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CultureMeet Jaz O’Hara, the Human Rights Activist Building a Global Community and Celebrating Differences
Human rights activist Jaz O’Hara founded The Worldwide Tribe in a bid to highlight the humanity behind world issues and inspire positive social change. We chat to her about uplifting refugee voices, celebrating differences and how we, as travellers, can help fight the good fight.
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CultureGlobal Young Designer Spotlight: Kalita Al Swaidi
We rummage through the suitcase of Kalita Al Swaidi, founder of resort-wear label KALITA. She lets us in on holiday-dressing rationale, travel-inspired designs and where to stay and play in her favourite destination: Sardinia.
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CultureWaste-Free Wardrobes and Revolutionising the Fashion Rental Market: Meet By Rotation Founder Eshita Kabra-Davies
Waste-free and planet positive, fashion rental app By Rotation has created a community of label-savvy, conscious consumers. We chat with founder Eshita Kabra-Davies about borrowing Manolo Blahnik, streamlining your inbox and Mykonos’ most sought-after souvenirs.
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CulturePostcode Pioneers: The Allotment Florist, North London
In Postcode Pioneers, we celebrate independent shop owners from across the world as they share their neighbourhood haunts. This week, we chat about sustainably grown flowers and hidden corners of Hampstead Heath with the green-fingered doyenne behind north London’s The Allotment Florist.
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CultureThe Dotty Show: In Conversation with Ashley “Dotty” Charles
The author of Outraged and Lead Cultural Curator, Black Music, UK at Apple Music talks about hitting the high notes and not having to choose. We discuss musical memories, career highlights, plus, the holiday destination that inspired her book, Outraged.
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CultureGlobal Young Designer Spotlight: Live The Process
We talk all things balance, Bali and working out with the founders of leisure label Live The Process, Robyn Berkley and Jared Vere. They let us in on their favourite books, the brand story and the West Village’s best green juice.
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CultureThe Man Behind Iceland’s Most-Worn Jackets: Meet Matthew Woolsey, 66 ̊ North
We caught up with Matthew Woolsey, avid explorer and Global President of 66 ̊North to talk about how the rugged beauty of Iceland inspires the brand's designs and the sense of freedom afforded by adventure.
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CultureGlobal Young Designer Spotlight: Projektityyny
In conversation with Nora Nilsson of Projektityyny, the Nordic brand behind the cushions and patchwork quilts we’re lusting after. The Finland-born founder talks country piles, pillow projects and wabi-sabi, and lets us in on her favourite places to eat and shop in Dorset.
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CultureGlobal Young Designer Spotlight: CDLP
Underwear, environmentalism and grande-dame hotels (with a punkish twist). Meet Christian Larson and Andreas Palm, founders of Swedish brand CDLP, who are on a mission to make men’s undergarments stylish and environmentally sustainable.
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CultureTweed, Tartan and Scottish Textiles: Meet Araminta Campbell Founder Araminta Birse-Stewart
Fast fashion is so last season. As we embrace life in the slow lane, the textiles designer and Founder of Araminta Campbell talks to us about breathing life into traditional craftsmanship, the struggles of a small, sustainable fashion business and how Scotland is her source of inspiration.
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CultureCottagecore and Crafty Summer Dressing: In Conversation with Fashion Designer Roland Mouret
Home Culture People Current Article Cottagecore and Crafty Summer Dressing: In Conversation with Fashion Designer Roland Mouret 10 September, 2020 Words by Gilly Hopper Cottagecore Cottagecore - the Internet aesthetic that celebrates a return to traditional skills and crafts - is right up fashion designer Roland Mouret's country lane. Not in a chintzy, prairie-dress way; […]
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CultureMeet Joanna Dai, the Entrepreneur Designing “Feels-Like-Yoga” Power Suits for Women Who Mean Business
In 2016 she swapped in the corporate boardroom for the creative atelier. The conventional office might be crumbling, but banker-turned-entrepreneur Joanna Dai is on a mission to empower working women through their wardrobes, one high-performance garment at a time.
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CultureOrenda Tribe: The Navajo-Owned Vintage Brand Empowering Indigenous Communities
Trading in a career in fast fashion to reconnect with her Navajo roots, Orenda Tribe founder Amy Leung set about designing sustainably made, upcycled vintage apparel. Now she’s on a mission to uplift and support the US’s indigenous communities.
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CultureWhere Food Meets Art: Meet Rasmus Munk, the Chef Behind Copenhagen’s Alchemist Restaurant
Forging the new frontier of fine dining, Copenhagen’s two-Michelin-starred Alchemist fuses molecular gastronomy with theatre and politics. Chef and co-owner Rasmus Munk lets us in on his favourite restaurants in the Danish capital, fulfilling his childhood dream and an unfortunate culinary experiment with a cow’s udder.
