The Fashion Brand Clinic Podcast

This week I'm giving you free reign to get creative! You may have seen online lots of people who are super inspired and excited to post "new year, new me" posts which can make you roll your eyes if you're not in that space Perhaps you need to move on a bestseller and you've hit a brick wall to come up with some new designs I've got 5 steps on how to get out of a creative rut… The 5 steps are : Dia...

If you read the news - there's a lot of doom and gloom around retail at the moment but I'm here to inject a bit of fun and positivity for the independent brands! This episode is a solo episode after a lot of you enjoyed the one I did about my career history and all about 2020 retail trends I take some time out each week to read articles on these platforms & I highly recommend signing up to their n...

I met Heather through LinkedIn and couldn't believe what an incredible platform she'd created with Sourcing Playground. Having been a buyer herself, she knew there was a problem in the industry through connecting manufacturers to retailers and vice versa. After spending a fortune on travel going to different sourcing shows around the world, she thought 'why is this not online' ?! With Sourcing Pla...

Last year I wrote on my dream guest list that I wanted to record an episode with someone from WGSN or Drapers. Then I went to speak at Fashion SVP which is a trade show to meet manufacturers from all around the world. I saw a stand called TheIndustry. Fashion and met the founder Lauretta Roberts She was telling me about her experience and funnily enough she was the former editor of Drapers & direc...

Jane Hamill is SO passionate about fashion, sales and helping brands make money - HELLO! A woman after my own heart. Jane's tagline is "Create a Simple Marketing Plan / Build Your Following / Get Consistent Sales" She's also really funny so it was a pleasure to record the episode with her Jane had a womenswear line for 14+ years and owned her Chicago boutique for the same time period. She sold the...

This week I'm joined by fabric expert Katie Towle - she's a woven fabric designer & sourcing expert having worked for some of the biggest retailers in the UK I met Katie when we were both at Next nearly 10 years ago & bonded over a shared love for fashion & dread for public speaking (although we've now both conquered the fear - FINALLY!) We moved to London around the same time and have stayed in t...

Episode 14 of The Fashion Feed podcast is with Lucy Hitchcock of Sassy Digital. I met Lucy in a networking group called The Coven where I saw she'd launched her podcast 'Winging It' which is great! She runs Sassy Digital which is a marketing 'agency' designed to be an extension of your team, and one of their strengths from the beginning has been fitting seamlessly into client's businesses. Sassy D...

You asked and I listened! A few weeks back, I did some insta polls asking what you'd like from the podcast and I was blown away with the amount of people asking for a solo episode … so here it is! In this episode I share with you my career history so far & something I've taken from each business I've worked for. It's quite unsual to have worked in so many different businesses across buying AND sup...

Originally from El Salvador, Caro now lives in London and I met her in a facebook group when we were prompted to say what our skills were & if they'd be beneficial to anyone else in the group   I needed advice on email marketing and Caro wanted to speak to someone in the fashion industry for advice on launching a fashion brand - funnily enough she became my first ever client!   After realising we...

Episode 11 is with Jason Nelson, an experienced fashion e-commerce director Apart from that, he's actually my brother in law so it was a pleasure to record! Jason got me work experience in the marketing department at fashion brand ASOS about 14 years ago so we discuss what it looked like to work there all those years ago! Apologies for my computer not being on silent & wire jiggling, you'd think I...

Established fashion photographer Olivia Bossert is the 10th guest on the podcast! Olivia approached me via instagram for us to do a podcast swap which I thought was such a great idea She interviewed me for her podcast 'It Starts With A Click' for fashion photographers and I interviewed her for The Fashion Feed! Olivia is from Geneva in Switzerland but currently splits her time between Cornwall and...

This week I'm lucky enough to have 3 brilliant guests on the fashion feed podcast who own the independent fashion brand Elsie & Fred Founded by three siblings from Coventry, Leanne, Natalie & Ryan Haynes launched Elsie & Fred in 2014 which has now grown into a successful 6 figure business.   I met the team initially at a Gypsy Shrine event in October 2018 and interviewed them for a panel talk. Aft...

This week's guest on the fashion feed podcast is blogger, podcast host & content creator Charlotte Jacklin I started following Charlotte at the beginning of this year and my friend noticed she was speaking about starting her own fashion brand on her stories. I sent her a message to ask if she'd like to come along to the workshop we were running which she did, it was so lovely of her to come down a...

My guest on The Fashion Feed this week is Joanne Griffin, graphic designer & product development consultant.   Joanne and I met over instagram and realised very quickly that we actually only lived about 20 minutes from each other. After speaking on DM's for a couple of months, we took the plunge and went on a friend date! We really hit it off as we have so much in common speaking about design & tr...

My guest on the sixth episode of the fashion feed podcast is Lucy Greenwood who's the co founder of Lucy and Yak with her partner Chris.  Lucy & Yak is an ethical clothing and lifestyle business famous for their super comfy dungarees! They met at a car garage in the sales department which they've since found out has some surprisingly transferable skills in fashion! They took off travelling around...

My fifth guest on The Fashion Feed podcast is Meg Pirie Meg runs a slow fashion advocacy business; she's an eco conscious stylist, writer, designer & workshop leader in Wales. After having worked for Gucci and giving birth to her daughter India, her outlook on the fashion industry completely changed… for the better! We found each other on Instagram as we both talk about slow fashion regularly & I...

My fourth guest on The Fashion Feed podcast is Amy Fuchsia of Fuchsia Shaw Amy Fuchsia is the ultimate definition of a 'multi - hyphenate' - she's a fashion influencer, stylist, content creator and designer for her own brand Fuchsia Shaw. Her career started in costume design and on- set styling but it didn't fulfil her creative drive so she slowly transitioned into creating her own designs on swim...

My third guest on The Fashion Feed podcast is Catherine Erdly of Future Retail She has over 19 years experience working with product businesses of all sizes from high street names (such as Laura Ashley, Coast and Paperchase), all the way down to brand new businesses with just a handful of customers. Catherine is your go - to woman if you want to get more organised and make more money. I first met...

My second guest on The Fashion Feed podcast is Sophie Slater of the eco - fashion brand Birdsong London.  Sophie started the brand with Sarah in 2014 as they were inspired by the great skill and creativity in women's community groups but frustrated by their financial insecurity in the context of budget cuts and rising rents. With the fashion industry addicted to Photoshop, and wholesale exploitati...

My first guest on The Fashion Feed podcast is Jane Shepherdson CBE who I've admired for years.  Jane worked at Topshop for around 20 years working her way through the ranks in buying & became brand director in 1998 before moving on to become the CEO of Whistles. In this episode we cover : Working at Topshop in the 90's and pushing the boundaries as a high street store with innovative ideas  Her ti...

Hi!  My name's Elizabeth and I'm the host of this brand new podcast 'The Fashion Feed' In this intro episode I share a little bit about what The Fashion Feed is and how it came about. I also share why I want to help independent brands grow and succeed using the knowledge I've gained over the past 10 years in the industry. My focus with The Fashion Feed is to open up the conversation and highlight...