Les Wexner: Angels, Epstein, + The Advent of Fast Fashion

ECO CHIC

Cloud10

Natural Sciences, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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We're joined by Shannon McNamara of Fluenty Forward for today's profiling of Les Wexner: the billionaire businessman behind *all* the mall brands. Wexner is credited with mainstreaming fast fashion marketing techniques, and targeted consumers through his ownership and acquisition of brands like The Limited, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, Abercrombie & Fitch, and many, many more. Wexner also was the primary billionaire client of Jeffrey Epstein, with the Victoria's Secret brand playing a major role in Epstein's story. Wexner is the longest serving CEO of a Fortune 500 company, with 57 years upon his retirement. Today's conversation explores the advent of fast fashion marketing, as well as Wexner and L Brands' impact on the culture of the 1990s and early 2000s. Thanks to our sponsor! JustThriveHealth.com/ECOCHIC or use code ECOCHIC for 20% off your 90 day supply - try the probiotic and Just Calm!! Sign up for our biweekly newsletter here!! Sign up for our community spotlight here!! Let's connect - @ecochicpodcast on Instagram + @lauraediez on Tiktok. Email me at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.1	Hello, welcome back to EcoSheek. My name is Laura Diaz.
1:05.5	I am so excited for you to listen to today's episode.
1:08.5	We are in conversation with my friend Shannon McNarmah.
1:12.2	Shannon is the creator and podcaster behind Fluently Forward, a celebrity gossip and conspiracy
1:18.4	theory podcast and platform. And today's conversation really is a little gossipy, a little pop culture,
1:26.8	current event, newsworthy. And it all stems from
1:30.6	the themes that we like to explore here on HECO chic around conscious consumerism, around brand
1:35.6	awareness, fast fashion. I was working on this episode for quite some time, and it really started
1:42.0	as a profile of Les Wexner. And as I continue to do
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