In a short three years since launching her brand Markarian, Alexandra O'Neill has dressed many a starlet for many a red carpet, from Millie Bobby Brown to Emily Ratajkowski, Laura Dern to Lizzo, Priyanka Chopra to Thandie Newton, Lily Collins to Lily James.&nbsp;While she'd gained a reputation amongst those in the know, January 20th, 2021 was the day Markarian became a household name. Dr. Jill Biden, America's new First Lady, chose to wear Markarian to the Inauguration, placing the brand firmly within the annals of fashion history. 

In this episode, our host sits down with one of her best friends to discuss her meteoric rise, her dedication to sustainability, and the inspiration behind that galactic fantastic name. 


Alexandra O'Neill: Preserving Craft and Dressing The First Lady

Los Angeles based painter Matt McCormick's first creative career as a tattoo artist saw him inking rappers like Mac Miller and Tyler, the Creator. After living on the road touring with the latter, he transitioned into fine art, exploring themes tied to the American West, Hollywood glamor, and other moments of nostalgia, depicting a desire for less cluttered horizons and more risk takers to look up to.

In this episode, the prolific artist talks about breaking rules in both tattooing and fine art, the evolution of masculine stereotypes, and what the soundtrack to his day sounds like.

Matt McCormick // https://www.instagram.com/mattrmccormick/?hl=en


Matt McCormick: Mending an American Fantasy

With a pair of boxing gloves slung over one shoulder, and a head filled with East London street smarts, Zoe Buckman has arrived over the past few years as a bold face of the feminist arts movement. Her multi-disciplinary work frequently speaks to universal female experiences, be it the inclusion of embroidered words on the subject of domestic violence, titling a recent show “Heavy Rag”, or her 43-foot sculpture “Champ”, a glowing neon outline of a uterus outfitted with boxing gloves, which was installed above the iconic and recently shuttered Standard Hotel, on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.

In this episode, Zoe chatted about the diversity in the shades of meaning to be found in both a John Keats poem and a Tupac lyric, why you can’t talk about feminism without acknowledging girl on girl crime, and how it feels to break free from using trauma as a muse.&nbsp;

Zoe Buckman // https://www.instagram.com/zoebuckman/?hl=en


Zoe Buckman: Celebrating Survival

*Promoting the antics of hopeful romantics since 2008.*

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