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 making her customers feel the most confident version of themselves whatever their shape or size. Isolated Heroes also love to celebrate body positivity with collections stocked from a size UK 6 through to a UK 28.

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!

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, she decided to start her own swimwear brand. One that was ethical & planet - friendly but still colourful & tons of fun!

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

It’s something I’m really passionate about because the more time & effort we can put into our marketing efforts, the more chance we have of making sales! So if you’re listening / reading at the time of recording, the doors to my new marketing course The Visibility Project are now open & would love to have you join - the link is here in the show notes

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.

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 achieved the impossible by creating a luxury brand on a lean budget as a mother during lockdown - it’s such an inspiring story!

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!

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.

DGF is a women owned and operated global design, manufacture, logistics agency. We create accessories, apparel, packaging, sportswear, and lifestyle products. For 9 years we have worked on re-imagining brands product ranges with the finest, most sustainable materials. We partner with the best, ethical factories around the world to support local communities and empower women to leadership roles in our offices and our factory partners.

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 you – and for you to make them part of your own.

In 1969, Ian travelled to India on a journey of exploration & over the next two decades, he returned to India time and again to meet some of the country’s finest, most original artisans. Then later on, his wife Jakki, grew the business into a team of twenty odd people, united by a passion for unmistakable style, made by hand and with consideration for people and planet. Daisy is now in charge & making some really cool changes which she shares in this episode!

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!

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 copywriting workshops in partnership with Lloyds Business Bank.

When she’s not writing high-converting emails for clients, delivering workshops or teaching business owners how to write copy that converts, she’s binging either podcasts or pizza (but she’d rather you didn’t tell her PT that).

Recording today’s episode was so much fun with my guest (& previous client) Katie France! There’s something special about Katie’s unique energy & warm personality that makes you want to hang out with her so I felt very lucky to spend an hour with her over zoom

Katie France is a leopard print loving, disco-dancing, cocktail-drinking girl who gets her kicks from making colourful clothes. Her brand began as a kidswear brand called Lemonade Bubbles selling tutus & slowly merged into selling women’s dungarees

The inspiration comes from her big love for colour & sending that energy out into the world to spread so much love and joy to you too!

Today’s guest is Jazz who is the founder of The Babes on Waves Business Club.

It’s an original membership for diverse female founders, freelancers & creative entrepreneurs in order for you to grow your business, network & friendships at the same time.

Babes on Waves is focused around 3 pillars which are community, education & mindset with added benefits of accountability & boosted confidence!

OK so it’s taken Amanda & I about 6 months to actually get round to recording this episode & it was so worth the wait!

Amanda has run several businesses previous to her current marketing agency & in this episode she shares with us her learnings & advice about what it means to be a leader within your business (even if it’s just you!)

Welcome back to The Fashion Feed podcast after a mini break & today’s guest is Rachel who I;’m sure lots of you are familiar with but if not then let me tell you you’re in for an absolute treat today as Rachel is a Pinterest QUEEEEEEN!

TBH she’s fast becoming a Reels queen too but today we’re sticking to the mammoth which is Pinterest

I was introduced to Rachel by Alice Benham to go on her podcast to talk about wedding trends a couple of years ago and we hit it off straight away with a shared love of cats, design & living the life of a grandma

Rachel is a stylist turned strategist and helps creatives blend visuals and sales, specialising in Pinterest training & creating beautiful, visual things for talented, creative people.

Rachel says that when she properly harnessed the power of Pinterest, it totally transformed her business & it now drives more than half of her website sales.

If you’d like to learn more about Rachel’s group course, Ignite Your Pinterest Strategy, you can click here.

My guest this week is the brains behind Hunsnet, Gareth Howells!

For anyone who doesn’t know Hunsnet started off as a meme page back in 2017 because he wanted to build a community of good time guys and girls who had a shared interest in Hun Culture.

Through social media, community and live events they celebrate your journey as a tacky teenager who didn’t fit in to fun-loving, meme addicts who want to meet other like minded legendary huns. They’re obsessed with all things popular culture, celebrity nostalgia & generally laughing through the irony of every day life.