Turning the Questions Back on Bella Freud, Fashion’s Favorite Interlocutor
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The fashion designer Bella Freud launched Fashion Neurosis a little over a year ago with Rick Owens as her first guest. The show—available in both audio and video formats—immediately set itself apart from other fashion podcasts by the sense of intimacy Freud cultivated in unguarded conversations with her high-profile visitors, Cate Blanchett, David Cronenberg, and Rosalía, among them. She joins Nicole Phelps on this week’s episode of The Run-Through to discuss the origins of the show, including its now-iconic set-up.
The designer, who yes, is the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, and the daughter of the painter Lucian Freud, also discusses her first steps in fashion—liberated as a teenager by Vivienne Westwood’s clothes while she worked at the Seditionaries store, and later by Westwood herself as she worked alongside the legendary designer.
The Run-Through with Vogue is your go-to podcast where fashion meets culture. Hosted by Chloe Malle, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue U.S.; Chioma Nnadi, Head of British Vogue; and Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, each episode features the latest fashion news and exclusive designer and celebrity interviews.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Run Through is brought to by eBay. |
| 0:02.5 | I'm Arden Faining Andrews, Vogue's Beauty Editor at large. |
| 0:05.2 | Gifting is my love language. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm scrolling eBay all year long and building up a watch list. |
| 0:10.8 | This year I'm looking at a lot of vintage belts and designer scarves. |
| 0:14.7 | And now, rather than just putting things on the watch list, it's my time to actually check out. |
| 0:20.2 | It's about just like making my holiday gift shopping a little bit easier. It's my time to actually check out. It's about just like making my |
| 0:21.6 | holiday gift shopping a little bit easier. It's always an eBay holiday. |
| 0:30.1 | This is the run-through. I'm Nicole Phelps. Today, I'm so happy to be joined by the designer |
| 0:35.2 | and podcast host Bella Freud. Bella launched her podcast |
| 0:38.9 | Fashion Neurosis one year ago. She's the great granddaughter of Sigmund Freud and the daughter |
| 0:44.0 | of painter Lucien Freud. She's interviewed guests like Rick Owens, Marina Abramovic, and Kate |
| 0:49.2 | Moss. Her podcast is a must listen and not just for fashion people. But that said, she has been in the fashion industry since the age of 16 when she started working with Vivian Westwood, |
| 1:00.0 | and she's run her own eponymous label since 1990. |
| 1:03.0 | We talked about why she started the podcast, her love of uniforms, and how the show relates to her work as a designer and a maker. |
| 1:17.7 | Welcome, Bella Freud. We're so thrilled to have you on the run through. Thank you so much, Nicole. |
| 1:25.4 | I want to do one of your classic moves on you and ask, what are you wearing today and why did you choose it? I'm wearing a denim, what I call a Minelli shirt, because I do a shirt that has a tie with it. |
| 1:34.3 | And I have worn this shirt so many times, but it makes me feel good and also the temperature here is weird, so it's warm and it's not hot. |
| 1:46.6 | So I'm wearing that with a pair of tailored chalkstriped trousers and some trainers. |
| 1:53.6 | So I feel safely myself and vaguely sort of put together in my way, which is probably a bit disheveled. |
| 2:04.8 | Well, it's a treat for us to see you here in New York, |
| 2:08.0 | and tell us what the occasion is, what brought you this trip. |
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