Beyond Luxury

Beyond Luxury is a compass for where desire is moving and how the industry navigates what comes next. As luxury shifts from pure creation to relentless optimization, this podcast challenges what is gained, what is lost, and what must be reinvented. Through unfiltered conversations with the minds shaping luxury’s future, we open what’s usually hidden: the talent crisis, storytelling under pressure, business models in transition, the tech reshaping authorship, and the cultural forces redefining desire, identity, and belonging. Raw insights from behind closed doors. Hosted by Carlota Rodben

Beyond Luxury is a arts podcast hosted by Carlota Rodben, with 44 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Carlota Rodben hosts Beyond Luxury, a arts show with 44 episodes published.

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  Episode #49

  #49 Miami Is the Fastest-Growing Luxury City in America. She's Building the Infrastructure to Save It | Anya Freeman, Founder & CEO of Kind Designs

  Aug 18, 20261 hourS4

  A former litigator is 3D printing living seawalls that protect billions in Miami luxury real estate and rebuild marine life at the same time. Anya Freeman, founder and CEO of Kind Designs, has raised 22 million dollars, works with the Ritz-Carlton, the Mandarin Oriental and the Fontainebleau, and signed a contract with the US Navy, all from a factory on the Miami River. Beyond Luxury is a podcast delivering luxury industry insights across fashion, beauty and hospitality, with expert perspectives on brand innovation, consumer behavior and the future of luxury. This episode covers luxury real estate, sustainability without the green premium, product-led growth, craftsmanship, coastal infrastructure and what it takes to build a category-defining brand as a first-time founder. New episodes of Beyond Luxury drop weekly. Follow for more conversations with the founders and experts shaping the luxury industry. Read the deeper analysis on our Substack, Top Voices, linked in the show notes. Timestamps 00:00 Why Miami's luxury boom has a coastline problem 04:32 From litigator to seawall founder 05:50 Ukraine to Maine to Miami, the immigrant path 07:09 The flooding that started Kind Designs 11:46 How a lawyer rewrites the building code 17:38 Raising 22 million dollars and why Florida investors said yes 20:35 Being the only woman in seawall construction 27:54 What luxury developers actually want in a seawall 29:20 Turning the seawall into public art 34:11 The US Navy contract and a printer that ships anywhere 39:56 2030: the first female unicorn in Miami 48:02 What luxury means to her 57:42 The one thing you need to make it: grit Subscribe for new conversations with the people shaping the future of luxury, every week. Subscribe for new conversations with the people shaping the future of luxury, every week. Follow us on : Substack → https://beyondluxury.substack.com/ Editorial Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.media/ Podcast Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.podcast/ Carlota's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/carlotarodben/ Podcast Tiktok → https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondluxury.podcast Beyond Luxury LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyondluxurygroup/ Carlota's LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlotarodben/ Website → https://beyondluxury.group/ LinkTree → ⁠https://linktr.ee/beyondluxury.group⁠

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  Episode #48

  #48 How Luxury Brands Win the Creator Economy with YouTube's Creator Lead and Meta's Former Head of Luxury | Ina Fuchs & Morin Oluwole

  Aug 4, 202647 minS4

  Eighty percent of luxury discovery now starts on digital, so how do luxury brands stay desirable on platforms they cannot control? YouTube's Creator Community Partnerships Lead, Ina Fuchs, and former Meta Global Head of Luxury and Board Member of Biologique Recherche, Breitling, and Rituals, Morin Oluwole, break down the creator economy reshaping luxury, fashion, beauty and hospitality marketing. Recorded LIVE at Cannes Lions, this episode of Beyond Luxury covers creator communities, influencer strategy, brand storytelling, generative AI in luxury content, and the measurement gap in the creator economy. Expect specifics on Coach, Hermès, Dior and Jacquemus, on why community beats follower count, and on how brands protect brand DNA while giving creators real creative freedom. Beyond Luxury delivers luxury industry insights across fashion, beauty and hospitality, with expert perspectives on brand innovation, consumer behavior, craftsmanship and product-led growth. New episodes of Beyond Luxury drop weekly. Follow for more conversations with the founders and experts shaping the luxury industry. Read the deeper analysis on our Substack, Top Voices, linked in the show notes. Timestamps: 00:00 Meet Ina Fuchs and Morin Oluwole 04:46 Why 80% of luxury discovery now starts on digital 10:10 The fear of losing brand DNA to creators 13:19 Why followers are the wrong metric, and the Coach book charm campaign 16:28 Playing with brand codes: Hermès and Dior x Jisoo 18:58 The problem with the word “control” 21:10 Jacquemus and the bags rolling down the street 26:03 Brands as creators, and the hero-hub-hygiene framework 28:41 The measurement gap and the reality inside the boardroom 37:30 Heritage, desirability and generative AI 42:25 The twelve-month playbook for brands Subscribe for new conversations with the people shaping the future of luxury, every week! Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠ Substack →⁠ https://beyondluxury.substack.com/ Editorial Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.media/ Podcast Instagram →⁠ https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.podcast/ Carlota's Instagram →⁠ https://www.instagram.com/carlotarodben/ Podcast Tiktok →⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondluxury.podcast Beyond Luxury LinkedIn →⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyondluxurygroup/⁠ Carlota's LinkedIn → ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlotarodben/⁠ Website →⁠ https://beyondluxury.group/ LinkTree →⁠ https://linktr.ee/beyondluxury.group

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  Episode #47

  #47 From Developing the Aman Beverly Hills to Defining Taste in Luxury Hospitality | Nadine Choe, Founder of The Stanza

  Jul 21, 202657 minS4

  Luxury hospitality is being reshaped by an $80 trillion wealth transfer, and Nadine Choe explains exactly who wins. Founder of the Milan-based media platform The Stanza, Nadine structured over $7b in development capital for hotel projects, including One Beverly Hills, a project flagged by Aman Hotel & Residences. She reads the industry through both the capital stack and the craftsmanship, a combination almost no one else brings. The Beyond Luxury Podcast covers the future of luxury across fashion, beauty and hospitality, with expert conversations on brand innovation, consumer behavior and where the industry is headed next. This episode gets into product-led growth in hospitality, luxury branding, craftsmanship, patient capital, members clubs, and why flawless service is becoming the real luxury as AI reshapes travel. New episodes of Beyond Luxury drop weekly. Follow for more conversations with the founders and experts shaping the luxury industry. Read the deeper analysis on our Substack, Top Voices, linked in the show notes. Timestamps- 00:00 Why luxury clients now collect experiences over objects 04:30 From underwriting billion-dollar hotels to building The Stanza 07:47 The $80 trillion wealth transfer and why luxury groups moved into hotels 14:20 Why a $300 room and a $10,000 room both call themselves luxury 17:00 Her real definition of luxury: removing every decision 18:19 Passalacqua, patient capital and the Dyson detail that gives it away 22:39 Why so many new hotels look exactly the same 27:00 How capital structure decides which hotels have taste 41:48 What makes a members club last instead of fade 50:30 How AI will split lifestyle and ultra-luxury hospitality 55:07 The one skill anyone entering hospitality has to have Subscribe for new conversations with the people shaping the future of luxury, every week! Follow us on :⁠⁠⁠ Substack →⁠ https://beyondluxury.substack.com/Editorial Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.media/ Podcast Instagram →⁠ https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.podcast/Carlota's Instagram →⁠ https://www.instagram.com/carlotarodben/Podcast Tiktok →⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondluxury.podcast Beyond Luxury LinkedIn →⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyondluxurygroup/⁠Carlota's LinkedIn → ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlotarodben/⁠Website →⁠ https://beyondluxury.group/ LinkTree →⁠ https://linktr.ee/beyondluxury.group

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  Episode #46

  #46 He Had $12,000 and a Lucky Pineapple. Now Royalty Wears His Shoes | Edgardo Osorio

  Jul 8, 20261h 7mS4

  An independent luxury brand founder on why comfort, craftsmanship and staying private beat every conglomerate playbook. Edgardo Osorio is the founder and creative director of Aquazzura, a Florence-based luxury footwear and lifestyle brand recognized for its gold pineapple detail. In this episode of Beyond Luxury, a podcast covering luxury industry insights, brand innovation and consumer trends across fashion, beauty and hospitality, Edgardo shares how he built Aquazzura into a globally recognized independent luxury brand, sold in 58 countries, without ever taking on a conglomerate or outside investor. He talks about product-led growth, luxury branding strategy, staying close to craftsmanship, and what real luxury means to him today. New episodes of Beyond Luxury drop weekly. Follow for more conversations with the founders and experts shaping the luxury industry. Read the deeper analysis on our Substack, Top Voices, linked in the show notes.

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  Episode #45

  #45 She Sold Out Candles With No Marketing Budget. Then Bottega Veneta Called. | Daniella Nicola

  Jun 23, 202651 minS4

  Daniella Nicola, founder of luxury copywriting consultancy Kensington Copy, breaks down the psychology behind why luxury brands actually sell desire, not product. Her proprietary framework, Dream Awareness, maps exactly how luxury consumers make buying decisions, and in this episode she explains it in detail for the first time. She started by writing under a pseudonym from a 9-to-5. A stranger tattooed her words on their shoulder. Two candle launches sold out with no marketing budget, no audience, and no business experience. Daniella now works with luxury brands across fragrance, fashion, and lifestyle, including Bottega Veneta, applying the same principles of brand strategy and copywriting that built her own business from nothing. In this episode she breaks down the self-concept theory that explains why luxury sells desire and not product; her MVP framework for writing luxury copy that moves culture, Mythology, Vocabulary, Pictorial language, and why she has never explained it publicly before this; why advertising as a private club is the most powerful luxury marketing strategy most companies are not using consistently; the difference between premium buyers and luxury buyers and why the same message will not work on both; and what AI actually means for the future of strategic copywriting. Timestamps: 0:00 — Why real luxury sells desire, not product 2:30 — From IP law to poetry to selling out a candle launch 8:00 — The self-concept theory and the psychology of desire 13:30 — The MVP framework (Mythology, Vocabulary, Pictorial language) 18:00 — How to tell a story in two sentences 24:00 — Advertising as a private club: seduction versus pitching 30:00 — The copywriting funnel: tension, trust, and avoiding post-purchase regret 39:00 — Dream Awareness: premium buyers versus luxury buyers 46:00 — AI and the future of strategic copywriting 47:00 — Rapid fire: three words to describe the industry Follow us on : ⁠⁠⁠ Substack → ⁠ https://beyondluxury.substack.com/ Editorial Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.media/ Podcast Instagram → ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/beyondluxury.podcast/ Carlota's Instagram → ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/carlotarodben/ Podcast Tiktok → ⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondluxury.podcast Beyond Luxury LinkedIn → ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyondluxurygroup/⁠ Carlota's LinkedIn → ⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlotarodben/⁠ Website → ⁠ https://beyondluxury.group/ LinkTree → ⁠ https://linktr.ee/beyondluxury.group ShopMy → ⁠ https://shopmy.us/carlotarodben/my-latest-finds Get Your Books: Beauty As It Is → ⁠ https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/164137313X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 Beyond Luxury: The Promise of Emotion → ⁠ https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Luxury-Promise-Carlota-Rodben-ebook/dp/B0CJ2WBMWP ⁠ Beyond Luxury Group ⁠ is a strategic advisory and new media group, guiding leaders towards the future of luxury and beyond. We work with top fashion/accessories, beauty/wellness, and hospitality/longevity brands to accelerate meaningful, future-proof growth. Get in touch to find out how we can support your business. ⁠ Carlota Rodben ⁠ is CEO and Founder of ⁠ Beyond Luxury Group ⁠ , best-selling author, former Head of Innovation at Chanel, and host of the ⁠ Beyond Luxury ⁠ Podcast, ranked top 10% globally on Spotify podcasts.

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