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The Cut

In Her Shoes: Tracy Reese

The Cut

New York Magazine

Personal Journals, Documentary, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 2018, host Lindsay Peoples wrote a piece called Everywhere and Nowhere, What it’s Really Like to be Black and Work in Fashion. It shook the table and ushered in a conversation on race in the industry. She interviewed over 100 people, including designer Tracy Reese—who's been working in fashion for more than five decades. For the fifth anniversary of the piece, Lindsay spoke to Tracy about what's changed, how far the industry has come, and how much work still needs to be done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to In Her Shoes. I'm Lindsay Peoples and I'm editor-in-chief of The Cut.

1:00.5

On this show, I get to talk to people that we love and admire or some that we just find interesting.

1:07.6

We'll explore how they found their path and what maybe have gotten in their way and how they brought others along now that they've arrived.

1:18.5

So five years ago, I wrote a piece called Everywhere and Nowhere,

1:21.2

what it's really like to be black and work in fashion.

1:25.0

This meant a lot to me for many reasons,

1:31.0

but the main one would be the fact that I wanted to talk about the lack of inclusivity and diversity in the industry in a way that would hold the industry accountable

1:38.0

and attempt to move things forward. And Tracy Reese was one of the first designers that I personally remember adoring and

1:47.3

realizing that she was a black female designer. And so to be able to chat with her, I interviewed

1:53.8

her for this piece five years ago and was able to reach out to her again now, as she's now

1:59.5

the founder of Hope for Flowers. And in particular,

2:02.9

she was a person that was formative for me in the industry and someone that I wanted in the

2:08.9

piece five years ago and now, because she is someone that has seen so much as a black woman

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