Hey cheaters, new season is coming August 9th. You know, these cheats, they just keep

on cheating. But while we track them down, we're letting you take the reins. We're playing

some of your fan faves. Enjoy. My name is Rachel and my favorite episode is the hipster

grifter. It's so good at encapsulating a precise moment in New York in 2006, 2007, when

Gocker was the first website I'd go to every single morning and vice was on the tip of

our tongues and it really brought me back to that type of my life. But hearing it through

this kind of lens of 2022 made me think about it completely differently.

This 2016 and the fashion team at Refinery29 is getting ready for New York Fashion Week.

So here's a little known factor about me. I used to do lighting design and installation

that shows during Fashion Week. It's really an invite only scene. There are events, parties

and shows. You hear the clickety-clack of heels and you see people who clearly put a lot

of effort into their outfit because you're there to be seen and see who you can see.

If you don't have a ticket or know someone, you ain't getting in. Fashion Week is incredibly

exclusive for absolutely no reason. It is because the fashion industry is built upon this

idea of exclusivity. That's Connie Wayne, the executive editor at Refinery29. And because

of that, not everyone gets to see and witness the fancy clothes that's put on by the fancy

people who make these fancy clothes. Most people don't even understand how to get a ticket

to Fashion Week. Usually editors like Connie have to email PR companies that work for the

designers to get access. There's a very specific way to send this where people understand

that you are legitimate. One day, someone from a PR company got in touch with Connie. They

received an email from someone saying they worked at Refinery29. Connie thought, that's

weird. We already have our tickets. And then she looked at the email. It was so close

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