Fashion Entrepreneur Roberta Benteler On Buying, Burnout & Bouncing Back
German entrepreneur and influencer Roberta Benteler is a front row stalwart and one of the most stylish women on the international fashion circuit. Launching her own game-changing business—the now-shuttered digital fashion destination Avenue 32—and managing a team of 45, from the outside she appeared to have self-assured success in hand.…
Rejina Pyo on Being Broke, Nearly Closing Her Label & Not Taking Maternity Leave
One of the most talented emerging names on the London Fashion Week scene, Korean-born, St Martins-trained designer Rejina Pyo has become both a retail and street style superstar. But building a brand rarely translates into overnight success and often the years of graft are edited out of the story. Here…
Two Trimesters Of Getting Dressed & What I’ve Learnt
It’s not news that dressing a bourgeoning bump can be a challenge—grappling with a constantly changing body shape which goes through random growth spurts over the nine months of pregnancy is clearly no cakewalk. However, you don’t need to entirely ditch your personal style just because you’ve got a little…
LA Fashion Designer Lauren Alexander on Insecurity & Why Her 20s Were the Worst
Lauren Alexander is the co-founder and designer of LNA, one of Los Angeles’ most successful and enduring independent casual wear brands. Since 2007 she’s been ‘living the dream’ with a fashion brand worn by celebrities and stocked in innumerable ritzy stores. But it’s only in the past two years that’s…
Work Rewards: Home Sweet Home
While I’m still not *quite* finished, after 16 months of saving, mood-boarding and making costly mistakes, our flat is finally furnished. When I say it has taken all of my money over the past year-plus, I mean it. Last Christmas my boyfriend Haden and I bought each other a chair,…
From Caravan To Catwalk: Fashion Designer Amy Powney On Making It Against All Odds
Amy Powney is the powerhouse creative director behind London based independent label Mother of Pearl which has just presented yet another critically acclaimed Fashion Week show. When you think of fashion designers, it’s almost impossible to ignore the visions of gilded lifestyles and Zoolander-esque theatrics, but Amy is so resolutely grounded and humble it can be hard…
Nene Granville on Redundancy, Representation & Role Models in Fashion
Nene is one of Fashion PR’s most popular women. With nearly two decades of experience and a client roster spanning luxury and high street brands, she recently set up her own agency, Industry Menu—a pay-as-you go service which is swiftly disrupting the old business model. But while she may be making all the right…
Infertility, Early Pregnancy & Social Media: How To Cope
Consuming social media when you can’t get pregnant can be a hugely miserable experience; trying to engage with social media when you’re in the early stages of pregnancy presents further challenges. Here Katherine Ormerod talks about her experiences and offers a frank, highly personal account of her journey to motherhood…
Does Wearing Old Clothes Make You a Bad Influencer?
Do you feel frustrated when you see your favourite Instagrammers wearing something you can’t buy? Or would you value the fact that your style inspo is sporting a piece from their archives that’s stood the test of time? Does the endless churn of new clothes on social media get you down, or would…
Beauty Vlogger Claire Marshall On Dealing With Family Tragedy Alone
Claire Marshall is one of You Tube’s early adopters; a beauty mega-influencer with over 900k subscribers and more than 700k followers on Instagram to boot, she’s worked with brands from as Sephora to Samsung. Here she talks about dealing with her mother’s Alzheimer’s, how as an adoptee she’s begun to connect…