S31E11: Natalie Massenet and Erik Torstensson

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

History, Comedy

4.5 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When two visionaries meet, strange things can happen. So it was for Natalie Massenet, founder of upscale shopping site Net-a-Porter, and Swedish creative director and Frame founder Erik Torstensson. The high fashion power couple parlayed their early successes into venture capital projects - including Skims - and then shocked their world in August 2025 with a bombshell lawsuit from Natalie alleging all kinds of inappropriate conduct by Erik, her partner of many years. It appears that things haven't blown over so much as having been fastidiously swept under a designer rug. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors Incogni. Protect your personal information from scammers, spammers, and data brokers – with 60% off an annual plan at incogni.com/trashy. Uncommon Goods. Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/trashy! Aura Frames. Get $35 off Aura's best-selling Carver Mat frames by using promo code TRASHY at checkout at auraframes.com. Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces. Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:07.2	My name is Stacy and Alicia, you just cannot stay away from the fashion, can you?
0:12.5	Stacey, I cannot. I am helpless sometimes to these stories because the more you dig, the more
0:18.1	thread you unpool, the stickier the spiderwebs get.
0:22.9	Hello, I am Alicia Friends.
0:24.8	Thank you for joining us today for today's high fashion tale of marital misadventure.
0:30.3	Today I am bringing you the very trashy breakup of Natalie Massanay and Eric Torstinson.
0:37.2	Both big names and big money in the fashion world,
0:40.6	but don't worry if you're saying to yourself and Stacey, if I can use you as an example,
0:46.0	you may. You are not exactly a fashionista. Not exactly. So those names probably do not ring a bell
0:52.5	in your hoodie and sweats at the moment.
0:56.1	It's cold.
0:57.7	It is so cold.
0:59.6	You and all y'all, even if you don't know who these characters are, you're going to in just a few moments.
1:05.6	But I guarantee you, you know every one around them.
1:09.9	This story is an off the charts, sticky spider web kind of episode.
1:14.5	I think you're going to delight in.
1:16.7	So let me go ahead and give you a little backstory just to hook you.
1:20.2	Okay.
1:20.8	I want to give you the setup.
1:22.5	This couple, Fashion's Golden Couple, we have moved from the golden couple of fashion to a public war.
1:32.4	Natalie Massanay, venture capitalist and iconic founder of the upscale shopping site,
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