Vogue Australia’s fashion features writer, Jen Nurick, chats to Yatu Widders-Hunt, the founder and curator of social platform, Aus Indigenous Fashion, and director at Indigenous social change and PR agency, Cox Inall Ridgeway. In this episode, Yatu shares the story behind Aus Indigenous Fashion, why she believes audiences have connected with the platform so much, the importance of storytelling, and the Indigenous fashion brands she’s excited for the world to discover. 

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Vogue Australia's associate digital editor, Angelica Xidias,chats to the curly hair whisperer, Rumbie Mutsiwa. The Zimbabwe-born entrepreneur is the founder of Rumbie & Co, a salon, academy and product range dedicated to curly hair. In this episode of the Vogue Codes podcast, Rumbie shares how passion and her vision for building confidence through having a good hair day, every day, led her to where she is today and where she dreams her business will be in the future.

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Vogue Australia’s digital writer, Ana Eksouzian-Cavadas, chats to Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw, co-founders of wellness app Keep It Cleaner (KIC). In this episode, Steph and Laura share how a chance meeting at fashion week led to a close friendship and a subsequent business partnership that birthed their immensely popular and successful fitness app, KIC. The co-founders also reveal the key traits behind their success, and the plus side of sharing their entrepreneurial journey. They also let us in on their favourite KIC workouts, so take note! In December, Vogue VIPs will have access to an exclusive offer from Keep It Cleaner!  As well as Vogue delivered when you subscribe, become a Vogue VIP and you also get exclusive access to virtual events, insider content, offers and more.  Visit voguevip.com.au and subscribe now.  

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Vogue Australia’s Vogue Codes editor, Victoria Baker, chats to Grace Brennan, founder of Buy from the Bush and its sister site, Stay in the Bush. In this episode, Grace shares the story behind her inspiring, community-driven movement born out of a desire to support drought-stricken rural communities in Australia. Grace also speaks honestly about what life is like as a country-based female entrepreneur, and the surprisingly positive effect Covid-19 has had for her newest venture, Stay in the Bush.  

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Vogue Australia’s associate digital editor, Lucie Clark, chats to Shrankhla Holecek, founder and CEO of luxury beauty and wellness brand, Uma Oils. In this episode, the Indian-born, US-based entrepreneur discusses how her family’s link to royalty, Ayurveda and essential oils led her to leave a high-powered career in management consulting and launch a high-end skincare company. Shranhkla also shares the valuable lessons she’s learnt about trusting your intuition as a female entrepreneur and the importance of being open-minded to feedback.  

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Vogue Australia’s associate digital editor, Lucie Clark, chats to Carla Oates, the “chef” and founder of pioneering gut-led beauty company, The Beauty Chef. Carla’s skin challenges as a teen, which her daughter also suffered from once she hit teenhood, started Carla on the journey that led to the launch of game-changing inner beauty product, Glow. In this episode, Carla discusses how with passion, conviction and focus, she completely disrupted the beauty industry, created a new inner beauty category, and helped countless Beauty Chef fans around the world get glowing—from the inside out.  

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Vogue Australia’s associate digital editor, Lucie Clark, chats to Nicole Eckels, the founder and CEO of Australian-based home and personal fragrance brand, Glasshouse Fragrances. New York-born and raised, the beauty and fragrance aficionado launched Glasshouse Fragrances in 2006 after moving to Australia and experiencing an unsuccessful shopping trip for a scented candle. In this episode, Nicole discusses how she went from idea to fully-fledged brand, including learning how to make candles in her kitchen, and why staying authentic, listening to her gut instincts, and being okay with making mistakes, has helped her build her brand into the success it is today.  

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Vogue Australia’s senior beauty and health editor, Remy Rippon, chats to Kate Morris, the founder and executive director of powerhouse Australian beauty e-tailer, Adore Beauty. Kate launched Adore Beauty from her garage in 2000, well before online shopping had become the norm, growing it into the multi-million dollar business it is today. In this episode—which was the second webinar in the 2020 Vogue Codes Virtual series—Kate discusses building Adore Beauty from the garage up, along with the invaluable business lessons she learned along the way, the e-tailer’s new sex category, and how Covid-19 has shifted customer beauty and self-care preferences, and in turn, Adore Beauty.  

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Vogue Australia’s associate digital editor, Lucie Clark, chats to the founder and designer behind the eponymously named Australian pret-a-couture label, Lillian Khallouf. Since launching her first fashion label at the age of 19, Lillian has become the designer celebrity stylists turn to to dress their Australian A-list clients, as well as the name behind many a bride's dream wedding gown. More recently, Lillian has turned her hand to ready-to-wear, bringing her wealth of tailoring expertise to the ready-to-wear market. In this episode, Lillian discusses how she went from a teenager with big fashion dreams to one of Australia’s pret-a-couture success stories and why being optimistic and never giving up are key to succeeding in the tough business of fashion.  

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Vogue Australia's fashion editor and market director, Philippa Moroney, chats to the founder, director and buyer of Parlour X, Eva Galambos. Since founding the business in 2001, Eva has built Parlour X into one of the premiere retail destinations for luxury international fashion in Australia, offering a curated edit of pieces from esteemed designers such as Valentino, Saint Laurent, and Celine. In this episode, Eva discusses how she built her remarkable business, and why confidence is key.  

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Vogue Australia's deputy editor, Jessica Montague, chats to Kristina Karlsson: the founder and creative director of Swedish design and stationery business, Kikki.K. From a 3am idea that launched her business to now reaching 147 countries worldwide, Kristina discusses how formulating clear goals and dreams has helped her reach her vision today.  

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