The Fashion Brand Clinic Podcast

I'm so excited to introduce another childrenswear brand to the podcast as it's been a while! This week I'm speaking to Seyi, the British African Founder of Kamso After having her first child during her last year of university, Seyi also decided to start a business of her own which represented the natural beauty & craftmanship within her African heritage in a neutral colour palette.   In this episo...

Lauren was one of the OG small businesses of the insta world & one of the first people I followed as inspiration! Lauren was taught to knit at the age of 11 by her grandmother, and she has a degree in Knitwear - pretty good credentials for running a knitting business! She hand-knits super chunky goodies in beautiful merino wool and has created an incredible community of crafters online!   Are you...

Sophie is my guest this week & reached out to me recently to discuss how spirituality had an impact on the big decisions she's made within her career! Obviously being a woo woo loving businesswoman myself I was all over it & couldn't wait to record this episode!   Also it's really interesting that all the spritiual episodes around magic & mindset do so well which shows me you're going to love this...

Welcome to another episode of The Fashion Feed! I did have a guest planned for this week but we had to rearrange so it's another solo episode today! I recently shared some snippets of the John Lewis trend report on my Instagram Stories & you all loved it so I thought I'd share the full article here for you! In this episode I discuss : what sold really well this year & what took abit of a hit! how...

Welcome to another episode of The Fashion Feed with meeeeeeee, Elizabeth Stiles! I can feel a collective slump in energy this week with the darker mornings so I'm sharing some journalling prompts to help pull you out of a creative funk! In this episode I discuss : the power of gratitude & manifestation how to lift your energy with some health goals reflecting on how far you've come already Are you...

Sandra is a Swedish designer with a long experience in the fashion industry, in recent years focusing on sustainability. She started out working for some of Sweden's biggest fashion chains and then decided to move to Paris to learn more about handcraft, do her masters and freelance for mid to luxury brands. There she got the inspiration for her slow fashion brand called Scandienne, a wordplay of S...

Tabara N'Diaye is the founder of La Basketry, a lifestyle brand which began its life offering handwoven homeware and accessories made in collaboration with female artisans in her native Senegal.  She has since gone on to release her debut book, 'Baskets', a stylish guide to basket-making, now available in 6 languages.  On a mission to make basketry 'fun and accessible', Tabara has crafted a commun...

Welcome to another episode of The Fashion Feed with meeeeeeee, Elizabeth Stiles! I've wanted to do this episode for ages & excited to finally share it with you & that's how to create a 1 page business plan for your fashion business regardless of what stage you're at!     In this episode 1 discuss : the checklist to include within your 1 page business plan how to complete your market research a mix...

Now I've got your attention! You may have seen Molby The Label blow up during lockdown & seemed like it came out of nowhere but it was so interested to chat to Karina & find out how long the brand has actually been running before the birth of their famous gingham dress! Mølby The Label is an independent, British, slow-fashion brand created by Karina! Each garment is designed and handmade to order...

Onloan is the culmination of a very unlikely duo: Tamsin and Natalie who had previously zero professional common ground. Tamsin worked in finance whilst Natalie worked creatively in fashion. The unexpectedness of their collaboration is the fuel that drives Onloan to build the future of fashion.  It's one of the only platforms that actually supports designers by buying stock across current and past...

The podcast is back after a short summer break and I am SO excited to share with you my next guest for today's episode - it's Hope Macaulay - contemporary luxury & bespoke fashion designer. Hope's handmade-to-order, garments have been featured in Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair and the New York Times plus seen on Gigi Hadid! The garments are produced all over Northern Ireland, by a small team of knitters...

Wow thankyou so much to everyone listening to the podcast, it recently hit EIGHTY THOUSAND downloads which is absolutely mind blowing! This week I'm interviewing Michael Waas who is VP of North America at TIPA, a company that creates compostable solutions for brands looking to make the switch to sustainable packaging. They help fashion houses around the world – including PANGAIA, Stella McCartney...

Welcome back to another episode of The Fashion Feed podcast & we're talking about jewellery but not as you know it! It's been a couple of years now since I've stopped buying bits of jewellery for £5 or £10 & started to invest in better quality gold vermeil or gold plated pieces to save my skin from going green! I can confirm that straight after recording I went on Catch's website and treated mysel...

This week on the podcast we have Samantha from sunny Scotland! A fashion designer who founded her own company straight after graduating & has grown to become one of the most visually striking contemporary brands within the UK after being featured on the likes of Miley Cyrus, Paloma Faith, Pixie Lott, Kate Nash & Molly King! Samantha's main objective at Isolated Heroes is to empower others by makin...

Welcome to another episode of The Fashion Feed with me! This week I want to share with you some lessons I've learnt from 7 different business books! There's a theory that you can summarise every non fiction book in less than 15 minutes so we're going to put that to the test! In this episode we discuss : which business books I have found to be useful in the growth of my online business some recomme...

Celia @ Junk LDN spent most of her 20's travelling Asia & Australia spending many months living & working in little bars across Cambodian beaches for local families. It was here she began to see first hand the effects of plastic waste on the ocean After learning that the fast fashion brands she had been buying her bikinis from were exploiting their workers & destroying the nature she loved so much...

Welcome to another episode of The Fashion Feed with me! This week I want to share with you some advice I've received over the years that helped me show up with more confidence & consistency when sharing about my business online   In this episode we discuss : how much time you should be spending on your marketing plans being grateful for the audience you have rather than always chasing new people w...

Danielle reached out to me a couple of weeks ago after something I said in one of my courses about feeling 2 separate emotions at the same time Danielle is the owner of @yesterday_is_forever_vintage & cares deeply about offering her customers an attractive and affordable option to fast fashion, which in her case is vintage clothing! She recently left a 12 year career in supporting people with disa...

I've got another solo episode for you today which is a slightly different message about how it felt to get 10,000 followers on Instagram. In this episode we discuss : my journey from 5k followers to 15k in a year the reality of how it felt for my audience to grow so quickly why my message of helping creatives make money is so important to me how to set boundaries with your community online   Are y...

Tionne discovered my page at the beginning of lockdown after watching a YouTube video I did with Vanessa Daniels. When she got in touch afterwards, her message was packed with so much enthusiasm to start her brand that I knew whatever this girl was doing, I wanted to do it with her! Tall HQ was born from a frustration with the lack of creativity for the tall community in fashion. So Tionne has ach...

I've got another solo episode for you today talking about a popular topic - content!!! Having a product based business is like a content hungry monster that is never satisfied so posting online can sometimes feel like a thankless task. However it is an incredible tool that is free to use & great for sales if you know what you're doing! In this episode we discuss : what you should be talking about...

They say you should start a business you wished already existed, so that is exactly what Tilly did. DGF was founded in a tiny London basement apartment stacked with killer vintage, deadstock sunglasses, a laptop, a vintage market stall and an ASOS marketplace boutique. DGF was a key supplier to ASOS for 9 years, and since then created partnerships with Nike, Frankie Collective and many more.    DG...

Ian Snow is a handmade and fair-trade company selling contemporary ethnic products. Since being established in 1977, they've helped creators and makers find remarkable pieces from around the world with story, character, and colour.  Behind every piece lies a story. A tradition, a way of doing things, carefully preserved through the generations. As a family, they want to share these stories with yo...

This week is a solo episode where I share my top tips for scaling your business! It's something I've worked on with a lot of clients & I really enjoy holding their hands through these leaps which can feel quite scary if you're doing it alone! In this episode we discuss : How to scale your fashion brand 10 easy actionable tips you can try today to scale your business Practical scaling tasks such as...

Eman Ismail is the person to call when you want to make money from your emails. As an email conversion strategist and copywriter (and the founder of inkhouse.org.uk) she helps 6+ figure online business owners and ecommerce brands fire up their conversions, evergreen their sales and turn fans into Superfans. She's worked with powerhouses like Emily Thompson from Being Boss and holds regular copywri...