Gentle Monster

The threads it sat in

The idea that connected each episode's stories, latest first.

• Tue 27 Oct 2026Brands are giving customers more reasons to stay
• Tue 15 Sep 2026Institutions win. Experiences age out
• Thu 23 Jul 2026Platforms absorb what they could not build
• Tue 30 Jun 2026Point of view replaced product range as the real competitive asset
• Wed 20 May 2026Identity is the interface. Tech finally accepted this

Every episode

• Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Ep 235Margiela and Gentle Monster release eyewear with a film by Alex Prager.Via Hypebeast · Fashion and Style
• Tue 15 Sep 2026 · Ep 203Gentle Monster turns retail into kinetic sculpture, againVia Hypebeast · Brand and Business
• Thu 23 Jul 2026 · Ep 149Samsung's smart glasses launch with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker as the face of the product.Handing the style brief to eyewear brands treats wearable tech as a question of fashion credibility.Via The Verge · Fashion and Style
• Tue 30 Jun 2026 · Ep 126Gentle Monster flips the Prada logo sideways. The collaboration is a reinterpretation, not a co-signing.Prada letting Gentle Monster subvert its logo shows legacy brands gaining more cultural credit from reinterpretation than from logo purity.Via Hypebeast · Brand and Business
• Thu 21 May 2026 · Ep 86Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Wed 20 May 2026 · Ep 85Google and Samsung are turning eyewear into a platform, and fashion houses are already at the tableVia Business of Fashion · Fashion and Style

How we count: an episode counts once for Gentle Monster when Gentle Monster is the subject of a headline or story title, or is one of the names the episode covers and is named in a story, in the thread that connects the stories or in the audio. Being cited as a source does not count.