Turning the Questions Back on Bella Freud, Fashion’s Favorite Interlocutor

Turning the Questions Back on Bella Freud, Fashion’s Favorite Interlocutor

Published: November 18, 2025

Duration: 43:26

​​The fashion designer Bella Freud launched Fashion Neurosis a little over a year ago with Rick Owens as her first guest. The show—available in both audio and video formats—immediately set itself apart from other fashion podcasts by the sense of intimacy Freud cultivated in unguarded conversations with her high-profile visitors, Cate Blanchett, David Cronenberg, and Rosalía, among them. She joins Nicole Phelps on this week’s episode of The Run-Through to discuss the origins of the show, including its now-iconic set-up.

The designer, who yes, is the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, and the daughter of the pain...