Isabelle Taylor is a surrealist fashion designer specialising in "fish leather," - a sustainable material made from the byproducts of smoked salmon - which she uses to create garments through her brand, Skinned Potential.

Originally from Cambridge, U.K., Isabelle discovered fish fashion during her foundation year at Central Saint Martins where she first saw a fish-leather garment walk down the runway. Fascinated but confused, she delved deeper into the material while studying for her BA in Design at the University of Edinburgh. There, she sourced salmon skin scraps from a local fishmonger and taught herself the intricate process of tanning, dyeing, and moulding the waste into wearable, eco-friendly leather.

After refining her craft at Christopher Kane, The Savile Row Academy, and working within the fish leather industry at Inversa Leather as a branding and design associate, Isabelle is now pursuing an MA at the Royal College of Art in London. Her research focuses on further innovating the fish leather industry, developing a plant-based tanning method, and exploring new techniques for integrating this unique material into fashion through sculpting, embellishment, and other forms of manipulation.

In this conversation, Isabelle shares her expertise on fish leather, its under-explored potential, and how her brand, Skinned Potential, is pushing the boundaries of sustainable fashion. She also reflects on the media's reaction to her work with "fish waste" and her vision for the future of her brand and the material's role in the industry.

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Helena Thulin is a jewelry designer whose work explores biodiversity through the art of beading. Drawing inspiration from the aesthetics of nature, her creations reflect both the beauty and fragility of our environment, while also confronting her own fears about the future of our planet and its diverse ecosystems and species living within it. After graduating from Studio Berçot in 2014, Helena honed her craft working with Chloé, Sonia Rykiel, and Simone Rocha. Five years ago, she founded her own jewelry brand, and today, her obsession for biodiversity and nature still inspires the design of her delicate handcrafted jewels.

Each piece of Helena Thulin jewelry is made by hand, using a combination of precious materials like Swarovski crystals and glass beads, sourced from Portugal. These elements come together in Helena's Paris studio, where she transforms them into one-of-a-kind works of art.

In this episode, Helena exposes the importance of local craftsmanship in beading, the realities of maintaining such a practice within a small business, and the valuable lessons she’s learned while building her brand from the ground up.

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Gracey Owusu Agyemang is an emerging Multidisciplinary designer from Ghana & Namibia whose work focus on Afrofuturism through the lens of agriculture. 

A MA graduate from Central Saint Martins she uses afro-futurism as a tool to reimagine life within African environments that are minimally modernised to preserve traditional practices of agriculture while acknowledging the digital world. In 2022 Gracey co-founded Dijago Studios with Khudija Zaib to create a new kind of luxury fashion with the earth in mind. 

In this conversation Gracey speaks about her practice of creating fashion pieces that regenerate the soil, her latest collection for Dijago Studios and the realities of getting into the Central Saint Martin's MA Fashion Show. 

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https://www.instagram.com/dijago_studios/ 

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Mago Hart is a critical artist investigating how interactive installations, sculptures and accessories can integrate nature into the digital age. Mago created Rain & Rivers to explore the wearable part of glass wear through her ethereal collections of handmade glass jewellery forged from high-quality borosilicate glass. 

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This episode highlights 5 of my favourite underrated fashion brands to watch in 2024.

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:26 Grace Ling

00:03:05 Amorphous Studio

00:05:04 Post Archive Faction

00:07:33 HODAKOVA

00:10:14 Charlie Constantinou

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‘Craftsmanship and Technology for Those Experiencing Profound Emotions’

This episode is a conversation with menswear fashion designer Steven Passaro. In the conversation, Steven explains his journey of graduating with a master's degree in men's fashion from the London College of Fashion and launching his ready-to-wear house in France in September 2020.

Every garment crafted by the Steven Passaro label tells a unique narrative, reflecting the complexity of modern-day individuals. This episode delves deeper into Steven’s recent collection ‘Another Layer’ as well as the brands quest for innovation and partnership with Style3D.

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The fashion industry is ever evolving, and 2023 has been no exception to this. In this episode, I outline the top 5 trends and innovations that reshaped the landscape of fashion in 2023.

1. Sustainability
2. Technological Advancements
3. Diversity & Inclusion
4. Vintage & Resale

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In this episode I recap the recent SP2U24 Women's, ready-to-wear Paris Fashion Week and highlight the 5 stand out brands paying an ode to innovation and technology.

The Brands:

Anrealage

Maison Valentino

Marni

Germanier

Junya Watanabe

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In this episode I outline 5 Innovative Fashion Brands to watch in 2024!

The brands:

Paradoxe Paris

TMS.SITE

Huni Design

Organic Basics

Abercrombie

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https://www.tms.site/

https://hunidesign.com/

https://organicbasics.com/

https://www.abercrombie.com/shop/eu

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This episode unveils how Augmented Reality (AR), can transform a fashion business through shopping experience and drive sales through three powerful avenues:

1.    Virtual Try On

2.    In-Store Experiences

3.    Personalisation and Customisation

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