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Garment District Confidential

Elana Leanna & Zachary Belil

Back in the wild 90's, we lived and breathed the rag trade! The designers, salespeople, and garment center executives navigating the beautiful chaos of the fashion industry. We survived the sample rooms, the showroom drama, the buyers, the factories, and the occasional fashion emergency that could only happen in New York City. And more specifically... the legendary Garment District. Every episode we’re pulling back the curtain and telling the down-and-dirty, slightly scandalous, and very funny stories about what it was really like to work in the Garment Center, because trust us, the fashion industry was not always glamorous... but it was always entertaining. So grab a coffee, sharpen your scissors, and prepare yourself...Because what happens in the Garment District....eventually ends up on this podcast.

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  • 4 episodes
  • Avg 52 min
  • English
  • S1 · E4
    Monday · 34 min

    HIGHS, lows, & Hemlines

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Somewhere between Inspiration and Addiction there is a fine line in an industry fueled by deadlines, personalities, and creative pressure. Drugs and alcohol were sometimes part of the landscape. We explore the stories behind the inspiration, the consequences, and everything in between.

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  • S1 · E3
    November 2 · 1 hr 8 min

    Should She Be Talking About This?

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Carol Kallista: The Designer Edition Carol Kallista takes us back to the 1990s New York fashion world, where ambition, motherhood, difficult bosses, and complicated workplace relationships all collided. She shares the highs, the struggles, and a few wild stories about being a successful working designer. Come dish with us!

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  • S1 · E2
    October 26 · 1 hr 7 min

    The Daughter that got me FIRED!

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Zach and Elana sit down with Emma, a young designer who happens to be Elana's daughter - and the reason she got fired. Two generations of fashion-industry drama, and behind the scenes garment district stories from the 90s to now, colliding in this very personal episode.

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  • S1 · E1
    October 19 · 39 min

    Pilot: "Should we be talking about this?"

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In our first episode, Elana Leanna and Zack Belil introduce themselves and revisit their years in New York’s garment district in the 1990s and beyond. Welcome to the stories they probably shouldn’t tell.

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