Meet the unstoppable force redefining fashion, culture, and wellness.

Marjon Carlos is a writer, creative consultant, and cultural voice of our time. The former Vogue Senior Fashion Writer turned podcast host and brand whisperer, she moves effortlessly between luxury fashion, media, and activism. With a Columbia degree in hand and a POV rooted in truth and style, Marjon has interviewed icons like Cardi B and FKA twigs, crafted narratives for brands from Prada to Ganni, and now hosts Your Favorite Auntie, a Cash App–backed podcast redefining modern advice culture. She's currently at work on her debut book exploring race and class in America—with elegance and edge, always.

You've interviewed cultural powerhouses like Cardi B and FKA twigs. How do you prepare to strike the perfect balance between authenticity and editorial insight?

Over the years, I’ve learned that you can prepare as much as you’d like, but every conversation takes on a life of its own. You just have to follow the flow, because it’s not linear. I read everything I possibly can about the subject, watch their movies, listen to their albums, and kind of get sucked into their universe. I then come with prepared questions, but these things take twists and turns. I always find it's best to start by disarming your subject: talk about the topics they love. And then I make sure I have my top questions I can’t leave unanswered.

Your Favorite Auntie began as IGTV and evolved into a Cash App-backed podcast. What pivotal moment convinced you the format had to shift — and how has the tone evolved with it?

There wasn’t one pivotal moment, but I began to realize that we were building out a world that needed to reach more people. I didn’t want to be fighting an algorithm to get my content out there. We had something good here, and I wanted it to reach the right people. Developing it as a podcast just made sense and more accessible. I could also take more chances creatively, which is always something I love to get into. What does it look like? What does it feel like? I wanted to create something very uniquely my own in a very oversaturated market.

"You couldn’t look away and it made me remember how fashion ads used to really move me as a kid."

As a former Senior Fashion Writer at Vogue, you championed stories that redefined beauty and representation. What fashion moment in recent memory felt like a true cultural shift?

I think the most exciting piece of fashion culture I’ve seen in the last year was the Gap ad with Troye Sivan. It was joyous, beautiful, innovative, and intoxicating. You couldn’t look away and it made me remember how fashion ads used to really move me as a kid.

Your career has taken you from Texas to Brooklyn to the front rows of fashion week—what cities or landscapes have shaped your sense of style and self most viscerally?

Each city I’ve lived in has influenced my sense of style for sure. Growing up in the South, I do have a penchant for dressing up. I like the pageantry of it all. When I went to college in Providence, Rhode Island, I started experimenting with my personal style because I was surrounded by so many creatives. I enjoyed playing with proportions and expectations. But it was New York that really cracked open my style. You never dress the same after living here.

"I was obsessed with fashion, and scent became a way for me to showcase my budding taste ..."

Fragrance is deeply tied to memory. Is there a scent that instantly transports you—perhaps to a moment of becoming, a place you return to in spirit, or a formative time?

I really loved designer perfumes as a kid. I was obsessed with fashion, and scent became a way for me to showcase my budding taste; it was also such an accessible touchpoint for me to buy into the world of luxury. I wore scents like CK1 and Tommy Girl when I was a teen to set myself apart as an individual.

You’ve consulted with brands like Palm Heights and Ganni. When you're building brand narratives, how do you bring in texture, mood, and emotion—beyond the visual?

I always try to think of myself as a consumer and how I experience the brand. I let that lead my creative. Like with my work at Dolores at Palm Heights, I adore resortwear, so I always thought about how a shopper would feel in a piece and the fantasy they would try to evoke when they were in paradise. That always informs my strategy.

Whether it's the crisp tailoring of Phoebe Philo or the sensual ease of The Row, how would you describe your personal style through a fashion lens and a feeling?

ChatGPT once described my style as “Carrie Bradshaw meets Bell Hooks in Bottega” and I felt pretty seen.

As you write your first book on race and class, how are you grounding such complex themes in lived experience—and what role does beauty, fashion, or ritual play in your storytelling?

Well, it’s a mix of memoir and social commentary, so this story is very personal. I’m pulling from some of the most formative and traumatic experiences of my life to try to help make sense of the binaries we’ve created around race, class, and gender more broadly. And ofc, that includes how we are perceived and how we see ourselves. Fashion and beauty were always forms of escape and expression for me, but they also trafficked in insecurities and racial prejudices. I always had to reconcile that juxtaposition.