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Amanda Wakeley is a Fashion Designer, Creative Director and Broadcaster and is one of Britain’s most celebrated and influential talents - being awarded an OBE in 2010. After a short stint as a fashion model in the 80s, she set up her signature line ‘Amanda Wakeley’ and for over 30 years she built her award-winning international brand - becoming a firm favourite with some of the world’s most stylish women including Catherine Princess of Wales, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez. Now she is in the second stage of her career focusing on consulting, broadcasting and presenting, and last year she launched her podcast ‘Amanda Wakeley Style DNA.’
In this episode Amanda takes us through her amazing life's journey and the Sliding Doors moments that made it. She chats about her decision to quit Art School and move to America at a young age - which is where she really honed her craft and built her own foundations for her brand. We discuss the incredible, career defining moment when Princess Diana decided to wear her design to resign from public life, and how this one decision catapulted Wakeley to become the iconic brand it is today. We also delve into how throwing yourself out of your comfort zone, can be the best sliding doors decision you can make!
@slidingdoorspod
Hosted by: @jenbecks28
Guest: @amandawakeley
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
By Jennie Becker4
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Amanda Wakeley is a Fashion Designer, Creative Director and Broadcaster and is one of Britain’s most celebrated and influential talents - being awarded an OBE in 2010. After a short stint as a fashion model in the 80s, she set up her signature line ‘Amanda Wakeley’ and for over 30 years she built her award-winning international brand - becoming a firm favourite with some of the world’s most stylish women including Catherine Princess of Wales, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez. Now she is in the second stage of her career focusing on consulting, broadcasting and presenting, and last year she launched her podcast ‘Amanda Wakeley Style DNA.’
In this episode Amanda takes us through her amazing life's journey and the Sliding Doors moments that made it. She chats about her decision to quit Art School and move to America at a young age - which is where she really honed her craft and built her own foundations for her brand. We discuss the incredible, career defining moment when Princess Diana decided to wear her design to resign from public life, and how this one decision catapulted Wakeley to become the iconic brand it is today. We also delve into how throwing yourself out of your comfort zone, can be the best sliding doors decision you can make!
@slidingdoorspod
Hosted by: @jenbecks28
Guest: @amandawakeley
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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