“The Cutting Room Floor” host thinks the industry is in a creative drought.
But she has a few ideas on how to bring innovation back.
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Whatever is on the agenda, Omondi unapologetically dives head-in.
Her genuine and incisive interview style gets people talking.
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Omondi wasn’t always behind the mic.
The host of “The Cutting Room Floor,” a Patreon-only podcast.
“Magazine editors would ask me questions that showed they didn’t [get the production side].
On “The Cutting Room Floor,” Omondi dismantles the outside illusion that fashion is glamorous and glossy.
“Transparency is not always sexy,” she says.
“In some ways, the industry is built on dreams, to the detriment of people working there.
To sell those dreams, you’re tasked with upholding that image, even if you’re struggling.”
Marie Claire: How would you describe your personal style?
I was more excited by the newness, brightness, and shiny things, so I participated more.
Now, I’m definitely a uniform girl.
It’s not that excitingIt’s really simple.
MC: As a “uniform girl,” can you break down the outfit formula?
MC: Is there one hero item that stands out?
RO:I have a pair of The Rows Perseo denim trousers.
Theyre flawlessly cut jeans.
The fabrication is denim, but they’re cut like trousers.
That’s an important distinction.
RO:My attitude now is to get in where you fit in.
The industry exists at many different levels, and you have to figure out what works for you.
I think that’s a farce.
Everyone should examine their role in the industry outside of that context and that hierarchy.
If you want to be a fashion journalist, it doesn’t mean you have to work atVogue.
If you want to be a designer, that doesnt mean you have to show at Fashion Week.
That’s why I don’t pigeonhole “The Cutting Room Floor” into one sector.
It’s very high and low, near and far.
Everyone has a point of view.
“Now, I’m definitely a uniform girl.
MC: Is there one piece of advice from an interview that really stuck with you?
RO:There are very few interviews, if any, where I didn’t take something away.
I thought that was really poignant.
Guests who don’t have as much to lose anymore will most likely be the most open.
MC: Who are your dream guests?
They probably would be very guarded, and rightfully so.
There’s no point in having a dream guest if they don’t come with the dream attitude.
MC: Anyone else who you thinkwouldcome ready to chat?
RO:I’m dying to talk to Marc Jacobs because he’s the king.
I would really love to have three and a half hours with him.
I also think Shawn Stussy would be an incredible interview.
RO:It needs a lot more creativity and innovation.
MC: What’s a fashion buzzword you don’t want to hear again?
RO:“Collaboration” which is really just two logos sharing the same space.
MC: Do you have a fashion-related pet peeve?
RO:I wish everyone would get this rightnavy is not blue.
It’s in the blue family, but it’snotblue.To do navy right, it should look closer to black.
It looks like ink, and you only really catch it in the sunlight.
The dark blue that people mistake for navy feels very commercial and cheesy to me.
That is where you separate the men from the boys.
Comme des Garcons and Jil Sander do it well.
MC: What are you watching?
RO:I just watched the Nickelodeon exposeQuiet on Set.
MC: What are you reading?
It’s helped me a lot in my interviewing skills.
MC: When was the last time you felt inspired?
RO:The last time I got excited was withPat McGrath’s makeup for Maison Margiela.
I think the entire industry kind of took an audible gasp.
That makeup was theater.
That’s the runway show that people miss.
That is what’s missing from fashion.
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