After Party

Welcome to After Party – the show where I interview sustainable brand founders in their natural habitatsIn 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 known London vintage shop. On top of her day job she started selling her own line of corsets on Depop –

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 sleeves and peachy-blue swirls – delish!Whizz on a few years and Lydia was off to study fashion in the big city

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 the pub with his Dad that led Adam to fall in love with the aesthetic of the humble British boozer, with

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 about changing that. Each episode begins by transporting the designer (and you, dear listener!) back to