The designer who transformed J.Crew into a cultural institution and redefined American style? That is of course Jenna Lyons. In this episode, she joins David to trace the eye for color and texture she's spent a lifetime collecting on the road. From Milanese cafés and silk factories in China to karaoke nights in Tokyo and childhood summers in the French countryside that changed how she understood beauty.
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Photo Credits:
- Dries Van Noten. Dimore Studio. Photographer: Andrea Ferrari
- Modepaleis flagship store, Antwerp. Photographer: Tijs Vervecken

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