TheIndustry.fashion & TheIndustry.beauty Podcast

Suzanne Duckett is the Founder & CEO of Onolla, an expertly curated beauty, skincare and fragrance retailer. 

Duckett, a Journalist and Editor with over three decades of experience at some of the most successful magazines in the world including Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping, founded the business after becoming frustrated with the lack of transparency between journalists and consumers. 

Onolla offers consumers a unique line-up of Duckett’s favourite products that, in her words, “embrace the rhythms of nature”. Brands on offer include Amanda Harrington, Susanne Kaufmann, Wildsmith and Margaret Dabbs. 

Duckett tells Tom Shearsmith, News Editor and Senior Writer at TheIndustry.beauty, about her extensive career in beauty journalism, how her experience has shaped her work at Onolla, how she builds relationships with popular sustainable brands and what we can expect from Onolla in the future.

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Built on the philosophy of having a minimal impact on the planet, footwear brand Hylo is aiming to revolutionise high performance trainers. 

Launched by a trio that includes ex-professional footballer Michael Doughty, Hylo’s footwear has a 42% reduction in carbon footprint compared to the industry standard running shoe. 

The products are largely created from sustainable corn fibre and organic cotton, with an end goal of creating an entirely sustainable and recyclable shoe. 

Doughty talks to Tom Shearsmith, News Editor and Senior Writer at TheIndustry.fashion, about his football career and the influence it has had on his business, how the company raised investment, its sustainability credentials and the power of engaging with a target demographic.


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Provence-born and Paris-trained, Frédéric Fekkai opened his groundbreaking namesake salon atop New York’s Bergdorf Goodman Department Store, creating the concept of beauty hospitality and revolutionising the industry standard for hair stylists. 

Fekkai is now continuing his legacy with a new mission to create the cleanest, most sustainable haircare that delivers salon performance to every customer. His salon-grade, EWG-compliant formulas are all clean, vegan, silicone-free & cruelty free and feature naturally-derived, high-performance ingredients that are sourced sustainably. 

Fekkai tells Tom Shearsmith, News Editor and Senior Writer, about his early career, why he bought his brand back after originally selling it to P&G, the sustainability credentials of his products, innovations that are taking place behind-the-scenes at the brand and how those in the UK can take better care of their hair.

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In this episode of the In Conversation podcast in partnership with Klarna for Business, we speak to Simon Brown,  CEO of  Joe Browns. 

After leaving school at 18, Simon Brown travelled the world before returning to the UK to establish fashion retailer Joe Browns. The carefree spirit of Joe Browns’ clothing range is the perfect representation of Simon himself.
 
Launching originally as a mail order business in 1998, Joe Browns has grown to become a Yorkshire fashion giant. The company now operates online, has several partnerships with prominent retailers, has retail units near its headquarters in Leeds and still takes mail orders.
 
Simon tells Tom Shearsmith, News Editor & Senior Writer at TheIndustry.fashion, about how his early travelling influenced his career, the importance of growing and adapting with the customer, the company’s expansion into homeware and loungewear, why the business is all about making people feel good and how the business plans to reach an annual revenue of £100 million by 2026.


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Alison Lloyd founded Ally Capellino in 1980 and was one of the first contemporary British designers to really crack the Japanese market in the early ‘90s.  She’s had a busy year this year so far, with a collaboration with Barbour on jackets and bags and a pop-up space in Selfridges for her new packable bag collection. 

In this episode of the In Conversation podcast in partnership with Klarna for Business, Alison talks us through her colourful career in fashion and all her latest projects.


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Michele Scott-Lynch is the Founder of Boucléme, a plant-powered haircare brand designed for the curly hair community. 

The brand was created after Michele felt there was a lack of products in the UK that really catered towards her curly hair, especially for black men and women. 

Today, Boucléme’s range of haircare products are stocked at a variety of leading retailers including Boots, Selfridges, Cult Beauty and M&S. 

In this episode of In Conversation podcast in partnership with Klarna for Business, Michele speaks to Sophie Smith, News & Features Writer at the TheIndustry.beauty, about the brand’s journey, why sustainability has always been a big concern for her, why reformulating products is important and the crucial need to better serve those with curly hair.

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Welcome to the The Bold Moves Academy podcast brought to you by TheIndustry.fashion in partnership with Klarna for Business. Here we speak to some of fashion’s disrupters about the bold moves they’ve made to drive the future of the fashion industry and inspire you to do the same.

Nick Robertson is the Founder of online fashion and beauty retailer ASOS and was CEO of the Ecommerce giant from 2000 - 2015.

Robertson made the boldest of moves by launching ASOS at a time when online shopping still relied on dial-up internet and then went on to become, arguably one of the most successful fashion Ecommerce destinations globally.

This special edition of the Bold Moves Academy podcast was recorded before a live audience at London's Soho House.

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In this episode of the In Conversation podcast in partnership with Klarna, we speak to Rasmus Brix, General Manager UK & Ireland at jewellery company Pandora, which is known for its charm bracelets. Founded in 1982 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the business now counts the UK as its second biggest market.

As Rasmus explains, the size of the jeweller is quite “mind blowing”, with almost half of women in the UK and Ireland owning a Pandora piece of jewellery, he still sees a significant opportunity for future growth in this market. In the eight months since taking his current position, he has already set a clear course, helping the business deliver one of its strongest Q4 performances.

Rasmus first joined Pandora in 2016 as Vice President of Business Development after a successful career as a Management Consultant. He then moved to become General Manager of Pandora’s Northern Europe business before moving to London.

Rasmus speaks to Camilla Rydzek, News & Features Writer at TheIndustry.fashion about the successful launch of Pandora’s collaboration with Marvel, which made up 3% of its first quarter sales in 2022, the importance of physical retail and what a typical week looks like for him.


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Maria Grachvogel created her first collection when she was just 14. Obsessed with the idea that clothing can transform your body, your mood and your confidence she experimented with innovative cutting techniques and always kept the woman who wears the clothing front of mind.

Her approach to design which celebrates the woman first and puts joy and well-being into the design process has created many iconic pieces that have been worn by celebrities including Emma Thompson, Scarlett Johansson and Victoria Beckham.

Maria later decided to operate a seasonless business model at her brand and now focuses on timeless capsule collections that are presented as they are created, ensuring that there is as close to zero waste as possible.

Maria talks to Tom Shearsmith, News Editor and Senior Writer, about what initially led her to the fashion industry, how it felt presenting her very first London Fashion Week collection in 1995, how fashion can transform someone’s emotions, how COVID-19 impacted her atelier service and where the brand may be going in the future, such as the metaverse.

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ARgENTUM began when brand founder, Joy Isaacs, woke from a dream with a clear vision to use the power of silver in skincare. After many years of research, ARgENTUM created a patented fusion of two active ingredients - Silver Hydrosol & DNA HP. The result is a range of natural, super hydrating products that target fine lines and the texture of the skin.

ARgENTUM, named after the latin word for silver, balances ground-breaking science with symbolism and poetry through the messages of their 12 archetypes – a topic close to Joy’s heart.

Joy tells Tom Shearsmith, News Editor and Senior Writer at TheIndustry.beauty, about founding the business and falling in love, her own family’s history with using silver for medicine and health, the brand’s 12 archetypes concept, the formulation, the development of the brand since launch and an exciting upcoming retail location in London.

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