I love travelling to attend fashion weeks and trade fairs around the world, not just to uncover amazing fashion and design, but because I also get to meet the most amazing creative talent. As I write this feature, I am in Madrid for fashion week and I have seen some amazing collections, which I will tell you more about in the next edition, but this month I want to highlight some of the wonderful creative people and brands I have met in the past few weeks.
Visiting international fashion week’s means I often travel with a great group of fashion friends. These talented, inspirational and creative professionals work across the sector in different roles, and I am proud to be part of this unique fashion family. My fashion ‘tribe’ includes a diverse group of ages, professions, cultures and nationalities, but we all come together in support of the industry we love.
My fashion family are interested in more than sitting FROW and taking selfies; we are there to build a professional and valuable industry that supports the next generation of creative talent. My favourite people in fashion are those who take the time to support the industry and its creative talent, rather than use it as an opportunity to meet their own needs, often to the detriment of the designers and brands. There is a lot of ‘smoke and mirrors’ (read bullsh*t) in the industry, so it is great to come across genuine people who are passionate about making the industry a great place to work. In my future features, as well as uncovering brands and designers, I am also going to introduce some of the creative people who are supporting and driving the industry forward.
Jessica Michault can often be spotted front row of shows recording her unique 60 Second Fashion Reviews, which have bought fashion show criticism to the social media sphere. An award-winning journalist, brand consultant and social media expert, Jessica is also renowned for her in-depth, one-on-one interviews with some of fashion's leading movers and shakers, via her Fashion Your Seatbelt podcast, a top ten ranking iTunes podcast in the Fashion & Beauty category. Since it started in 2017, Jessica has sat down with paradigm-shifting leaders in the fashion world. Interviewees include Olivier Rousteing the Creative Director of Balmain; milliner Stephen Jones; Angela Missoni; Stephanie Phair of Far Fetch; Ines de la Fressange; Giambattista Valli and Giuseppe Zanotti to name a few. Jessica is a passionate and knowledgeable professional, who has worked with brands such as Miu Miu, Boucheron and Mulberry, and her articles have been published in The New York Times, Business of Fashion and throughout multiple Vogue magazines across the globe, to name a few. Follow Jessica at @jessicamichault
Lupe Castro of Fashion Space World is a recognisable and distinctive fashion icon, who is passionate about discovering the next generation of designer and supporting breakthrough talent, something that she has become renowned for all over the world. Lupe supports the ethical side of the fashion industry and her love of vintage and eclectic fashions defines her personal dress sense: beautifully quirky and original.
Lupe Castro
Jessica Michault