Reinventing the Fashion Business Model with Marina Larroudé

Fashion career advice, fashion interview questions, and how to work in fashion. What it's like to work at Vogue. In this episode, Victoria sits down with Marina Larroude, founder of Larroudé, to unpack how she built one of fashion’s fastest-growing footwear brands by rewriting the rules. Marina shares her journey from interning at Condé Nast to leading fashion at Barneys, and how those experiences revealed the white space that inspired Larroudé. They dive into why footwear is one of the hardest categories in fashion, how vertical integration and pre-orders became a growth engine, and why the brand chose profitability over “growth at all costs.” Marina also offers sharp career advice for early builders, the truth behind “good taste,” what fashion school doesn’t teach, and why progress done daily compounds over time. Follow Fashion & Founders: IG: https://www.instagram.com/fashionandfounders/ Substack: https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/ Website: https://www.fashionandfounders.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fashionandfounders ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/shop/fashionandfounders Roller Rabbit Discount Code: VICTORIA20 for 20% off Here: https://go.shopmy.us/p-101115877 Job Board: opportunities in fashion, tech, and more. https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/t/job-board Follow Larroude: IG: https://www.instagram.com/marinalarroude IG: https://www.instagram.com/larroude Website: https://go.shopmy.us/p-78618931 Timestamps 0:00 Marina’s Introduction 2:31 Her star