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Summer 2026

Bella Freud gets style’s biggest names to spill their secrets. By Sara McAlpine

Triggering an existential crisis, tears (both happy and sad), and revelations from some of the world’s biggest stars was never Bella Freud's intention.

But the British designer-turned-podcaster has found the formula for cracking even the most reticent figures wide open: the seemingly innocuous prompt “Can you tell me what you're wearing?”

“I started the podcast with that question because I thought it might be relaxing, but I actually don't find it relaxing,” Freud laughs while sinking into a velvet sofa in her London store. “Why did I choose that, what's going on, what am I thinking?”

Since 2024, with her podcast

This story is from the Summer 2026 edition of ELLE US.

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