueled her creatively (21:18), and what she took from a detour into acting (21:50).

 On the back-half, Hearst talks about motherhood (24:30), founding her first label, Candela (31:00), and breaking free from the vicious cycle of fast fashion (38:00). To close, we walk through the past decade of Gabriela Hearst (40:28), the long-term vision for the namesake brand (50:00), and the affirmation that keeps her grounded (58:10).

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0:00.0

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movie. Thank you. This is Talk Easy. I'm Sam Fragoso. Welcome to the show.

1:08.8

Today, visionary designer, Gabrielleherst. She's one of the rare figures in fashion with an unwavering commitment to sustainability. And that commitment is informed by her personal history. She was raised on a 17,000-acre ranch in Uruguay, where every summer she herded cattle with her family. Those traditions

1:29.3

instilled in her a lifelong respect for the land and laid the groundwork for the way she makes

1:34.4

clothing and accessories today. Eventually, Gabriella left the ranch and found herself in New York

1:40.2

City in the early 2000s. It was there that she began working and studying in the

1:45.1

garment district, dreaming of an alternative to fast fashion. What she imagined was something called

1:50.6

honest luxury, garments that pushed back against the staggering waste of the industry,

1:56.4

while honoring the people and resources that make it all possible. As Gabriella wrote in a time op-ed earlier this year,

2:03.9

she believes that sustainability isn't a marketing tool,

2:06.9

but a daily practice rooted in the urgency of climate change.

2:11.5

So over the past decade, instead of just talking about those values,

2:15.6

Hearst has actually built a brand that embodies them.

2:18.9

She previously served as the creative director of Chloe.

2:22.2

She's become an ambassador for Save the Children, and through her namesake label,

2:26.4

she continues to reimagine what a fashion house can and should be when built with purpose.

2:32.8

Earlier this month, that vision was on full display at Paris Fashion

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