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Erin and Helen , Founders of Amana Collection

Our philosophy at Amana is to create clothes that marry beautiful design with ethical production practices.

We source suppliers whose mission is to create fabrics that have minimal negative impact on the environment. The result is a collection of garments hand made from beautiful organic cottons, sumptuous organic silks and luxurious hemp mixes.

All our garments are made by women artisans in Ain Leuh, an enchanting village perched high in the Middle Atlas Mountains in Morocco. We work on a fair-trade basis with our artisans, developing long-term partnerships with them. We ensure good working conditions, make advance payments and provide technical assistance and training.

We aspire to present you with a collection that is not only desirable for the beauty of each piece but that doesn’t come at a cost. A collection where you can trust that from the cotton farmer to the finishing stitches every effort has been made to respect the people involved and protect our precious eco-system. Our supply chain re-iterates the soul of Amana: literally 'delivered in trust' in Moroccan Arabic.

Araceli Camargo-Kilpatrick, founder of Nubastar

My vision is to have a business that is known for its creativity, business strategies, and developing young creative brands.

Nubastar is a Creative Production Agency. Since launching, I am proud to have produced a London Fashion Week runway show, building a great client list and seeing the brands grow.

Striding Out has given me a good network of contacts, to build a client list and a team of associates. These have proven to be long lasting and productive. I was always anxious of networking and selling myself to people, but through attending Striding Out events I began to gain more confidence as I built business relationships and friendships.

My full client list includes Evie Belle, Brittique.com, Rodnik, CUNXTUESDAY, Fashion156, Tapio, Striding Out, and Huge PR.

I link our clients to high profile corporate brands for creative marketing events, collaborative projects, and sponsorships. Some of the corporate brands include Aveda, myhotels, Quintessentially, London Fashion Week, and Novus Leisure.

Rosie Dobby and Jennifer Graham, Founders of Freed Fashion Ltd

Freed Fashion exists to release people from a life of poverty and is a company focused on improving production standards and people management within all areas of the fashion industry.

The company was co-founded by Rosie Dobby, 21, and Jennifer Graham, 22, in the summer of 2007 after Rosie had returned from a Gap Year in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This summer they intend to return to Phnom Penh and start a training programme alongside an NGO called Daughters who develop skills in the lives of young people who have been caught up in human trafficking.
Daughters aim is to help restore dignity and self-worth, and to help girls find viable alternatives for their lives. Daughters have allowed Rosie and Jen to use part of their premises as a base for a fashion house and they will also be employing two young women who attend Daughters classes where they are supported in their efforts to leave the sex industry. These women will be fully trained in T Shirt production and other aspects of fashion design and afterwards the T Shirts they produce in the months ahead will be sold in the UK through the Freed Fashion website, and on stalls throughout the country. When someone buys a T Shirt they will be directly investing in the lives of the disadvantaged people who produce them.

Karen Thompson, founder of Koress Clothing

Koress style was initially inspired by early old school hip hop style when women wore less feminine, baggy, oversized and layered clothing. Koress Clothing brings back this sporty, baggy, tom boy style while keeping a strong feminine look. Clothing that bares mid drift, shoulders and hugs the contours of the female figure. It is a clothing range for those who want to wear casual wear but with a unique style.

Karen grew up in Wales amongst a family of entrepreneurs all successfully running their own business’ and knew from a very early age she wanted to be my own boss. Determined to start her own fashion label she began a journey of training in the fashion industry. Whilst at John Moores University, she developed a unique style of design which is the blueprint of her clothing label, Koress Clothing. 

Bethanie Lunn, Founder of Huge PR

I set up Huge PR at the age of 23 to integrate a range of specialist PR services to meet the needs of the fashion and lifestyle industry. Five years on it's still going strong with it's HQ in London. My personal brand and reputation as a expert in PR for the Fashion and Lifestyle industry creates many speaking and teaching opportunities and I enjoy inspiring those who might following in my footsteps.

Striding Out has enabled me to promote my business via events, the website and blog section to potential affiliates and clients. I have met many like minded people that I can swap skills with, use the services of and even socialise with.

Striding Out has helped me to expand my service offering to clients and make some great contacts - an invaluable source for sharing ideas, making contacts and having fun!

Amy Winters and Kseniya Zagorodnyuk, Founders of  Couture Clubbing

Couture Clubbing creates clothes for high-end nightclubs and other glamorous red-carpet events. Unique couture pieces are created for special events including fashion galas, concerts and award ceremonies. The idea is not to follow traditional fashion seasons for their collections, as the nightclub and events scene is a season of its own with different demands, which they believe, are yet to be fulfilled. They use fabrics that react to sound, light and atmosphere which are especially suited to entertainment.
Couture Clubbing is the innovative idea brought about by two Central Saint Martins graduates Amy Winters and Kseniya Zagorodnyuk. Professionally they were trained in costume/set/art-direction, and after graduation they formed a fashion-entertainment label.

Sissy Rooney founder of The Street Style Surgery

A platform for the youth of today, and the socially disadvantaged to express themselves creatively though fashion design and clothing, while promoting individualism, pride and confidence.

The Street Style Surgery's aim and focus is to host exciting and inspiring fashion workshops in schools, playshemes, after school clubs, and organisations who provide services for the young, socially disadvantaged and people with learning and health difficulties and male & female young offenders institutions. TSSS workshop gives the pupils a chance to express their own fashion style. One of the projects consists of taking a blank garment, e.g. t-shirt and fully customizing it by means of fabric applique, heat transfer and decoration. Either to a set theme or to the pupil's own individual design tastes. The t-shirts can be decorated by various means, eg laser iron-on print outs, fabric cut out letters and shapes, fabric paint, pens and sprays.