Wardrobe Icons 'ICONversations'

Wardrobe ICONS co-founders Laura Fantacci and Petro Stofberg are usually the ones asking all the questions. 

This week, however, they are the focus of our ICONversation about The Juggle. Who better to discuss the balancing act required to build a business with your best friend, while busy family and social lives jostle for place in the pecking order too. 

They handed control (of the mic) over to their colleague Brooke Le Poer Trench—their honest and insightful answers are an essential listen for any woman wearing many
 hats and juggling many balls. You are not alone! 

We have to apologize for sounding a little gushy in this interview. The problem is that celebrity stylist Elizabeth Saltzman, the very best in her field, is an industry hero of ours. 

It didn’t help that on the day we interviewed her, Gwyneth Paltrow was due to knock on her door an hour later. She is the brains behind the red carpet looks we love, but her job is about so much more than picking a dress. That’s why we enlisted her for an ICONversations about CONFIDENCE. Turns out, while the outside counts, the inside matters so much more. When she works with women, she gets to the bottoms of their needs, wants and self-worth. And that’s because until you like who you see in the mirror, a dress won’t do a thing.

For two decades, Caroline Issa, has been sharing thought-provoking fashion content and stories, inspiring us with her street style and designing capsule collections with well-respected brands. 

Our word for Caroline is INFLUENCE, because she wields hers with discretion, generosity and honesty. 

In this ICONversations with Laura Fantacci and her colleague Brooke Le Poer Trench, Caroline shares the ways in which her childhood has influenced who she is today, the way her teenage modeling impacts her management style everyday, the female mentors who have guided her, and the way she leveraged the influencer culture, making it a positive force in her career and using it to blaze a path for non-traditional designers in the fashion industry.  

Welcome to ICONversations - Wardrobe ICONS podcast hosted by co-founders Laura Fantacci and Petro Stofberg.

Every fortnight, we sit down with the women whose work is inspiring us today, to have a compelling conversation centered around a word that chimes with their career and life.

From confidence to creativity and work/life balance, we believe talking never goes out of fashion.