Dahlia is joined by Kate Rand, former CEO of Cocoon Club to discuss what it means to find the perfect handbag.

Dahlia and Kate discuss the state of the nation in relation to luxury handbags and how costs have sky rocketed in the last few years dramatically changing the market. Kate explains the world of handbag rental via Cocoon and they discuss craftmanship, choice and the rise and fall of the 'it' bag.

Kate reflects on her own journey working everywhere from Topshop to Threads Styling and how her confidence has shaped her style. The discussion includes a look into emotional baggage, an understanding of the sharing economy and why

Kate Rand is an International scale-up and growth leader with a passion for creating safe spaces and developing future leaders. Kate holds an MBA at Warwick Business School, studied on a scholarship from the 30% Club for inspiring women in business. Kate has experience in M&A across industries, in particular in start up and growth stage businesses, building high performance leadership teams. She has won over 30 awards, including HR most influential and Mogul top 100 CHRO's.

Dahlia is joined by Chloe Pierre, founder of Thy.Self an inclusive wellness community and author of the book 'Take Care' to discuss the role of 'wellness' n society today.

Chloe explains how the wellness journey and why a recognition that wellness was lacking inclusion drove her to create Thy.Self.

The conversation includes a discussion on who we have over commercialised and glamourised wellness, why we need to get back to basics and why we need more third spaces for wellbeing.

Chloe gives top tips on wellness, confidence and knowing yourself and challenges how we see wellness today.

Chloe Pierre is a globally published and recognised author of Take Care, a wellness guide which centres on Black women’s wellbeing, a digital strategist and award winning content creator working with the likes of Indeed, Youtube, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, H&M, Monki, Pinterest,Nike, Jordan, Samsung, M&S, Calvin Klein and Founder/ CEO of disruptive wellness platform thy.self which aims to actualise self-care both online and in real life as well as diversify the wellness community internationally.

Through carefully curated corporate workshops tackling workplace wellness and adversity to public and community focused events, workshops, talks and technology, thy.self is broadening access to wellness to communities of people previously unable, unaware and underrepresented within the

wellness industry as well as creating a safe space to open conversations around cultural issues for overall wellbeing and prioritising diversity within the industry. thy.self is a community based in London with links, reach and ties across the UK and growing internationally. They are focused on re-discovering and bringing new meanings to self-care and self-love, whilst tackling challenging issues, through our thy.self events and making wellness accessible to diverse communities through outreach, output and every activity they do. Chloe herself, recognises wellbeing and how it can empower lives and human progress. Personally she has seen personal growth through Breathwork and specialises in offering Breathwork and a focus of wellbeing to every project and collaboration she is involved in therefore ensuring everyone has access to wellbeing in its simplest form.

With a dedicated focus on consulting brands on their social and cultural responsibility, Chloe prioritises full service account management alongside thy.self commitments, by remaining client facing, building relationships, community, communication, content to drive consumer engagement and

brand loyalty to build/ protect brands influence whilst linking them with communities and individuals on the ground.

Personally Chloe is very much interested and vocal about worldly matters including racial and gender equity, human tolerance and ethical sustainability in all areas of life including planetary sustainability.

Chloe’s features include Forbes, The Sunday Times, British Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Glamour

Magazine, Stylist Magazine, Refinery29 UK & USA, New York Times and many more.

Dahlia is joined by Richard Pascoe to discuss the confidence that is required to get up on stage and present an idea. Richard is an expert in presentation skills and has co-authored the book 'The Versatile Presenter' sharing 12 different 'styles' or 'personas' that can be adopted to help presenters share their message with their audience.

Richard explains how to choose a persona that is right for the message that you want to share and how to think and dress in a way that gets you into character. Dahlia and Richard discuss how to build your confidence on stage, what to wear and what to do if it all goes wrong. Richard also explains what to do post presentation - how to capture the feedback and what to do with it. Stressed or Well Dressed on stage? This episode is all about understanding how to share your story and connect with your audience.

Richard is one of the UK’s top experts in advanced presentation skills, especially in commercial business situations.

Richard spent 18 years at P&G, the global Fortune 100 company, in a range of UK-based and global roles: sales, insights, and learning & development. In addition, he became their go-to global expert on advanced presentation skills training – becoming known as the “guru grandfather of presentation skills”.

In 2016 Richard has shifted this ‘side hustle’ into his sole focus when he created Making Presentations. He works with large multinationals like P&G and Carlsberg, UK companies like Channel 4 and TTP, and heroic charities like Trussell and Yorkshire Cancer Research. He designs and delivers training courses, leads executive coaching and delivers keynote talks on “the science and art of saying things brilliantly”.

Richard is the co-author, with Kirstie Hawkes, of “The Versatile Presenter: Master 12 styles to get the response youneed” – a book that tells you how to break-out of your one fixed style of presenting and to embody any of twelve different styles. It transforms you into a truly versatile business presenter.

Dahlia is joined by Jas Schembri-Stohart co-Founder of We are Luna an app based community to build the confidence of teenage girls and share science backed information and support as they navigate puberty, hormones and teenage life.

They discuss the challenges young girls have today and how important it is to direct them to credible sources to learn about their bodies and the changes that happen during the teen years.

Jas shares some of the shocking myths that are promoted online on social media and the places teens are seeking out information at present - and why Luna is trying to change the narrative and be the online 'big sister' that is needed for so many girls.

The episode is an insight into the world of teenage girls today and how to build their confidence, how to meet them where they are in terms of online sharing vs discreet advice and how to normalise bodily changes we all experiences.

Jas is the co-founder of Luna, the world’s first trusted companion for teens, like a big sister in your pocket, supporting young people as they navigate adolescence with confidence and care.

A consultant turned entrepreneur, Jas began her career at Deloitte, working on strategy and operations projects for FTSE 100 banks and insurers. Motivated by a desire to create meaningful impact, she left the corporate world to buildLuna and redefine how teens access guidance and support.

Jas holds an MBA from Oxford Saïd Business School. Outside of her work with Luna, she serves on the governing board of her former high school

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Dahlia is joined by Kirsty McGregor, former Executive Editor of Vogue Business Europe and industry expert to discuss the link between, clothes, confidence, culture and community.

Dahlia and Kirsty discuss the brands and the fashion stories that have had the most impact in 2025 and what we should be watching out for as consumers in 2026.

The conversation includes a discussion on how critical it is for brands to become a part of culture, the importance of craftmanship not just in the product but in the brand story and where consumers are seeking value.

Dahlia and Kirsty discuss if fast fashion is creating a crisis of confidence and where the responsibility sits when it comes to creating a more sustainable fashion industry

After more than a decade working in global fashion media, Kirsty McGregor has developed a deep, systems-level understanding of how the global industry works: from the design, material sourcing and factory-level production of the products, to how they are marketed and sold. As a journalist and advisor, her work increasingly focuses on one central question: how can fashion move away from an extractive,overproducing model towards something more circular, resilient and locally rooted — without losing creativity, desirability or commercial relevance.
Formerly Executive European Editor at Vogue Business and Editor of leading fashion trade publication Drapers, Kirsty has spent years analysing sustainability, covering everything from regenerative farming and reshoring manufacturing to circular business models and legislation. Now workingindependently, she helps brands, organisations and consumers imagine what the future of fashion looks like in practice.

Stressed But Well Dressed 2025. What was it about and what did we learn through the episodes and the guests.

Dahlia shares a five minute punchy podcast on the reflections from the year, tips on how to build your confidence and advice on how you take the positive moments and memories from 2025 into the new year.

Thanks for listening to the show in 2025 and watch this space for fascinating new topics and guests in 2026.

Are you stressed or well dressed?

What is User Generated Content Creation, how are brands using it and why is it far more important to create a community than to shift a load of products?

Dahlia is joined by Helen Hope to discuss why the the best brands are magnetic, attracting customers rather than chasing them. Dahlia and Helen discuss how user generated content is changing marketing, how meaningful it can be to share your story and how Helen built a community by sharing hers.

Listen to hear more about brand building, content creation, creating community and building resilience.

Helen Hope is a UK-based brand consultant, UGC creator and public speaker with over 20 years’ experience in brand and retail marketing. Helen works with fashion, beauty, lifestyle and interiors brands to create high-converting, human-first content that builds trust and drives results.

She’s collaborated with hundreds of household names including JD Williams, Cloudnine, Hairburst, Abbott Lyon, Monzo and Purina, bringing a strategic, conversion-led approach to creator content.

Helen is the founder of Bragnetic, a creator-first UGC agency fuelled by BIG brand energy, helping brands and creators stop chasing attention and start attracting it through commercially savvy, story-driven content.

She’s also a strong advocate for age-inclusive marketing and the founder of SLOWW (Secret Lives of Workwives) — a community and content series celebrating ambitious women in business who are dedicated to supporting each other as they grow.

Dahlia is joined by Liv Parkes, founder of Persi a fashion-tech start up to discuss all things founder life, fashion retailing and raising funding.

Liv gives her view on how customers want to engage with brands in 2025 and why a 'capture, convert, nurture' strategy needs to be in place to show customers that you are listening to them and paying attention.

Dahlia and Liv discuss how to launch a successful start up, why you don't need to be a technical expert to gain funding for a tech focused business and how sometimes a Blue Peter get on with it mindset can get you exactly where you need to be.

This episode covers everything from a master class in building your brand to lessons in resilience, tenacity and how to tell your story.

Liv Parkes is the Founder & CEO of Persi, a B2B fashion-techsolution reimagining personalization with AI that understands real people, not just data. Having built her career as a brand marketing consultant for consumerbrands, Liv is now channeling her expertise and customer obsession into building Persi, with a mission to transform online shopping into a fully personalised, intuitive experience - where every shopper is seen and everyretailer thrives.