In My Shoes

Lisa Armstrong
Lisa Armstrong OBE is a journalist and author. As the Head of Fashion at The Telegraph since 2012, she oversees the fashion pages and writes weekly columns, features, interviews and opinion pieces. A leading voice in fashion, she graduated from...
Caroline Rush
Caroline Rush is CEO of the British Fashion Council. She has been in role for 15 years and is charged with leading the team that organises The Fashion Awards and London Fashion Week. She has overseen the development of designer...
Chiara Perano
Chiara Perano is an English-Italian artist, illustrator and mural painter. Growing up between England and Italy, she went to school on the Amalfi coast and studied illustration at University of the Arts London. Now based in East Sussex, she is...
Fiona Dreesmann
Fiona Dreesmann is an interior stylist and founder of Fiona Finds. Styling people and their homes for over 25 years, she opened her first London showroom in Belgravia in 2016. Fiona collaborates with artists and makers all around the world,...
Michelle Ogundehin
Internationally renowned as an authority on interiors, trends wellbeing and style, Michelle Ogundehin is a writer, author, brand consultant and TV presenter. Having trained as an architect, she began her career at the Tate Art Magazine before joining ELLE Decoration...
Jane Lewis
Jane Lewis is the Founder and Creative Director of Jane Atelier. A stylish mother of three, she studied art and art history before moving across to design with no formal training. As assistant to Elspeth Gibson, she learnt on-the-go while...
Ferren Gipson
Ferren Gipson is an art historian, artist and award-winning author. Hailing from the US and based in London, she is an advocate for art education and has taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and is currently...
NIKS
Hailing from south-east London via Bath, NIKS is a DJ and producer, speaker and contemporary trained dancer as well as the founder of the Black Artist Database (B.A.D), formerly known as Black Bandcamp. A versatile vinyl ‘digger’ and an avid...
Cressida Jamieson
Cressida Jamieson is an expert embroiderer and designer. The effortlessly stylish mother-of-two is known for her botanic-inspired embroideries, as well as a collection of unique motifs. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Sunday...
Thandi Maqubela
Thandi Maqubela, also known as The Sartorial Lawyer, is a successful Legal Director. South African born and London-based for the past decade, Thandi channels effortless style and grace, whether she's in sharp tailoring, flowing dresses or an outfit for the...
Rachel Bakewell
Rachel Bakewell is a Fashion Stylist, Art Director, Creative Consultant and Fashion Editor of Lula Magazine. During a career spanning 15 years, the effortlessly stylish mother-of-two has worked with the industry’s top photographers on features across several publications, from Violet...
Laura Vinroot Poole
Laura Vinroot Poole is the owner of internationally-renowned independent boutique, Capitol, based in Charlotte, North Carolina with a location in the Brentwood Country Mart in Los Angeles, California. She is also the host of the acclaimed podcast, What We Wore,...
Ruth Aymer Marten
Ruth Aymer Marten is a London born, Afro-Carribean British jeweller and founder of AYMER MARIA. Her debut jewellery collection launched in 2021, inspired by elements of ancient architecture. Her next collection is inspired by her West African heritage, creating a...
Caroline Kent
Caroline Kent is the founder of stationery and illustration studio Scribble & Daub. Starting her career as a curator of contemporary art, Scribble & Daub launched shortly after moving to her East Sussex cottage, where she lives with her husband and three children....
Victoria Siddall
Victoria Siddall is a Board Director of Frieze, chair of the Board of Trustees of artist studio complex and non-profit gallery Studio Voltaire and a founding member and trustee of charity Gallery Climate Coalition. Joining Frieze in 2004, she became...
Hannah Almassi
Hannah Almassi is an editorial director, content strategist, writer, speaker and brand consultant based in London. Following several years working in the fashion industry, including as Fashion News and Features Editor at Grazia, Hannah was appointed Editor in Chief at...
Yomi Adegoke
Yomi Adegoke is a multi award-winning journalist and author. She is currently a columnist for the Guardian and British Vogue and is the former host of the Women's Fiction Prize podcast. In 2018, she co-wrote the bestselling book Slay In...
Laura Jackson
Laura Jackson is a broadcaster, fashion and interiors tastemaker, the founder of the food and lifestyle brand HOSTE and co-founder and creative director of interiors brand Glassette. She also writes a column for Elle Decoration and hosts the interiors podcast So, How Do...
Ann Caruso
Ann Caruso is a New York based celebrity fashion stylist, consultant and tastemaker. Having loved fashion since she was 7 years old, her first job out of Business School was at Ralph Lauren, before moving to a role at American...
Natalie Kingham
Natalie Kingham is a global luxury brand, fashion and commerce consultant. She started her fashion career aged 20 as a sales assistant at Joseph in Westbourne Grove, where she worked directly with Joseph Ettedugi to buy in clothes from some...
Ade Hassan MBE
Ade Hassan MBE is a fashion designer and entrepreneur bringing inclusivity to the undergarment industry. Born in the UK to a Nigerian family, Ade wanted to be a businesswoman from an early age. She studied at Duke University in the...
Caroline Issa
Street Style favourite and businesswoman Caroline Issa is a magazine publisher and consultant. Becoming a management consultant after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she travelled the world before joining the team at TANK Magazine where she is now the...
Holly Scott Lidgett
Holly Scott Lidgett is a London-based creative partner to both talent and luxury brands. Her clients range from Swarovski, Charlotte Tilbury to Rimmel, and the actress Ruth Wilson. Holly started her career in the music industry before being approached by...
Bodil Bjerkvik Blain
Bodil Bjerkvik Blain grew up in Norway, studied in Chicago and London and has modelled all over the world. Having co-founded an ethical coffee company, multi-talented Bodil loves art in all its forms.She is a mother of two, and is...