Enjoy this Impact Edit with Michaela Wessels, CEO & Co-Founder of Style Arcade , the game-changing platform transforming retail and ecommerce for fashion brands worldwide. Tune in for your dose of business optimisation! If you enjoy this impact edit, you can listen to the full episode with Style Arcade here. ________ Over the past four years, I've had the privilege of chatting with some of the most inspiring thought leaders and change makers in the fashion industry. From highly successful en...
Jul 08, 2025•17 min•Season 6Ep. 120
My guest in this episode is Eva Galambos, the Founder and Director of Parlour X, Australia’s leading luxury fashion boutique, renowned for its exclusive curation of the world's most sought-after designer collections. After building her career in London and Sydney as a commercial fashion agent, Eva launched Parlour X in 2001. She quickly became one of Australia’s most influential buyers and fashion ambassadors abroad, regularly travelling to Paris and Milan to bring the best of global style to th...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 119
My guest today is Patricia Lynch, the founder and creative director behind two influential platforms shaping Australia’s design landscape: The Design Gallery and Partridge Agency. With over two decades of experience in the fashion and textile industry, Patricia launched Partridge Agency as a globally recognised surface design agency, representing exclusive artwork for the fashion sector. Her deep industry knowledge and creative vision have helped connect Australian brands with some of the world’...
Jun 05, 2025•52 min•Season 6Ep. 118
In this episode, Elizabeth chats with Belinda Paul , the Founder of RCYCL , a powerful plug-and-play platform helping fashion brands tackle textile waste with real, tangible solutions. With over 25 years of experience across product, buying, manufacturing, and brand management, Belinda brings a deep understanding of the fashion industry — and a passion for turning sustainability goals into everyday actions. RCYCL offers a circular solution that’s ready for immediate brand integration, featuring:...
May 14, 2025•59 min•Season 6Ep. 117
Today, I’m bringing you something brand new. It’s the first time I’m sharing The Monthly Edit as a solo podcast episode. This edition is packed with real-world updates and strategies drawn directly from the work I’m doing with clients right now. Inside, we’ll unpack the sweeping U.S. tariff changes , how they’re impacting Australian fashion brands , and what steps you can take now — from reassessing landed costs to adjusting your fulfilment model . We’ll also explore Meta’s 2025 advertising over...
May 04, 2025•31 min•Season 6Ep. 116
My guest is Rebekka Carey-Smith, Head of Sustainability at The Iconic . With over 10 years of experience in both the corporate and not-for-profit sectors, Rebekka specialises in transforming fashion supply chains to prioritise sustainable and responsible practices. Her extensive background equips her to navigate the complexities of the evolving global sustainability landscape, ensuring improved social and environmental outcomes. In her role as Head of Sustainability at THE ICONIC, Rebekka leads ...
Apr 02, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 115
My Guest today is Jacklyn Rivera, the Creative Director of Commonry. Jack has over 15 years of experience in the fashion industry, across a range of roles and brands that have shaped her leadership and management style. Known for a values-driven approach, Jack is passionate about empowering women and fostering inclusivity within the fashion industry. Her expertise spans across strategic leadership, team development, and driving forward-thinking initiatives that prioritise diversity and sustainab...
Mar 18, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 114
Welcome to our FIRST episode of SEASON 6! My guest today is Jenny Nakkan, the Founder of Elevate Wholesale Agency and the Founding Partner of Splash Sydney, Australia’s first international fashion trade show. A trailblazer in the fashion wholesale space, Jenny has built Elevate into a go-to consultancy for Australian brands looking to launch or scale their global wholesale channels. With a deep industry understanding and a strategic, hands-on approach, Jenny offers an exclusive match making serv...
Mar 04, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 113
As we prepare to launch Season 6 of Fashion Business Mindset in the coming weeeks, enjoy this Impact Edit with Denni Francisco, a visionary fashion entrepreneur and proud Wiradjuri woman with over 25 years of industry experience. Over the past five years, I've had the privilege of chatting with some of the most inspiring thought leaders and changemakers in the fashion industry. From highly successful entrepreneurs and founders to those on their exciting start-up journey, my guests have shared th...
Feb 18, 2025•15 min•Season 6Ep. 112
As we prepare to launch Season 6 of Fashion Business Mindset in the coming weeeks, enjoy this Impact Edit with Paul Waddy. Over the past five years, I've had the privilege of chatting with some of the most inspiring thought leaders and changemakers in the fashion industry. From highly successful entrepreneurs and founders to those on their exciting start-up journey, my guests have shared their stories, insights, and strategies for making an impact while shaping the future of fashion. Thanks to y...
Feb 04, 2025•20 min•Season 6Ep. 111
In this final episode of Fashion Business Mindset for 2024, we’re diving into a Level Up Session to help you reflect on the past year, learn from its lessons, and create a powerful, actionable blueprint for success in 2025. This episode is packed with strategies, tools, and inspiration to help you: Reflect on your wins, challenges, and key lessons from 2024. Explore the top trends and opportunities shaping the fashion industry in 2025, including brand elevation, circular economy, tech integratio...
Dec 19, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 110
Today, I’m thrilled to be joined by Michaela Wessels, CEO & co-founder of Style Arcade. Style Arcade is revolutionising the retail and e-commerce space with its cutting-edge platform, empowering fashion brands to make data-driven decisions. Michaela is a retail and e-commerce veteran with over 15 years of experience in merchandise buying, planning and consulting. Michaela’s trailblazing work ethic and entrepreneurship has seen Australia's biggest brands replace spreadsheets with intelligent ...
Dec 12, 2024•40 min•Season 5Ep. 109
I’m thrilled to welcome Alexandra Bell, the founder and creative director of ALEXANDRA Australia and most recently, the beautiful content creation space, Beau Bell Studio. With a passion for fashion, she launched her namesake label in Melbourne in 2016. Today, the brand’s headquarters, thriving eCommerce business, first bricks-and-mortar store, and creative studio are all based on the Gold Coast. The brand embodies Lexi's vision — and that of countless women like her — who lead busy, multifacete...
Nov 26, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 108
Today, I'm thrilled to have Jordy Heis joining us. Jordy is Shopify’s Senior Retail Product Consultant for ANZ, where he drives growth and retention for retail merchants across the region. Known for his expertise, Jordy has become a trusted advisor to some of the most dynamic, category-leading fashion brands, including Incu, Patagonia, LSKD, FRANKIE4, and Henne. With a background as a graphic designer turned data enthusiast, Jordy brings a unique blend of artistry and analytical skill to help br...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 107
In this episode I’m thrilled to welcome Joanna Robinson, the Chief Marketing Officer at THE ICONIC Jo’s expertise is around driving customer-centric growth and developing and executing innovative and strategic marketing plans. With over 26 years of commercial experience across retail and FMCG and represents a combination of marketing, sales, and leadership. Joanna has worked with the likes of P&G, Unilever, J&J, Colgate Palmolive, Estee Lauder, and Chatime, her career spans Australia, As...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 106
Graham is an entrepreneur and environmentalist with a world-leading focus on textile sustainability and innovation. Graham is co-founder of BlockTexx, an Australian clean technology company that has developed pioneering technology that is the solution for hard-to-recycle clothing blends. BlockTexx® is on an urgent mission to divert textile and clothing waste from landfill by re-manufacturing textile waste back into the world's new products. BlockTexx has collaborated with some leading Australian...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 105
Enjoy this Impact Edit with Gina Anstee, Director of Retail at Aje Over the past four years, I've had the privilege of chatting with some of the most inspiring thought leaders and changemakers in the fashion industry. From highly successful entrepreneurs and founders to those on their exciting start-up journey, my guests have shared their stories, insights, and strategies for making an impact while shaping the future of fashion. Thanks to you, our audience is growing rapidly, with new listeners ...
Oct 02, 2024•21 min•Season 5Ep. 104
Paul is a renowned ecommerce advisor, author and owner, with over 15 years of experience. In 2020 Paul was named number 2 in the Top 50 People in Ecommerce, and in 2022, he was awarded the Industry Recognition Award at the Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS), for his contribution to the ecommerce industry. In 2024 Paul was named by Yotpo as the Best Ecommerce Consultant in APAC. In 2023 Paul wrote Shopify for Dummies, a book which reached the number 1 position on Amazon in the USA and Australi...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Enjoy this Impact Edit with Marnie Goding, the Co-Founder of ELK. Over the past four years, I've had the privilege of chatting with some of the most inspiring thought leaders and changemakers in the fashion industry. From highly successful entrepreneurs and founders to those on their exciting start-up journey, my guests have shared their stories, insights, and strategies for making an impact while shaping the future of fashion. Thanks to you, our audience is growing rapidly, with new listeners j...
Aug 27, 2024•24 min•Season 5Ep. 102
My guest today is Kristy Barber, the Founder and Designer of Kuwaii. Established in 2008 as one of Melbourne’s original slow fashion brands, Kuwaii’s values of kindness, respect, honesty, environmental accountability, and empowerment of all people inform how they make their clothes, the people they work with and how they run their business. The majority of Kuwaii’s product range is Made in Melbourne, and accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia. With a perfectly balanced harmony of form and func...
Aug 13, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 101
My guest today is Christopher Kelly the Editor of Ragtrader. Founded in 1972, Ragrader is an ICONIC B2B fashion trade publication for Australia and New Zealand and is the premier destination for Australian fashion business content. From breaking news to in-depth features and expert analysis, it’s a vital tool for our industry and something that has been a constant source of up-to-date, insider information throughout my career in our industry. During our chat, Christopher shares his journey in jo...
Jul 30, 2024•58 min•Season 5Ep. 100
My guest today is Sandra Capponi, the co-founder of Good On You. Good on You is the leading source for sustainability ratings in fashion and beauty. Since 2015, Sandra has led the ‘Good On You’ team to rate over 6,000 brands for their impact and partner with global retailers – like Westfield and FARFETCH – to empower millions of consumers to buy better. With years of experience in corporate social responsibility, Sandra has been long concerned about supply chain issues in big business. Sandra fo...
Jul 02, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 99
My guest today is Shaya Suppasiritad. Shanya is a change maker and creative thinker set out to disrupt the fashion industry with the circular movement. Shanya is the founder of Rntr, a platform helping brands drive growth through RE-commerce which includes Rental, Resale and Repair. Season after season brands are struggling to maximise their ROI for each collection as trends move rapidly. Items are often being discounted and many are left unsold. At the same time, more and more consumers are par...
Jun 18, 2024•54 min•Season 5Ep. 98
Meet Gina Anstee, an inspiring leader in our industry who is at the forefront of retail with one of the most successful fashion brands in Australia, AJE & AJE Athletica. Gina is an experienced and highly successful leader in high end retail with a rich mix of expertise in business development retail operation, business insights and strategic planning. Her impressive track record in building and leading iconic luxury brands to unprecedented growth in Australia and Asia is a testament to her l...
Jun 06, 2024•53 min•Season 5Ep. 97
On today’s episode, I welcome back Emma Puttick, the Founder of Naudic. Emma and I have been working together for the last two years on our unique business elevation concept of India Sourcing Experience Trips. During this episode, we UNPACK our recent March Trip sharing the experience and highlights with you. This is a conversational episode where we both share our Recap of the March Trip The Power Building Relationships Cultural and Operational Insights that are unique to India Sustainable Sour...
May 30, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Meet Zoltan Csaki, a visionary on a mission to save our planet by revolutionizing the fashion industry. As a certified B Corp, Citizen Wolf combines algorithms with a purpose-built factory in Sydney to create a circular, on-demand, and custom-fit future. Citizen Wolf's Magic Fit® technology and commitment to sustainability have earned them numerous awards, including Finder’s Green Fashion Brand of the Year (2021). Zoltan, ranked among the top influencers in fashion and e-commerce, regularly shar...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 95
Meet Denni Francisco, a visionary fashion entrepreneur and proud Wiradjuri woman with over 25 years of industry experience. Through her latest venture, Ngali, Denni showcases the remarkable artwork of Indigenous Australians, collaborating with First Nations artists to share their stories and culture with the world. Guided by Blak Ethics, Ngali operates with cultural integrity and accountability, striving to bridge understanding between First Nations communities and others. Denni's commitment to ...
May 14, 2024•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 94
Welcome to Impact Edit, where we bring you the most powerful insights and golden nuggets from our impactful conversations with thought leaders and changemakers in the fashion industry. We are revisiting a remarkable episode that left a lasting impression. In this snippet from our original podcast episode, I’m chatting with Mary Lou Ryan who co-founded bassike with Deborah Sams in 2006 to create what they couldn’t find: high quality, design-led, sustainably sourced wardrobe essentials. Lou & ...
May 07, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Today’s episode focuses on an everyday accessible solution that provides the GIFT of health and wellness services to support to those who need it. This is something that can be integrated into any Workplace Wellness Program and shared with our family, friends and communities. Nikki Williams is a repeat entrepreneur, marketer and health and wellness advocate who has recently launched Mentwell; a digital gift card for health and wellness services where the receiver gets to choose how they redeem, ...
Apr 23, 2024•58 min•Season 5Ep. 92
Tory Archbold is the Founder and Director of Powerful Steps, a business that empowers leaders to find their ultimate power through a heart-led skill set and the power of strategic storytelling. With over 24 years of experience in brand building, public relations, digital media, and events, Tory has collaborated with some of the world's most influential celebrities, entrepreneurs, and CEOs, delivering extraordinary results for local and international brands. Tory is also the author of Self Belief...
Apr 09, 2024•55 min•Season 5Ep. 91
