Emma Francois

is the highest-pitched voice on the fashion + sex podcast, Stripped.


Fashion Issue 2018

Letter from the Producers

Three months ago, we noticed a pattern: In fashion and in marketing, everything had become saturated. Colors like candy, photos like polaroids, and text like closed captions—all challenging the realism... Read more

The Voice Podcast Network

Stripped: Season 3, Episode 5

Recorded sleepover style, this episode of “Stripped” features special guest Hanna Chan and hosts Emma Francois and Isabel Lord. On the docket: colorful hair and how it fits into identity,... Read more

Leisure

Corot’s Women: Reimagining femininity and reverting the male gaze

William Morris said it first. Every design choice is political. The National Gallery of Art recently unveiled its exhibit Corot: Women, a collection of 44 paintings of females—a rare gem... Read more

Leisure

D.C. Fashion Week Celebrates Experimentation and Activism

For one week in September and February, a stardust fabric or a chartreuse stiletto may trick you into thinking D.C. is overrun by fashionistas instead of by politicians. Like its... Read more

Podcasts

Stripped: Season 3, Episode 4

In this first-ever episode of “Stripped-on-the-Go,” hosts Emma Francois and Isabel Lord bring D.C. Fashion Week to you live from Crystal City.

Columns

Carrying On: The ‘Flawless’ Femininity of My Editorial Idols

I spent the summer living with eight women—in a brothel. Ours was a lake house, 101 years old. She hosted a variety of nightly visitors: spiders, mice, and, when we... Read more

The Voice Podcast Network

Stripped: Season 3, Episode 3

It’s couples’ fashion week here on Stripped! Guests of varying relationship statuses, Anna Gloor and Alli Kaufman, join your hapless-in-love co-hosts, Isabel Lord and Emma Francois, for this funny and insightful... Read more

The Voice Podcast Network

Stripped: Season 3, Episode 2

In this episode of Stripped, co-hosts Emma Francois and Isabel Lord are joined by Voices editor Lizz Pankova and Halftime Sports editor Santul Nerkar to discuss Nike’s newest partnership with... Read more

Podcasts

Stripped: Season 3, Episode 1

In the first episode of “Stripped” season three, your favorite co-hosts and dynamite duo Isabel Lord and Emma Francois discuss the magic of a haircut and the psychology of perfume ads, inspired by... Read more

Halftime

Stripped Season 2 Episode 3: TV Shows

In this episode, Isabel Lord and Emma Francois discuss fashion in their favorite TV shows!