In 2011 at the age of 15 Rosie Tapner was discovered by Storm Model Management at the Birmingham Clothes Show Live, and within weeks became the face of Balenciaga's 2012 campaign shot by Fashion Royalty Steven Meisel. Rosie hit the ground running with modelling and was suddenly THE New British face of the moment being tipped as the next Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne. Within a year she had become a Vogue cover star, was in the Chloe, Burberry and Selfridges campaigns and walking many of the major fashion shows… But then something happened!!! Rosie retracted from the fashion industry as quickly as she had been thrusted into it, completely re-thinking her life trajectory. Rosie tells me about her transition from modelling into becoming a Sports TV presenter, and how she protected her mental and physical well being.

My guest on this episode is my dear friend, top fashion illustrator Nuno da Costa. Born in London to Portuguese parents, he opted to leave studying Modern Languages and Hispanic and Latin American cultural at uni to pursue his first love of art, choosing a career in fashion illustration. HIs love of fashion photography and collaborating with hair and make up artists in the fashion industry, has allowed him to create a singular style of illustration that he has now become famous for. Now residing in Portugal he is the current Official Illustrator to Vogue Portugal, and is the first illustrator in over a decade to be given a Vogue Cover with his work.

Tom Chapman, founder of the Lions Barber collective and Model turned TV presenter, and myself discuss raising awareness about mens mental health outside of metropolitan cities, following a recent research conducted by Ironmongery Direct, in collaboration with charity Mind, which has shown that male construction workers are three times more likely to die from suicide than the average UK man, and half of UK trades people experience mental health issues due to work. Tom Chapman is not only an award winning founder of Lions Barber Collective, but also multi published author, public speaker and Internationally renowned barber. Rosie Tapner is a TV Presenter, Model, as well as ambassador for Well Being For Women and Children’s Air Ambulance.

My guest on this episode is Maranda Widlund. Maranda’s Swedish mother who sadly passed away quite young was a hedonistic Model, living her life to the max, packing in an inordinate amount of drink and drugs. Miranda’s father, Gavin Hodge was one of the first “celebrity” hairdressers in the swinging 60’s of London, who also packed into his life an inordinate amount of drink, drugs and sex. Growing up amongst this chaos Miranda managed to forge her own life, and become one of the most lauded hairstylists in the US. Her sister Gavanndra who is on episode Ep 4, launched today, released her first book in 2020, The Consequences of Love, a best selling memoir which examines grief, addiction, trauma and what it means to come to terms with the past.

My guest on this episode is Gavanndra Hodge. She has worked in newspapers and magazines for over twenty years, including the Daily Mail, the Independent and ES Magazine. Gavanndra is the sister of my guest on EP 5 Maranda Widlund, launching today too. She was the deputy editor and acting editor of Tatler. In 2018 she left Tatler and became a freelance writer, contributing to publications including the Sunday Times, The Times and the Telegraph. In 2020 during the 1st covid lockdown, Gavanndra released her first ever book, The Consequences of Love, a memoir which examines grief, addiction, trauma and what it means to come to terms with the past. The book became an instant best seller and catapulted Gavanndra into the spotlight, as she shared her story about growing up with her father Gavin Hodge, one of the first “celebrity” hairdressers in the swinging 60’s of London who packed into his life an inordinate amount of drink, drugs and sex, but also about how amongst all the chaos of her teenage life, her younger sister Candy, sadly passed away suddenly whilst on a family holiday.

This episode is part 2, of my interview with the wonderful Oscar nominated Costume Designer and Fashion Stylist Arianne Phillips. In this episode Arianne talks about being nominated for awards , especially the Oscars, plus her support to sustainability and onwards…

My guest on this 1st of a 2 parter episode is the marvellous 3 X Oscar Nominated Costume Designer and Fashion Stylist, Arianne Phillips. US born Arianne is one of the most lauded costume designers and fashion stylists of our generation. She chats with me about her upbringing, how she got into fashion, music and film and how her amazing career unfolded.

My guest on this episode is the wonderful barber Tom Chapman. Tom is also an author, public speaker and charity founder. He talks to me about his upbringing, playing music, training to be a hairdresser then becoming a barber. Following the sad, sudden death of a close friend he founded the super successful charity Lions Barber Collective, where they train barbers ( and now hairdressers too) to recognise mental health issues in clients and aid in the prevention of suicide.

This episode is part two of a two part episode, with my first guest of Series 3, make-up maven, Lisa Eldridge. Raised in New Zealand and Liverpool Lisa is considered as one of the most top, respected make-up artists of her generation and is also an award winning Business women, NY Times Best selling author and Youtuber. Lisa gave me a tour of her latest Pop-up shop, currently open in Covent Garden London until December 31st 2021, then we sat and chatted all things House of Eldridge. from her humble beginnings, as a child collecting make up to a department store skincare specialist and now entrepreneur. Part one ended with Lisa about to embark on her Youtube journey. We pick up on her story from that point and how her empire began to grow not long after......

This episode is part one of a two part episode, with my first guest of Series 3, make-up maven, Lisa Eldridge. Raised in New Zealand and Liverpool Lisa is considered as one of the most top, respected make-up artists of her generation and is also an award winning Business women, NY Times Best selling author and Youtuber. Lisa gave me a tour of her latest Pop-up shop, currently open in Covent Garden London until December 31st 2021, then we sat and chatted all things House of Eldridge. from her humble beginnings, as a child collecting make up to a department store skincare specialist and now entrepreneur.

For episode 11 of series 2 I’m so excited to announce that I’m joined by a dear friend of mine, make-up artist extraordinaire Lucia Pieroni. I interviewed Lucia a couple of weeks before the UK's COVID 19 outbreak in her North West London home and this episode is being released during the UK pandemic lockdown. Lucia and I have shared flats and apartments together and also holidayed together as good friends and as toe dipping yogis. I felt very honoured that she agreed to do the podcast with me as she’s a very private person and rarely gives interviews. We chatted about her youth, and frequenting the famous jazz club, Ronnie Scott’s as a child, her rise to the top of the fashion industry to become one of the World's leading make-up artists, her recent new edition Teddy the cat, plus her new position as a beauty director that she’s about to embark upon...... oh and just about everything else in between………

I’m joined by the wonderful make-up artist & young entrepreneur Zoë Taylor in this episode. Born and raised in London, Zoë went from studying art & design at college to doing a course on beauty therapy which is where her love of make-up really began. After leaving beauty therapy school she eventually went on to assisting one of the biggest make-up artists in the world before going it alone, and has since forged a career as one of the leading make-up artists in the UK & internationally. She is a mother of 2 children, plus she has now gone on to be an ambassador for Chanel Make-up as well as starting her own lip care brand Tinker Taylor Beauty in 2019. All at the young age of 39.

My guests in this episode are the fabulous Erin O'Connor and Jade Parfitt who both began modelling just after the Kate Moss grunge furore in the early 90's. Like Kate their careers went stratospheric, being shot by the best photographers for the biggest magazines, ad campaigns and walking the runways for the biggest fashion houses in the world. Unlike Kate though, these 2 women were both over 6 feet tall and defined another new era of models, whose looks were so individual that they could never be mistaken for anybody else. In this their virgin podcast interview, they talk to me about how their modelling careers began, their defining moments, motherhood, charity work and working again as models in a new diverse era.....

Entrepreneur Kathryn Danzey began training in beauty back in 1973 so with over 40 years of experience she has channelled all her expansive knowledge into her multi award winning, family run company Rejuvenated UK and the 3 books she has written. They were the 1st company to come up with idea of a potent collagen drink for general health and well being. In this interview she tells me about her childhood, her training, how Rejuvenated started and where they’re going next, plus how her wealth of knowledge helped her figure out what our bodies need internally in terms of ingredients. She also discusses all the ingredients in Rejuvenated products explaining why we need them. I also somehow got around to discussing my momentary singing career with her.

This episode forms the 3rd and final part of a special trilogy featuring the New York born Francesca Sorrenti. Francesca and I are also joined by our dear friend Karl Plewka, Stylist and editor of Beuaty Papers magazine who I invited to join me to co-host the interview. This special trilogy of interviews, Karl and I have chose to call "The Godmother" Like Mario Puzo’s fictional Sicilian-American family of the The Godfather series, the Sorrentis are to fashion what the Corleones were to organised crime. Part 2 ended with Francesca about to explain why she put her camera down for the last time. We pick up on her story from that point, which was not long after her son Davide passed away. Francesca takes us through to the current day with this final part So sit down, put your feet up and get super comfortable, for this 3rd and final part of Francesca’s epic story.

This episode forms the 2nd part of a special trilogy of interviews featuring the amazing New York born, stylist turned photographer, mother and curator, Francesca Sorrenti. Francesca and I are also joined on this trilogy by our dear friend Karl Plewka, Stylist and Editor of Beauty Papers magazine who I invited to join me to co-host the interview. This special Trilogy of interviews, Karl and I have chosen to call 'The Godmother' Like Mario Puzo’s fictional Sicilian-American family of the The Godfather series, the Sorrentis are to fashion what the Corleones were to organised crime. We left part one with Francesca being asked if she wanted to go and work for Fiorucci…….. This episode continues her story with the answer to that question and a whole lot more So sit down again, get even more comfortable, and enjoy part 2

This episode forms the 1st part of a special trilogy featuring the escapades of the amazing Francesca Sorrenti. Francesca and I are also joined on this trilogy by our dear friend Karl Plewka, stylist and editor of Beauty Papers magazine who I invited to join me to do the interview. This special Trilogy of interviews I have chosen to call The Godmother. Like Mario Puzo’s fictional Sicilian-American family of the The Godfather series, the Sorrentis are to fashion what the Corleones were to organised crime. It all began with a girl from Brooklyn called Francesca whose epic story commences in the vibrant music scene of Manhattan in the late sixties. Fran, as she is know to her friends, later gave birth to Mario, now a legendary fashion photographer, Vanina, a stylist & photographic artist and the late Davide, a searingly brilliant young photographer whose untimely death in Feb 1997 has led Fran to campaign for the protection and treatment of young people in the fashion industry. Now a recent documentary, book and exhibition of Davide’s work have received critical acclaim and as the Sorrenti dynasty reaches it’s 3rd generation, as Mario’s photographer daughter Gray’s star begins to ascend, now seems like the perfect time to hear Fran’s story from the beginning. And it is a blockbuster of The Godfather proportions. So sit down, get comfortable, and enjoy part 1

My guest in this episode is the lovely and amazing Dr. Michael Brady. Michael is a very important Doctor within the UK's NHS and husband to celebrity hairstylist Mathew Soobroy. In April 2019 Michael was appointed as the first ever National Advisor for LGBTQ+ Health with the aim being to reduce health inequalities for LGBTQ+ communities and improve their experience of health and social care. After studying Medicine in Nottingham and moving around the UK with the NHS, he ended up at the Kings College Hospital in Brixton, South London, as a HIV and sexual health consultant. Michael eventually became clinical lead for Sexual Health services at Kings College Hospital and also a trustee of the Terrence Higgins Trust (the largest HIV and sexual health charity in Europe) where in 2007 he was appointed as their first Medical Director. I met Michael in my home in London to chat about his life, HIV and why he took on his newly created role for the UK.

I met Zoe in her south London studio where we chatted about her growing up in the south of England, starting out as a hairdresser turned entrepreneur manicurist and co-founder of Nail Rocks, suffering from depression, and recovering from that through learning to up-cycle furniture and unexpectedly turning it into a new business which lead to her also becoming a TV presenter too.

In this episode my guest is Danny Gray founder of War Paint for Men. Danny grew up just outside of London and began to suffer from body dysmorphic disorder in his early teenage years. On leaving school he went from creating his own bouncing castle hire company to becoming a travelling salesman, until his mental health issues manifested and began to get in the way. After taking time to try and deal with them he decided to start a men’s make-up line, based on the fact, from a teenager he wore make-up himself to cover up teenage spots. In this interview Danny talks about his early personal struggles, how he deals with them and how he’s gone on to create one of the newest, fastest growing, influential brands the beauty industry has seen in a while, plus he shares his experience about appearing on the BBC TV’s Dragons Den. Check out War Paint for Men on the website https://warpaintformen.com