Episode 1 of The Sparks Journal podcast is with legendary luxury fashion designer, Thom Browne. 

Thom is widely considered to be one of the most influential designers of the last century, merging a unique creative vision that has earned enormous cultural cache, with significant commercial success.

But it wasn't always that way.

Thom offers a raw, honest and vulnerable accounting of what it really takes for ambitious independent designers - and creative entrepreneurs more broadly - to stay true to their vision, and take it all the way.