After Party

Hi, I’m Chekii Harling, and welcome to After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitats. In this episode I’m joined by the footwear designer, artist and upcycled trainer queen Helen Kirkum. Helen grew up in the South West of England, leaving to study for her BA in footwear at Northampton University, a course she discovered when visiting graduate fashion...

Welcome to After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitats. In this episode, I’m joined by Rosette, the Founder of Revival London – a self-confessed ‘thrift queen’ with the mission to make slow fashion sexy. Born in Ghana and now based in London, Rosette’s work is subtly inspired by West African silhouettes combined with the energy of 1990s R&B girl gr...

Welcome to After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitats. In this episode, I’m joined by the London-based menswear designer and artist Emma Blythe. As a child growing up in the US, Emma first experimented with fashion by making outfits for the Tooth Fairy. She studied fashion design at Marist College in New York before completing a graduate diploma a...

Welcome to After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitats In this episode, I’m joined by Kathryn Hewitson, designer and founder of the fashion label Pristine. Kathryn’s career in fashion began at cult London labels Meadham Kirchoff, Sibling and Ashley Williams. Later she landed the Head of Design role at Rokit Originals, the upcycled line by the well...

Welcome to After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitats. In this week’s episode I’m joined by the London-based fashion designer, content creator and slow fashion designer Lydia Bolton. Born in Cheltenham, the daughter of an eco-warrior, Lydia was first taught how to sew by her mum at 13, making a scrumptious little shift dresses with gathered sleeve...

Welcome to the After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitats. On this episode I’m joined by the London-based fashion designer and beer towel extraordinaire Adam Jones. Adam grew up in rural Wales – as a kid you’d find him wandering around his Nan’s house in her fur coats with plastic fruit balanced on his head. Yet it was watching footy matches down...

Over the last six months, I’ve been visiting sustainable designers in their studios — which, in some cases, have also been their homes. Stepping into these spaces has been an incredibly intimate experience. Fashion today is such a big industry that unless you work inside a designer’s studio, you rarely spend time up close with the clothes — or the people — that make them. This podcast series is ab...