TheIndustry.fashion & TheIndustry.beauty Podcast

Dr Ateh Jewel is a beauty broadcaster and entrepreneur making waves in the industry for her inclusive approach to beauty.  Having experienced a lack of diversity in the industry as both a consumer and a professional during her career, she sets out to drive positive change, from her social media presence and education foundation to the launch of her own inclusive beauty brand last year. Ateh, speak...

Beauty is booming... In 2022 the global beauty market – defined as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare – hit $430 billion in revenue according to McKinsey and is expected to reach $580 billion by 2027. While this explosion in consumption provides enormous opportunity, it also presents beauty brands and retailers with a number of challenges, particularly within the supply chain. Inefficiencie...

Beauty is booming.  In 2022 the global beauty market – defined as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare – hit $430 billion in revenue according to McKinsey and is expected to reach $580 billion by 2027. While this explosion in consumption provides enormous opportunity, it also presents beauty brands and retailers with a number of challenges, particularly within the supply chain. Inefficiencies...

Beauty is booming… In 2022 the global beauty market – defined as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare – hit $430 billion in revenue according to McKinsey and is expected to reach $580 billion by 2027. While this explosion in consumption provides enormous opportunity, it also presents beauty brands and retailers with a number of challenges, particularly within the supply chain. Inefficiencies...

Lucinda Chambers and Serena Hood worked with some of the most prestigious luxury brands in fashion – from Marc Jacobs to Marni, Prada and Armani – and at the highest echelons of fashion publishing.  Their careers collided at British Vogue where Lucinda was its celebrated Fashion Director and Serena its Executive Market and Fashion Director.   After leaving the publication the pair caught up for co...

Simon Parr’s Heritage Brands agency represents menswear brands with – or inspired by – heritage, including Gabicci Vintage, Tootal, Viyella 1784, Guards London, Real Hoxton and Dasmarca hats. Formerly a sales rep at BMB, he set up on his own in 2019 after getting a call from Gabicci to see if he’d want to be their sales agent. It was an opportunity he thought was too good to miss. Unfortunately, t...

Dr Nina S. Naidu is a New York-based plastic surgeon and the founder of Anokha. Founded in 2008, Anokha is a natural skincare brand born from a desire for environmental ingredients to achieve clinical results. The business recently launched in the UK for the first time, bringing its range of products to consumers via its own website. Nina speaks to Sophie Smith, Senior News & Features Writer a...

Anabel Kindersley is the Co-owner of Neal’s Yard Remedies, a British beauty and wellbeing brand known for its natural and organic skincare and bodycare products. The brand is also known for its ethical ethos and charitable initiatives.  Anabel, speaks to Sophie Smith, Senior News & Features Writer at TheIndustry.beauty, about why she purchased Neal’s Yard Remedies, her involvement in the busin...

Rosamund Muir designs with women in mind, crafting shoes with an enduring spirit. Using strong women as daily inspiration, Rosamund celebrates female empowerment, producing luxurious handmade footwear that is comfortable, beautiful and designed to be worn with confidence. The experience of rushing around London combined with becoming a mother helped to shape the foundations of the brand, with Rosa...

Sarah Sklavenitis is the Founder of Messiah & Eve, a vegan brand that mixes  skin-loving ingredients with modern fragrance blends to offer a range of affordable luxury bodycare products. Sarah, speaks to Sophie Smith, Senior News & Features Writer at TheIndustry.beauty, about the inspiration behind Messiah & Eve, how she took the brand from concept to creation, her first trade show exp...

Neal Heard is the Founder and Designer of Lover’s F.C, a label born out of the fusion between football and fashion which has been sold in the likes of Urban Outfitters and Hanon, with past design collaboration collections including with YMC, Lyle & Scott and H&M. Coming up he’s got a couple of new unexpected design collaborations launching - with the Ministry of Sound and EA SPORTS FIFA, a...

Boardies celebrates a world of creativity, travel and good times. Founded by Nick Crook, the privately owned London-based business creates unique swimwear influenced by experiences from around the world. The company has successfully navigated the challenges of operating a beach-focused brand in a pandemic world of reduced travel, and has continued to see successes globally, with new collections an...

Tiffany Salmon is a beauty entrepreneur and the Founder of Glow Hub, a vegan skincare brand that provides targeted solutions and simple routines for the Gen Z beauty community.  Tiffany, speaks to Sophie Smith, Senior News & Features Writer at TheIndustry.beauty, about the inspiration behind Glow Hub, and the success social media - in particular TikTok - is having on the brand and more. Get br...

Allison McNamara is TV host and fashion & beauty influencer who created the clean, algae-infused skincare line MARA.  Allison started her career hosting television and digital programs for outlets like Who What Wear, POPSUGAR, ABC’s Emmy-Award-winning Oscar red carpet pre-show, The Today show, and TV Guide Network.  She then took her experience to Refinery29 and ET Online where she created, ho...

Claus Lindorff began his career in finance in London before moving into advertising in Paris where he founded BETC Luxe – an agency specialising in fashion and luxury brands with clients including Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander and Lacoste. Then, in 2012, he created his own brand, Ron Dorff, starting out with just five basic pieces which combined Swedish design and functionality with Fr...

Olivia Francis left her job with global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi to change the men’s underwear market with her Hamilton + Hare brand in 2014. She had been looking to buy boxer shorts for her brother, but just found a lot of poor quality and heavy branding.  She wanted to bring womenswear underwear standards to men, and that’s exactly what she did.    That quality has now evolved in...

Joanna Jensen is the Founder of Childs Farm, a natural and eco-friendly skincare and haircare brand designed for babies and children.    Childs Farm was first launched as a solution to the sensitive and eczema prone skin of Joanna’s daughters.    Today, the brand’s growing range of products are available online and in-store at a number of major retailers including Boots, Waitrose, and Amazon.    J...

Maria Chenoweth is the CEO of the TRAID charity, which has 12 stores in London, and Co-founder of the new sustainable retail concept, Charity Super. Mkt, the UK’s first multi-charity preloved pop-up fashion store. The pop-up store is currently located in the former Topshop unit at Brent Cross shopping centre, in collaboration with landlord Hammerson. It’s a format that has hit the ground running,...

Dr Jane Leonard is a GP and aesthetic doctor who recently appeared as an expert contributor to the revamped Embarrassing Bodies series on Channel 4 and has made it her mission to help young women, in particular, to find confidence in their looks and bodies. She regularly cautions against unnecessary procedures, unrealistic expectations and unqualified practitioners, but, at the same time, she is k...

Entrepreneur Sach Kukadia is perhaps best known for founding the UK’s first flash sales website, Secret Sales, with his brother Nish in 2007, which they sold in 2019 to Lifestyle Retail Group.  He is now firmly focused on his latest venture, gold and platinum jewellery business 7879, which launched in November 2021.  Having secured £5.5m in seed funding in November 2022, and with a pop-up space cu...

Sabina Ranger is the entrepreneur behind fledgling beauty brand BELLA, which is shaking up the cosmetics market (and Instagram) with its WANDERLASH Mascara that promises a false eyelash effect in just a few simple strokes. WANDERLASH is the first in a planned series of products that Ranger intends to launch in the world of beauty, with the stated aim of outperforming alternatives on the market.  ...

John Snare and Rachel Kelly are the Co-founders of Thought, one of the UK’s earliest sustainable and ethical fashion brands.   Thought's focus is on creating a "circular economy", and over the years it has invested extensively in expanding the range of materials used.   The business boasts an impressive range of textiles compared to similar retailers, such as hemp, bamboo, and Seace...

Best known for his fashion styling advice on ITV breakfast show ‘Lorraine’, Mark Heyes is a British fashion stylist and designer.  Launching a partnership with online retailer Freemans, Heyes has created several collections aimed at the 40+ woman. It is the first collection Heyes has designed himself, based on years of styling TV celebrities and viewers alike.  He talks to Tom Shearsmith, News Edi...

Commodity is known for its unique approach to fragrance, giving consumers greater control over the intensity and projection of a scent through its innovative Scent Space concept.  The brand was first brought to life by a Kickstarter campaign in 2013, but was later purchased by Vicken Arslanian in 2019, who is also the founder of EuroPerfumes, a distributor for niche fragrances in the US.  Vicken s...

Jeremy Muijs is the Co-founder of Grown Alchemist. Through the understanding of cellular renewal and nutrient metabolisation, Grown Alchemist formulates products which it thinks represent a "new evolution in skincare".  The brand uses scientifically–innovative formulas that are capable of influencing the way the body repairs and regenerates the skin.  Muijs tells Tom Shearsmith, News Edi...