Pair of Kings

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Sol and Michael are joined by Bailey Goldberg (knitting extraordinaire, funny guy, recent victim of someone stealing his hubcaps (it was me)) this week on the podcast!

Over the episode, the boys discuss the rise of knitting culture in New York (and elsewhere), dungeons and dragons, hand-knitting versus machine knitting, eBay, Sears, where to get the best Cortado in NYC, their "white whales" of fashion items, instagram story faceoffs, having beef, and falling into the worst 'work' arrangement ever (don't fall for the unpaid intern scam, everyone!).

We hope you enjoy the pod - go check out Bailey's work on his instagram and over at Selfridges!

Lots of love,

Sol

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Sol Thompson and Michael Smith explore the world and subcultures of fashion, interviewing creators, personalities, and industry insiders to highlight the new vanguard of the fashion world. Subscribe for weekly uploads of the podcast, and don’t forgot to follow us on our social channels for additional content, and join our discord to access what we’ve dubbed “the happiest place in fashion”.

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I hope this podcast finds you well. I am writing to you today to outline the third episode of Season 10 of the Pair of Kings podcast (hosts Sol Thompson (@solthompson) and Michael Smith (@_smithstagram) cc'd on this release) and discuss potential avenues for exploration and continued collaboration.

Topics Discussed

• The new podcast dress code and the necessity of changing the modern perception of wearing suits - both casually and formally.
• Chrome Hearts Tastefluencers and Sol's borderline parasocial relationship with a couple of Japanese Needles and Chrome Hearts collectors.
• The inability for the best dressed people to take good fitpics.
• Replica fashion dogwhistles.
• The death of the "capital S" Supermodel in current fashion and the differences in both casting and fashion media coverage.
• Reaganomics only applying to the fashion market.
• Michael's new Rick Owens shoe pickups.
• Sonic the Hedgehog putting that shit on.
• Stolen valor on raw denim.
• Helmut Lang.
• Yoshitomo Nara.
• Marc Jacobs.
• Grunge revival by way of bucking 2023's biggest trend in "Quiet Luxury".

There's a lot more, but I hope this outline helps you get a sense of the conversation that took place. I hope you enjoy the future collaborations between Sol and Michael. I'll leave it up to you to continue the conversation, either on Discord or in the Insta DMs.

Lots of love,

Sol Thompson

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We're back with the first guest episode of Season 10! Join Sol (@solthompson) and Michael (@_smithstagram) as they're joined by Charlie (@divineeprovidence), who recently was voted as the best dressed person in New York City. We are not joking, this was an actual vote that they won.

Tune in to hear the conversation which touches on everything from gender expressionism through fashion, classical menswear and its conventions/rules, historical and cultural influences on fashion - like Star Wars and Japanese fashion - making incredible props, costumes, and objects by hand, grad school, thrifting and where to shop in the city, changing shoe sizes due to pregnancy, beef with internet personalities and menswear influencers, and a 5 foot tall drive jacket.

We hope you enjoy the episode - let us know what you think on our discord or in an email!

Lots of love,

Sol

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Sol Thompson and Michael Smith explore the world and subcultures of fashion, interviewing creators, personalities, and industry insiders to highlight the new vanguard of the fashion world. Subscribe for weekly uploads of the podcast, and don’t forgot to follow us on our social channels for additional content, and join our discord to access what we’ve dubbed “the happiest place in fashion”.

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We're so unbelievably back. In this lively episode of the Pair of Kings podcast, hosts Sol Thompson (@solthompson) and Michael Smith (@_smithstagram) dive into a wide range of topics - high fashion critiques of fantasy characters, the unexpected popularity of beams at Blue in Green, and the bizarre Hasidic tunnels in Brooklyn. That's not all, though: the boys explore the challenges of dressing like characters from Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, talk about the ousting of Ronald McDonald, creation of movie-accurate props and clothing, and so much more. We hope you enjoy the opener to season 10 - we've got a lot planned!

Lots of Love!

Sol

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Sol Thompson and Michael Smith explore the world and subcultures of fashion, interviewing creators, personalities, and industry insiders to highlight the new vanguard of the fashion world. Subscribe for weekly uploads of the podcast, and don’t forgot to follow us on our social channels for additional content, and join our discord to access what we’ve dubbed “the happiest place in fashion”.

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It's so hard to say goodbye to season 9: so much has happened! We're very very happy to have you join us to close it out, though. Join Sol (@solthompson) and Michael (@_smithstagram) as they talk about walking runway shows (and trying not to laugh), how everyone has gotten so much better at dressing, the necessity of ready-to-wear for designers who want to survive, how the past year was for fashion as a whole, Dune (fear is the mindkiller), how the rise of social media has killed "if you know you know", spending $16,000 at the Balenciaga friends and family sale, Kozaburo, Jose (@eljosecriales), Arc'Teryx in the shower, and so much more!

We'll see you in January with the new season! Lots of love!

Sol

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The best fashion podcast in the world is back with TWO WHOLE HOURS of pod. Join Sol (@solthompson) and Michael (@_smithstagram) as they talk with Christian (@vansatthemetgala) about his brand, Raised Online, Dracula Flow 4, Spotify Wrapped, the Met Gala, Nike Techs, Tommy Cash, people you truly hate (Jared Leto and Henry Kissinger, stand up), the starting 5 of the most annoying people in fashion, basketball, swaggy golfers, Drake's custom Bottega polo that he had made for a Statefarm commercial, Ludacris' terrible Rick fit, and so much more (seriously, that's all just from the first 10 minutes).

Also, there's an excess of explicit material in this episode that's a good deal of fun but probably not suited for younger audiences.

Lots of love!

Sol

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The best fashion podcast in the world is back with its two esoteric, mysterious, cool, charming, witty, lovely, adorable, hot, mysterious (again), hosts: Sol (@solthompson) and Michael (@_smithstagram)! Join the boys as they chat about the downfall of fashion journalism, the most influential runway shows of all time, Rick Owens runways, Dior and I (the documentary), Fraternity hazing rituals, viral marketing, Supreme, resonant frequencies of clothing, the importance of Linen, clinical trials, looksmaxxing, bonesmashing, mewing, canthal tilt, the insidious return of eating disorders in fashion, and so much more!

If you are sensitive to discussion of eating disorders, the conversation happens around 43:00 and lasts until around 50:00. If you are currently struggling with disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional.

Lots of love,

Sol

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Sol (@solthompson) and Michael (@_smithstagram) are back this week with collector/tastemaker/karaoke superstar/sushi connoisseur/One Piece historian Arianna Cho (@ariavicho / @ariannasclosetarchive). Join the trio as they chat about some of the pieces she's selling, rare bits and baubles (like the incredible eye buttons), favorite Undercover seasons, working at Issey Miyake and at Rick Owens, buying her first pair of Tabis on layaway (sorta), how people don't understand sizing, activating Michael's sleeper agent phrase, fusion food (or lack thereof), and so much more!

We hope you enjoy listening to the episode just as much as we did making it!

Lots of Love!

Sol

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It's all three boys on the mic today - Join Sol (@solthompson), Michael (@_smithstagram), and John (@johnhogeboom) as they talk about deciding between brown and mink Birkenstocks (this is significantly more in-depth than I ever expected), how dry cleaning is a scam, getting tabi'd in married boots, being two degrees of familiarity away from Drake, the departure away from Playboi Carti and Drain Gang, how there are no more good cable knit sweaters being made, Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, and so much more.

Love you all, and I hope you enjoy!

Sol

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It's time for a guest episode with Michael Fang (@cannedjunk) ofWenjüe Lu (@wenjuelu)! Sol (@solthompson) and Michael (@_smithstagram) sat down in Michael's Brooklyn-based studio to talk about his process, where he and his partner draw inspiration, the conception of the brand, the definitions of art, fashion, and expression as a whole, favorite movies, Lady Gaga (briefly), drawing on cultural heritage to make a brand, being open to getting offended, and so much more!

Thank you again to Michael for joining us on this episode of the podcast - it was also really fun to have the person behind Wenjüe Lu join us (get it?). Big shoutout to our friends over at Komune for helping to set this up!

Lots of love, and hope you enjoy!

Sol

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