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Second Act with Ateh JewelAmanda Wakeley: I worked myself to the point of exhaustion so I turned my life aroundFashion designer Amanda Wakeley joins Ateh to talk about her days dressing celebrities and royals including Princess Diana, how to deal with grief and the best style advice for women in midlife.
Second Act is the podcast and community for women in midlife who refuse to fade into the background.
Join host, midlifer, mum-of-two and divorcee Ateh Jewel as she navigates her own second act by speaking to celebrity guests about what age means to them, and how they're approaching this new phase of life.
If you've got a question or dilemma you'd...
2025-12-0849 min
New Chapters Podcast with Isabel WebsterAmanda Wakeley: Losing My Business & My Brother Hit Like a JuggernautIn this episode of New Chapters, British fashion designer and entrepreneur Amanda Wakeley OBE shares her remarkable story. Known for dressing some of the most iconic women of our time – including Princess Diana – Amanda opens up about life behind the glamour, and the resilience and reinvention that carried her through grief.She reflects on the brutal reality of losing both her eponymous brand and her beloved brother within weeks, and how being forced off the hamster wheel after 30 years of entrepreneurial survival mode became the best thing that could have happened. Amanda also reveals what it was real...
2025-09-1044 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNARo HuntrissIn this episode of Style DNA I recorded a special bonus episode with Ro Huntriss, Chief Nutrition Officer (I love this title) of this Season's sponsor, The Simple Life App. Health and Wellbeing have always fascinated me and so I was not only curious to interview Ro on the benefits of Intermittent Fasting but I wanted to discuss how the way we live, and eat, can influence the way we dress.
Just to give you a little background, Ro Huntriss is an award-winning, London-based Registered Dietitian with 14 years of experience working across the NHS, private p...
2025-07-0934 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAPenelope ChilversIn this week episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with the British luxury footwear designer, the wonderful Penelope Chilvers.
Penelope grew up in Britain but as a child she spent every school holiday in the province of Girona and her love affair with Spain and local craftsmanship began.
For a few years, Penelope lived in the city of Barcelona, working as a painter and designer where she collaborated with artists and artisans. While living in Barcelona, she enjoyed riding in her lunch break in the n...
2025-07-0247 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAHarris ReedIn this episode I had the privilege of interviewing the fashion designer and creative director Harris Reed... and I have to say I was blown away by his vision, his confidence, his charm and his down to earth warmth.
Fighting for the beauty of fluidity, half-American, half-British Harris Reed designs to create conversation. Growing up with a strong sense of self, Harris was able to quickly understand the transformative power of clothing and its correlation with identity and liberation.
While still studying at Central Saint Martins, he caught the attention of the likes...
2025-06-251h 13
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAGaby RoslinIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with the simply joyous Gaby Roslin....one of the most positive and kind human beings on the planet.Gaby is one of the country's most popular TV and Radio presenters with incredible amounts of energy & enthusiasm for all things moving pictures and spoken words.
Alongside hosting BBC1's Morning Live, on Saturdays on Magic Radio and Shop Smart Save Money on Channel 5, Gaby has released her first book Spread the Joy, as well as having her own incredibly successful podcast Reasons to be...
2025-06-181h 03
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNALydia MillenIn this episode I go on a style journey with one of the UK’s original and leading digital creators, Lydia Millen. I was drawn to interview Lydia as she focuses on the luxury space for her content creation, which, perhaps needless to say, is a space I have always loved. Her 15 year journey has seen her work with brand giants from Jo Malone to Hugo Boss and Tiffany…Lydia’s commercial influence is hugely impressive and often unrivalled.
She is influenced by the beauty of nature and seasonal living, and has amassed a global aud...
2025-06-111h 13
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAHannah AlmassiIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with Hannah Almassi, the Editor-in-Chief of Who What Wear UK. It’s a wonderful digital fashion, beauty and style platform which can take you down rabbit-holes of inspiration …
Hannah joined Who What Wear UK following a seven-year career at Grazia magazine, where she led front-of-book news, fashion features and shopping specials as fashion news and features editor. With experience in both print and digital across fashion and beauty, Hannah has over 18 years in the field as a journalist, editor, content strategist and brand consu...
2025-05-281h 02
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNATheo FennellIn this episode I go on a style journey with the inimitable and side-splittingly funny, iconic British Jeweller, Theo Fennell. I have been lucky enough to have known Theo for decades ...our first shops were close on the Fulham Road in Chelsea. Theo has always been the most brilliant raconteur, often making himself the butt of the joke and I must admit as I listened to his two books, narrated by him, I found myself howling with laughter...a great summer listen (links below).
Born in Egypt, to an Army family, Theo’s early years were sp...
2025-05-211h 19
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNARosie NixonIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a stylistic journey with the Author, Broadcaster, Editor and Coach Rosie Nixon. Rosie is the author of three novels, The Stylist, Amber Green Takes Manhattan and Just Between Friends, plus the Be Kind book. Her new novel called Bad Influence is out this August.
After a long career in women's magazines, including Grazia, Glamour and Red she became the award-winning Editor and Editor in Chief of HELLO! Magazine for an incredible 16 years. The 24/7 pressure of being at the helm ultimately led to her near burnout (which she...
2025-05-141h 06
The Mid•Point with Gabby LoganAmanda Wakeley OBEFashion designer Amanda Wakeley OBE talks to Gabby about how her grandmothers were her early style icons; how taking ownership of her career in midlife has been incredibly liberating and exciting; and what it was like dressing Princess Diana. Amanda also talks about pivoting her business and losing her brother at the same time, and how grief really is something you have to work hard at. She also shares some of her expert style advice for those of us at the midpoint in life, and which high street brands she thinks are getting it right.You...
2025-05-1443 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAJade Holland CooperIn this episode I go on a Style DNA journey with the very impressive Jade Holland Cooper Founder and CEO of her eponymous brand, Holland Cooper. Jade had a rural upbringing which was all about her ponies and horses...she didn't really think about clothes other than their functionality.
It wasn't until she went to study at the Royal Agricultural College that she realised that everyone was dressed the same...that there were very few options for chic country clothing. This was her lightbulb moment. She drew up a business plan, left college, created a few tweed...
2025-05-0758 min
Therapy WorksAmanda Wakeley on Fashion, Family, and Healing Through GriefIn this episode of the Therapy Works podcast, Amanda Wakeley, OBE, designer, creative director, and multiple award-winner, delves into the profound challenges she faced following the loss of her brother and the end of her eponymous fashion brand. Amanda shares the emotional impact of these significant losses, her process of grieving, and how a new chapter unfolded in her life. She talks about the therapeutic value of her new dog, the importance of nature, and the power of listening to one's gut instinct. Through introspection and resilience, Amanda navigated through her 'fertile void' and rediscovered her purpose, culminating in...
2025-05-071h 14
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAJo GoodIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with the award winning BBC radio host, TV fashion presenter and Influencer, who goes by the name of MiddleAgedMinx, the fabulous and joyous Jo Good.
I first met Jo when she interviewed me for her Gold show for SheerLuxe and we clicked immediately…laughing about how age was just a number, that it is wrong to be pigeon-holed, and agreeing that we like to think of ourselves as ageless.
She talks with great humour about customising her very conservative “English...
2025-04-301h 11
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNARoxie NafousiIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with none other than the world-renowned self-development coach, inspirational speaker, manifesting expert, and three-times Sunday Times Bestselling author, the inspirational Roxie Nafousi.
I first met Roxie when she came to one of my London Fashion Week parties at my Mayfair Store and the shy woman I met back then was worlds apart from the confident communicator that I had this Style DNA conversation with… I have to say it is heart-warming to see someone evolve so positively…and in this conversation she eloq...
2025-04-2350 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Darcey BussellIn the final episode of Season 6 of Style DNA I go on a style journey with none other than the Retired Ballerina, the President of the Royal Academy of Dance, Presenter, Judge and Classical Ballet Coach at the Royal Ballet Company …the dazzling and divine Dame Darcey Bussell DBE.
Full disclosure, I have been a fan of Darcey’s dancing for as long as I can remember …not only was she the most technically brilliant ballerina she danced with such a palpable joy and flare that she was mesmerizing to watch. Much of our conversation centred ar...
2024-11-271h 09
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Binky FelsteadIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with the British television personality, entrepreneur, and social media influencer, best known for her role on the reality TV show Made in Chelsea, the wonderfully down to earth Mother of 3 Binky Felstead. Binky’s new show, Beyond Chelsea, has just launched on E4 and she assures me that it is a very different kind of show…more a diary of her life as a mother, wife and entrepreneur with a fraction of the drama, and jeopardy (something that reality TV producers tend to strive for, often pitching individual...
2024-11-2044 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Annabel CroftIn this episode I go on a style journey with former British number one Tennis player, Broadcaster and Commentator the serene and gorgeous Annabel Croft.
Annabel is the BBC commentator and pundit for the coverage of Wimbledon and hosts the Wimbledon finals ceremony … of course we chat about planning her on screen looks particularly for the final’s days.
Annabel grew up on the tennis circuit, (the Tour), and in her words she spent her entire childhood in a uniform …either school or tennis kit. We chat about her choice of tennis dresses and how...
2024-11-1352 min
Walking The Dog with Emily DeanAmanda Wakeley (Part Two)We’re in Battersea Park with the brilliantly interesting and incredibly warm Amanda Wakeley - the legendary fashion designer! Amanda tells us about some of the extraordinary people that she’s dressed in her career - including the late Princess Diana. She also tells us how she averted a near-international incident by helping Theresa May choose the outfit she wore while taking office. We also hear the real story behind the infamous ‘trouser-gate’...We then discuss Amanda closing her label after the pandemic - and how she feels about entering a new chapter and navi...
2024-11-0738 minWalking The Dog with Emily DeanAmanda Wakeley (Part Two)We’re in Battersea Park with the brilliantly interesting and incredibly warm Amanda Wakeley - the legendary fashion designer! Amanda tells us about some of the extraordinary people that she’s dressed in her career - including the late Princess Diana. She also tells us how she averted a near-international incident by helping Theresa May choose the outfit she wore while taking office. We also hear the real story behind the infamous ‘trouser-gate’...We then discuss Amanda closing her label after the pandemic - and how she feels about entering a new chapter and navi...
2024-11-0738 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Zandra RhodesIn this week’s episode of Style DNA I chat with the original Princess of Punk, the truly extraordinary, iconic and zany, Dame Zandra Rhodes DBE.
Known for her fabulously bold prints, she launched her eponymous fashion brand 56 years ago. Rhodes is renowned for perfecting the art-of-print as an intrinsic influence on garment shape. With dramatic designs and her own distinctive look, she paved the way for fashion as theatre and entertainment.
We chat about dressing international stars including Freddie Mercury, Diana Ross, Barbara Streisand and Jackie Kennedy, as well as B...
2024-11-0644 minWalking The Dog with Emily DeanAmanda Wakeley (Part One)This week, Emily and Raymond are taking a walk in Battersea Park with the legendary fashion designer Amanda Wakeley and her Labrador Luna (who was sporting a very stylish red bandana!) Amanda tells us about her happy and chaotic childhood with a succession of Labs and Jack Russells and her family in Cheshire. We find out what life was like for Amanda at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and how making clothes in the school holidays led her to creating her own label and pioneering her clean, glam and wearable style.We highly recommend you lis...
2024-11-0545 minWalking The Dog with Emily DeanAmanda Wakeley (Part One)This week, Emily and Raymond are taking a walk in Battersea Park with the legendary fashion designer Amanda Wakeley and her Labrador Luna (who was sporting a very stylish red bandana!) Amanda tells us about her happy and chaotic childhood with a succession of Labs and Jack Russells and her family in Cheshire. We find out what life was like for Amanda at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and how making clothes in the school holidays led her to creating her own label and pioneering her clean, glam and wearable style.We highly recommend you lis...
2024-11-0545 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: RoseminIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with Entrepreneur, Celebrity Influencer, Presenter and Media Personality …the exquisite Rosemin. I first met Rosemin when she hosted a dinner for me in Dubai in 2018 to promote my new collection…what was lovely is that pretty much every woman attending that dinner arrived wearing Wakeley, and it felt like the most generous endorsement of me as a designer.
Rosemin grew up in Canada, her family emigrated there from East Africa in the 70’s escaping Idi Amin’s regime and effectively having to start over but...
2024-10-3048 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Georgie Coleridge ColeIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a Style Journey with the Founder and CEO of the online publisher SheerLuxe … the brilliant Georgie Coleridge Cole. Georgie founded SheerLuxe from her kitchen table back in 2007 inspired by the concept of sharing her recommendations, magazine style in a digital format. It was early days in the digital revolution, but knowing that she had slightly missed the heady days of print publishing she backed herself to create the now formidable SheerLuxe which has shaped what successful digital marketing looks like in the UK. She has a team of over 70 employees, ov...
2024-10-2349 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Willow CrossleyIn this episode I go on a Style Journey with the world-renowned florist, author and designer, affectionately dubbed the UK’s ‘Queen of Flowers’. . .the whimsically wonderful Willow Crossley. She is best known for her innate floristry skills and knowledge of botanicals and has worked with brands from Dior to Chanel, and private clients (including The Royal Family) in phenomenal spaces in Britain, Europe and America. She is also the author of four books: The Art of Handmade Living; Inspire: The Art Of Living With Nature; Flourish; and The Wild Journal: A Year of Nurturing Yourself Through Nature.
Willow and...
2024-10-1654 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Katherine RyanIn this episode of Style DNA podcast I take a Style Journey with the fabulous, inimitable and hilarious Katherine Ryan.
Unsurprisingly, being the brilliant comedienne that she is, Kathryn’s observations on life are hysterical and our conversation is peppered with witty quips. We discuss the fine line that comics walk so as not to expose too much of their family life but she has me hooting with laughter time and again as she peppers the conversation with snippets from her home life, including her husband Bobby’s inspired step-parenting, not to mention Botox (apparently you can’t have to...
2024-10-0958 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Stephen JonesIn this episode I go on a sartorial journey with the celebrated British Milliner Stephen Jones OBE. Jones is considered one of the most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He is also one of the most prolific, having created hats for the catwalk shows of many leading couturiers and fashion designers, from John Galliano, Kim Jones and Maria Grazia Chiuri at Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, the house of Schiaparelli to Rei Kawakubo at Commes des Garcons. His work is known for its inventiveness and high level of technical expertise. Stephen’s hats have adorn...
2024-10-0247 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 6 - Style DNA: Lorna LuxeI am launching Season 6 with someone who is known well to her 1.3 million followers as she lives her life so openly via her Instagram channel … she is warm and engaging, the sort of girl you feel is your friend even though you have never met her personally… I am talking about the lovely Lorna Luxe.
Lorna started her career as cabin crew for Virgin, back in the day when you had to do “X Factor-like day long auditions” for the 800 places that 800,000 applied for that year. She loved her job flying around the world, proudly sp...
2024-09-2550 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Serenity MasonIn this final episode of Season 5 of my Style DNA podcast I go on a style journey withPrince’s Trust Women for Women Ambassador and transgender fashion designer Serenity Mason. Serenity started her fashion business in 2018 - Vault of Serenity, a stall in Tunstall Market, Stoke, after completing The Prince’s Trust Enterprise programme. The programme had offered her practical advice about tax, business planning and pricing her items, as well as the support of a business mentor.
I met Serenity at a Prince’s Trust fund raising dinner and I was so struck by her and he...
2024-07-1045 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Adele RobertsIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a Style journey with the award winning BBC broadcaster, TV personality and DJ, bowel cancer survivor and Marathon record holder, the remarkable Adele Roberts.Adele is a wonderfully open and vulnerable guest talking about how she never felt feminine growing up ...gravitating towards the menswear section because she didn’t feel like she fit in and feeling like she would be judged...heartbreaking actually. She is trying to be more vocal about this now to help other kids who perhaps don’t feel like they fit in. Her life part...
2024-07-031h 04
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Donna AirIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a Style journey with Actress, TV presenter, Philanthropist and Entrepreneur … the gorgeous Geordie girl Donna Air.
Donna rose to early fame aged 10 as an actress in the children’s television series Byker Grove, a popular show set in the Newcastle area. She went on to form the pop duo Crush which found some success in the late 1990’s. Her career has spanned presenting MTV, to the Big Breakfast as well as appearing in numerous films and TV dramas.
Donna is currently performing in the award...
2024-06-2642 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Wes NelsonIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with the English singer, songwriter and TV personality Wes Nelson… His most recent claim to fame being his incredibly catchy and hugely successful collaboration with Craig David and the hit Abracadabra but during our conversation I saw Wes in a whole new light and I found his self-deprecating sense of humour, his honesty (and his chuckle) both infectious and charming…
He trained as a nuclear systems design engineer thinking he would follow his father into the motor industry but it seems that this self...
2024-06-1950 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Lucinda ChambersIn this episode I go on a style journey with the Creative Director Lucinda Chambers. Lucinda has worked in the fashion industry for more than three decades…as Fashion Director of British Vogue for 25 years she certainly shaped the face of fashion and inspired the wardrobes of millions of women. She has worked as a creative consultant and stylist across both high street and luxury brands from Prada and Marni to H&M, River Island and Warehouse.
We reminisce about her early days as a fantastically creative stylist at Vogue, in the pre-internet days she used National Geographic for her lo...
2024-06-1254 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Clodagh McKennaThis week's Style DNA podcast episode is with the Irish chef, TV presenter, cookbook author and resident chef on This Morning - the wonderful Clodagh McKenna.It was such a treat to open the door to a joyful Clodagh who arrived carrying a freshly baked carrot cake which she proceeded to ice herself before we started our recording ... I can honestly say her carrot cake is the best I have ever eaten and it took serious will power on my part not to dig in during our conversation!Clodagh grew up in Cork and she paints...
2024-06-0553 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Jodie KiddThis week’s Style DNA guest is the 90s British supermodel, turned entrepreneur, TV personality, author AND pub landlady … the awesome Jodie Kidd.
We first met in the 90s, it was Jodie’s first London show season at the tender age of 15. She had been encouraged to give modelling a go as a way to pay for the new horsebox she wanted as she was a competitive show jumper at the time. I remember my casting director being so excited to get Jodie in my show…but I also have a vague recollection of Jodie having to...
2024-05-2953 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Patrick GrantIn this episode, I go on a sartorial journey with designer, businessman, author, and TV presenter Patrick Grant. Perhaps best known for his role in the TV show “The Great British Sewing Bee,” Grant is a man who has a lot to say about clothes: how many we buy, how we value them, what they’re made from, and importantly, who made them and where.
Patrick Grant has an engineering background and he has applied this knowledge to his fashion journey. I find myself going down a rabbit hole with Grant on the provenance of our clothes… on elastane and polymers...
2024-05-2251 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Sophie TeaIn this episode I go on a style journey with British born international visual artist Sophie Tea. Sophie has recently come onto my radar…her work is defined by her vibrant use of colour, energetic drips and signature splats – it champions inclusivity, self-acceptance, accessibility and strives to make women feel just a little bit nicer about themselves… a resounding YES to that!
Sophie’s subject of choice is women…naked women. She is fresh off the back of her Send Nudes Live show at The London Palladium in which 50 naked women are painted for a live catwal...
2024-05-1553 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 5 - Style DNA: Dame Kelly HolmesI’m thrilled to announce that Season 5 of my Style DNA podcast is launching with double Olympic champion, global inspirational and motivational speaker, TV presenter and Author …the simply AWESOME Honorary Colonel Dame Kelly Holmes MBE.
I loved our conversation in which we discussed the fact that Kelly spent the best part of the first 30 years of her life in one uniform or another (school, track and military) and how she didn’t even really think about her personal style before then… Emerging from a life lived in a uniform she chose to wear clothes to fit in and be less visib...
2024-05-0850 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Prue LeithIn the final episode of Season 4 Style DNA I go on a Style journey with the inimitable, iconic, Dame Prue Leith, currently best known for being a judge on The Great British Bake Off as well as her Saturday morning ITVX show, Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen. Prue is now in her 9th decade and appears to be speeding up rather than slowing down... she says she is still discovering her style with the help of her 2nd husband John who used to be in the fashion industry and loves nothing more than shopping for her. She credits him w...
2024-04-1749 min
Travel SecretsAmanda Wakeley | Climbing Glaciers in AntarcticaFashion designer Amanda Wakeley reveals her Travel Secrets with Tanya Rose this week. Amanda shares why Venice is her favourite place for people watching, why sailing is more accessible than you might think and where in India took her breath away. Plus, she shares her immersive penguin experience which left her feeling like she was on another planet. Follow @amandawakeleyDon’t forget to follow @travelsecretsthepodcast and remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube.Enjoy an exclusive 20% off Antler’s travel collect...
2024-04-1632 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Kirsty GallacherIn the penultimate episode of Season 4 Style DNA, I go on a style journey with the Broadcaster, Journalist and Radio Presenter …the gorgeous Kirsty Gallacher.
Kirsty spent her childhood in Surrey watching her golfing legend father, Bernard Gallacher, wear “a lot of Lyle & Scott”…. She is a keen sportswoman herself and I asked her whether her fit, athletic body affects her style choices...
We talk about her using clothes to help her navigate her role as a young female sports presenter for Sky, and working with a stylist especially for the thoroughly intimidating experience of dressing for the Red Carpet…and the co...
2024-04-1053 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Annoushka DucasIn this episode of Style DNA I go on a style journey with the British jewellery designer, the founder of both Links of London and Annoushka, the Creative Director and Entrepreneur, Annoushka Ducas MBE.
I couldn’t resist asking Annoushka her views on the difference between lab grown versus mined diamonds and how the jewellery industry is notoriously opaque…she talks about her passion for re-using existing stones from vintage jewellery and how all of her newly sourced diamonds are certified by the Kimberley Process (established in 2003 to prevent conflict diamonds entering the mainstream market) …but perha...
2024-03-2752 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Sophie HabbooIn this episode of Style DNA I turn the tables and discuss all things style with fellow Podcaster Sophie Habboo.
Sophie spent most of her 20’s in the reality TV show Made In Chelsea. She met her husband Jamie Laing while making the show and the couple created the podcast NearlyWeds which became NewlyWeds after their wedding in 2023.
She talks openly about trying to dress the part of a “Rah” Chelsea girl whilst on the show and not feeling like it was her, and she is frank about feeling a little lost when she came out of the show …after 6 years of...
2024-03-2053 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Beverley KnightThis week's Style DNA guest is the English singer, songwriter, actress and radio personality…the undoubted Queen of British Soul…the extraordinarily talented Beverley Knight MBE.Beverley is fabulously open about her style journey ...it's ups and downs ..and how her body confidence (and at times lack of) affected her choices, and how her gay best friend had been instrumental in helping her find her fashion mojo.We talk about how she has got braver as she has got older (a recurring theme currently) and more comfortable in her own skin. She threw a gig to cele...
2024-03-131h 16
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Deborah RobertsThis week I go on a style journey with the American Television Journalist Deborah Roberts. I first met Deborah when she came to the UK to cover the Royal wedding of Harry and Meghan and she kindly chose me to guest on her ABC coverage in the lead up to, as well as on the actual day, at Windsor.
Apart from being an award-winning ABC News senior national affairs correspondent for Nightline, Good Morning America and World News Tonight with David Muir, in September 2023, she was named co-anchor of 20/20. A media veteran, Roberts has travelled the worl...
2024-03-0658 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Marcia KilgoreIn this Style DNA episode I go on a style journey with the serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore, who founded a string of game-changing companies in the worlds of beauty and wellness…she is recognized globally as an industry leader, a business visionary, a beauty expert and an inspiration for female entrepreneurs everywhere.In 1997, Time Magazine chose a 29-year-old Kilgore as their cover star, pegging her as one of the new generation of entrepreneurs – whose hard work, ingenuity and fearlessness trumped the networking, business school bigshots. In May 2011, when Oprah Winfrey’s final show aired, Oprah referred to her former...
2024-02-281h 01
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 4 - Style DNA: Elle MacphersonI am very excited to introduce you to Season 4 of my Style DNA podcast … launching today with none other than the Supermodel who is known (for good reason) as The Body…the exquisite, effortlessly chic and serene Elle Macpherson. Elle is not only a Supermodel, she is a Mother, Businesswoman, Television Host and an Actress.
I loved our conversation …we discuss her personal style journey, growing up in Australia and not really being into fashion as she spent most of her time outside in nature. By her own admission she took a leap of faith into mod...
2024-02-2159 min
Life In Charms with Annoushka Ducas MBEMy Life In Seven Charms with Amanda Wakeley“Welcome back to My Life In Seven Charms where today I am joined by Amanda Wakeley OBE, the renowned British fashion designer, creative director and podcast host.
Amanda Wakeley founded her eponymous brand in 1990 following a modelling career in New York in the 1980s. From her boutique and studio in Chelsea, Amanda built a global brand renowned for its elegant signature style. Over 31 years, Amanda Wakeley designs became beloved wardrobe staples for iconic women including Diana, Princess of Wales and Angelina Jolie. In 2021 she had to make the truly difficult decision to close her doors and put he...
2023-12-2052 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Sophia WebsterFor my ultimate episode of the season I go on a style journey with British luxury accessories designer Sophia Webster who is known for her fun, playful and feminine touches, not to mention her iconic butterflies. She has built a global brand in just over a decade brilliantly harnessing the power of social media to assist her on the journey.. her joyful creations have graced everyone from Beyonce and Madonna to Grayson Perry... There really is a transformative magic in shoes and bags that Sophia understands so well.
The weekend before we met I did my re...
2023-12-0548 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Sam McKnightIn this episode I go on a Style Journey with the iconic hairstylist Sam McKnight MBE. Sam’s unparalleled portfolio of work reads like a who’s-who of high-fashion and A-list celebrity: he is credited with the creation of Princess Diana's iconic slicked-back hairstyle for her 1990 Vogue magazine shoot, and was her personal hair stylist for seven years. He has worked extensively with the supermodels Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Kate Moss & Naomi Campbell from the 80’s to today. Sam’s work has included over 200 Vogue covers; campaigns for Chanel, Tom Ford, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Dior and Armani …the list goes on and...
2023-12-0548 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Sam McKnightIn this episode I go on a Style Journey with the iconic hairstylist Sam McKnight MBE. Sam’s unparalleled portfolio of work reads like a who’s-who of high-fashion and A-list celebrity: he is credited with the creation of Princess Diana's iconic slicked-back hairstyle for her 1990 Vogue magazine shoot, and was her personal hair stylist for seven years. He has worked extensively with the supermodels Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Kate Moss & Naomi Campbell from the 80’s to today. Sam’s work has included over 200 Vogue covers; campaigns for Chanel, Tom Ford, Fendi, Louis Vuitton, Dior and Armani …the list goes on and...
2023-11-2947 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Corinne Bailey RaeIn this episode I go on a Style journey with Singer, Songwriter and Musician Corinne Bailey Rae… and what a joy it was.
Corinne shot to stardom with her self-titled, Corinne Bailey Rae debut album in 2006, featuring the global hits 'Put Your Records On' and 'Like A Star'.
Corinne is one of those people who paints beautiful pictures with their words… I felt like every word that she spoke was purposefully chosen….she is wonderfully eloquent. I was fascinated to hear about the inspirational journey she went on having discovered the Stoney Island Arts Bank in Chica...
2023-11-091h 01
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Karen MillenThis week’s episode is with the eponymous founder of Karen Millen, Karen herself. Her story is an interesting one…she founded her brand with her husband Kevin Stanford in 1981. Using a £100 loan they purchased 100 metres of white cotton which she whipped up into stylish shirts and they sold party-style to friends. From this they gradually grew a retail empire founded on their commitment to affordable luxury and making investment pieces accessible. In 2004 they sold Karen Millen to Mosaic Fashions under an SPA for £100m. The terms of the SPA prevented Karen Millen from using her name in connection with any...
2023-11-0247 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Melissa OdabashIn this episode I go on a style journey with Melissa Odabash MBE. After entering the swimwear industry as a model Melissa launched her eponymous label in 1999. She is credited with ‘introducing high fashion into resortwear’ with her swimwear being quickly described by Vogue as ‘The Ferraris of the bikini world.'
Her first collection was curated with chic solid coloured bikinis, however this soon expanded into beachwear, often inspired by her Mother’s 1970’s crochet pieces, before developing and growing the collections to what we know today. Her collections are sold in 65 countries, available in over 500 stores.
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2023-10-2651 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Lisa HoganThis week’s Style DNA style journey is with actor, writer, photographer and artist Lisa Hogan AKA The Tall Irish.
Lisa is Co-Founder of the now infamous Diddly Squat Farm Shop on Clarkson’s Farm…she is not only Jeremy Clarkson’s girlfriend, she is his hilarious accomplice and harshest critic with her fast wit and dry sense of humour. Her ability to laugh at herself recounting her sartorial stories of different chapters in her life is infectious. These chapters have included modelling, working in the city, acting, being a mother, a lot of travel and, this latest c...
2023-10-1957 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: Lisa SnowdonThis week I go on a style journey with TV and Radio Presenter, Model, Author, Menopause campaigner, Podcast host AND Celebrity Master Chef Winner, the gorgeous Lisa Snowdon. Lisa and I worked out that the first time we met was when we were both London Fashion Week virgins…the first show she walked in was the first show I put on…Fashion has reconnected us over the years and it was lovely to sit down and chat about her journey both professionally and personally, from having a body that didn’t conform to industry expectations at the time, to walking...
2023-10-1254 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 3 - Style DNA: David GandySeason 3 launches with none other than the supermodel that is David Gandy as my guest… I know, it was a tough job interviewing the most famous male supermodel in the world but someone’s got to do it and fortunately for me, and hopefully you, he chose to chat all things Style with me.
David shot to global recognition wearing a pair of tiny white swimming trunks for the iconic Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue fragrance campaign. The image saw him on a 50 ft billboard in Times Square NY over 20 years ago…we laugh about the value of those tiny white...
2023-10-0557 min
FRA: Behind The ScenesTHE REALITY OF BEING A VISUAL MERCHANDISER IN FASHION...In this episode with Daniel Gocevski, a respected Visual Merchandiser for brands like Amanda Wakeley and Victoria’s Secret and now FRA tutor, sits down and talks about the reality of the role. Sharing his career experience and tips for those aspiring to be in the industry.
2023-08-1111 min
Postcards From MidlifeChoosing to be childfree & midlife reinventions with designer Amanda WakeleyTrish and Lorraine catch up with celebrity fashion designer Amanda Wakeley who reveals how she is bouncing back from the most stressful years of her life, which saw the closure of her business and the loss of her brother, and why she is now able to take stock of her achievements and look forward to her second act adventures. Plus: everything you need to know about testosterone; summer treats guide & dialling up a Nostalgia NoodleContact us: hello@postcardsfrommidlife.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
2023-05-2253 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: David FurnishThis week I go on a sartorial journey with Canadian film maker David Furnish. David is CEO of Rocket Entertainment Group and Chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation which has raised a staggering $600 million to dateto support programs in 55 countries around the globe through prevention and education, elimination of prejudice and discrimination, and providing services to people living with the disease.
Of course we talk about shopping …and how he and Elton sometimes use the process as a reward for hard work, not to mention the benefit of how beautiful things are mood altering and...
2023-05-181h 05
My Time CapsuleEp. 287 - Amanda WakeleyAmanda Wakeley is one of the UK’s top fashion designers having designed for Princess Diana, Harvey Nichols, Elizabeth Hurley, Jennifer Lopez and Queen Rania of Jordan, amongst many other celebrity clients. Amanda was a great influence on Princess Diana, providing her with many of her most iconic outfits, including the bottle-green executive suit she wore when she resigned from public life in 1993. She has her own podcast, Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA, where each week a celebrity guest reveals their own style DNA. Guests, including Jasmin Le Bon, Elaine Page, James Blunt and Sophie Ellis Bextor.Amanda Wa...
2023-05-1239 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Anya HindmarchIn this episode I go on a sartorial journey with the Fashion Designer, Business Woman and mother of five the brilliant Anya Hindmarch CBE.
Anya founded her eponymous company as a teenager in 1987 and has since grown it into an award-winning global brand known for its craftsmanship, creativity and sense of humour. She launched the hugely successful 'I'm Not a Plastic Bag' campaign in 2007 which saw thousands of people queuing to purchase the tote from Sainsburys …a staggering 80,000 were sold on launch day. The bag garnered huge press coverage globally, igniting the debate around the use of plastic...
2023-05-1142 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: India HicksThis week I go on a Style journey with Philanthropist, Designer and mother of 5, the wonderful India Hicks. India is the daughter of the celebrated interior designer David Hicks and Lady Pamela Mountbatten, a lady in waiting to the late Queen. She is a god daughter of the King, was a bridesmaid to Lady Diana Spencer and resides in Harbour Island, the Bahamas with her husband David Flint Wood and their 5 children…
We chat about being a Royal bridesmaid (obviously), what it meant to grow up in the creative world of David Hicks, being inspired by he...
2023-05-0450 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Yasmin Le BonThis week I go on a style journey with my gorgeous friend Yasmin Le Bon.
Yasmin walked in my inaugural London Fashion Week show back in the early 90’s…it was my first exposure to a super model (which I had assumed would be pretty intimidating) but she was kind, encouraging and incredibly down to earth…oh, and totally breathtakingly beautiful. Despite her global fame and the fact she has been married to the rockstar Simon Le Bon, front man of the legendary band Duran Duran, for nearly 40 years, she remains wonderfully grounded, inciteful and fun...
2023-04-2755 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Vick HopeIn this episode I go on a style journey with Broadcaster and Amnesty Ambassador … the human ray of sunshine that is Vick Hope. Vick is one of the most joyful and positive women I have met in a long time. Chatting to her I wished that my 21 year old self could have been a fly on the wall for the conversation and taken on board some of her wisdom. Her sense of self and acceptance of who she is is inspiring …(not hard, I hear you say, when you look like she does), but like every woman I know, we al...
2023-04-2042 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Ollie ProudlockMy podcast guest this week is the designer, entrepreneur and podcaster Ollie Proudlock. Ollie grew up surrounded by creativity, his mother was a knitwear designer and he remembers Ralph Lauren’s visits to their family home where Ralph would select designs from his mother’s Fair Isle collection, often modelled by him, his friends and his siblings. After attending Art College Ollie starred in 10 seasons of Made in Chelsea and cleverly leveraged his own image and love of fashion and style to create his brand Serge DeNimes in 2011. Starting with seasonal collections of clothing and accessories before swivelling to take...
2023-04-1249 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Jo ElvinThis week on the podcast I go on a style journey with the funny and self-deprecating former You Magazine Editor and now CEO of Children with Cancer Charity, Jo Elvin.
I first met Jo in the late 90’s when she was editor of New Woman (we both admitted to being slightly intimidated by the other)…she went on to become editor in chief of Conde Nast’s Glamour magazine, a position she held for 17 years before being lured away to edit You Magazine which she led brilliantly for 4 years before turning her hand to leading a major UK Cha...
2023-04-0555 min
Sliding DoorsEp60: Sliding Doors with Amanda Wakeley OBEAmanda Wakeley is a Fashion Designer, Creative Director and Broadcaster and is one of Britain’s most celebrated and influential talents - being awarded an OBE in 2010. After a short stint as a fashion model in the 80s, she set up her signature line ‘Amanda Wakeley’ and for over 30 years she built her award-winning international brand - becoming a firm favourite with some of the world’s most stylish women including Catherine Princess of Wales, Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez. Now she is in the second stage of her career focusing on consulting, broadcasting and presenting, and last year she launched...
2023-03-3051 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Miquita OliverThis week I head on a sartorial journey with Broadcaster Miquita Oliver. Growing up in West London and the niece of Neneh Cherry, Miquita was surrounded by the music world …she was recruited at the tender age of 16 to present Channel 4’s cult Sunday morning pop culture show, Popworld, with Simon Amstell. In 2022 Miquita and her mother, TV chef and presenter Andi Oliver, featured in a BBC television series The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita. Starting out in Antigua, where they met members of their extended family, reconnected with their Antiguan heritage, and illuminated the island's history and culture…And most recen...
2023-03-2947 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 2 - Style DNA: Elaine PaigeI am kicking off Series 2 by going on a sartorial journey with Actress, Singer, Producer, Radio Presenter…the star who is known as the First Lady of British Musical Theatre…the wonderful and brilliant Elaine Paige OBE. This petite pocket rocket is a force of nature… she has wowed audiences through the decades starring in everything from Cats to Sunset Boulevard to Evita to Piaff and so much more… she has performed around the world from The Great Wall of China to The White House… Amongst other things we talk about the importance of getting dressed for her auditions, how the process o...
2023-03-2240 min
ARW RAWEpisode 96: The Music ManIn this episode of ARW RAW, ARW interviews her Recording Academy mentor Kitt Wakeley-- true music royalty-- who has won multiple GRAMMYS® about how he got where he is today, what motivates him to wake up every day, and how he inspires his children every day. Follow him on social media everywhere @kittwakeley + stream his music all platforms.
2023-03-1756 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: James BluntJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.I have kept the hilarious Style DNA conversation I had with Singer Songwriter and Musician James Blunt until last in this first series… After leaving the military, James rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut album Back to Bedlam, achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", and selling over 11 million copies of the album. He is the winner of numerous awards including 2 Brits. James’s humour is self-mocking, cheeky and at times...
2023-01-1443 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Paula SuttonJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Paula Sutton – Digital Creator, columnist and author Paula Sutton. After starting off as a press officer for Elite Premier model agency in London, she worked in fashion PR and as a model agent before landing at Elle, where she was the bookings director (planning the sets and locations for the shoots). Paula moved from London to rural Norfolk 10 years ago where she re-defined her personal style evolving from cosmopolitan career woman to...
2023-01-0737 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Anita RaniJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Anita Rani – TV and Radio Presenter, Author. Anita’s career spans over 20 years and she is a true girl’s girl, happy to share her ups and her downs…the hard knocks of being a brown girl (her words) growing up in a very white Britain…Her recently published and self-narrated memoirs The Right Sort of Girl is painfully raw, honest but wonderfully upliftingly, humorous too. We discuss her passion for fashion, i...
2022-12-1753 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Lisa ArmstrongJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Lisa Armstrong OBE….Lisa is The Telegraph's Head of Fashion. She began her career in fashion at Vogue. She has written four novels, has an honorary doctorate from the University of Arts in London and was awarded an OBE in 2022 for services to fashion. After a childhood spent in rural Dorset Lisa shares stories of her fashion journey from starting out as a junior at Vogue through to attending the bi-annual Rea...
2022-12-1038 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Liz EarleJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Liz Earle MBE …In this episode I go on a sartorial journey with Liz Earle MBE…Liz has been a trusted authority in the world of wellbeing for over 30 years. She has written over 35 books on many aspects of nutritional, hormonal and gut health, as well as being a regular wellness TV presenter and podcast host. She is passionate about improving the health of mid-life women and beyond, especially helping women from...
2022-12-0340 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Ella VadayJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Ella Vaday - I always knew that I wanted to include a Drag Artist in this first series. I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the brilliant and very modest Ella Vaday (say Hell Of A Day fast and you will understand the humour behind the name), AKA Nick Collier, the actor and dancer. Nick created his drag persona Ella Vaday during Lockdown and then went on to be a f...
2022-11-2649 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Michele ClaptonJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Michele Clapton, celebrated British costume designer. Michele was the costume designer for Game of Thrones for which she won 3 Emmy Awards. She created the iconic costumes in the first season of The Crown, as well as Kingsman and The Devil’s Whore (for which she won a BAFTA) and many more. Her passion for the creative process and crafting techniques is fascinating. She talks eloquently about the relationship between the costume des...
2022-11-1946 min
Walk To Wellbeing: The wellness and walking podcast by Health & WellbeingAmanda Wakeley OBE talks the importance of daily check-ins and her biggest fitness inspirationHow do you combat your stress triggers? For fashion designer and broadcaster Amanda Wakeley, getting outside is a great way to work through any anxious thoughts and give her headspace to spark some creativity.
2022-11-1648 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Dylan JonesJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Dylan Jones OBE –the man who edited GQ for no fewer than 22 years, creator of the now iconic GQ Men of the Year awards. During his time as editor of GQ the magazine won an unprecedented number of awards and he garnered an almost unparalleled understanding of men’s style … Dylan has a unique perspicacity of the often impenetrable world of fashion and shares his style journey from his clubbing days of the...
2022-11-1256 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Tasha GhouriJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Tasha Ghouri – Model, Ebay UK Preloved ambassador, Love Island finalist with 1.5m followers on Instagram and advocate for Deaf Kidz, Tasha was born deaf and makes a point of not hiding her cochlear hearing implant referring to it as her Superpower, although she has overcome significant challenges to reach this point …As well as being a smoking hot beauty and refreshingly low maintenance she is passionate about fashion and style.
2022-11-0544 min
Crazy Sexy FoodSeason 8: Episode 03: Amanda WakeleyThis week I am joined by the wonderful Amanda Wakeley! The fashion designer is known the world over for her clean and glamourous signature style. She has dressed some of the most famous women in the world including Princess Diana, Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie.
Most recently, Amanda has delved into the podcasting world launched her debut show, Amanda Wakeley: Style DNA, which sees her delve into her guest’s sartorial choices, fashion faux paxs and everything in between.
We talk all about the evolving fashion industry and what it means today, the changing body im...
2022-11-0159 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Adjoa AndohJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Adjoa Andoh - HonFRSL The British Actor. On stage, she has played lead roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre. On television, she has appeared in Doctor Who, Casualty, and BBC's EastEnders. Andoh made her Hollywood debut in autumn 2009, starring as Nelson Mandela's Chief of Staff Brenda Mazibuko alongside Morgan Freeman as Mandela in Clint Eastwood's drama film Invictus. Since 2020, she...
2022-10-2949 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Sophie Ellis-BextorJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Sophie Ellis Bextor – Multi Award Winning Singer, Songwriter, Mother, Author, Podcaster … Sophie warmly shares stories of her passion for vintage clothing, how she styles herself (often only hours before a performance), dressing for her different roles in life, she is the mother of 5 boys, as well as her legendary pop career … During Lockdown she performed live weekly "Kitchen Disco" concerts featuring herself (in full performance dress, hair and makeup) with her family...
2022-10-2240 min
Saturday LiveAdrian ChilesNikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Adrian Chiles. He has graced our TV screens presenting and reporting on various issues over the last 20 years from business to sport, to chat and back to sport again. But recently he has been talking about alcohol moderation, a subject that has become a personal passion project. Dr Rahul Mandal is the research scientist who won Bake Off in 2018 despite not having ever made a cake until 2016. He joins us. Listener Dr Susie West was a junior doctor on the cruise liner the SS Canberra in 1982. Then...
2022-10-181h 24
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Ateh JewellJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Dr Ateh Jewel, beauty journalist, broadcaster, entrepreneur and diversity advocate…Ateh is also a regular beauty contributor on ITVs This Morning and her incredible energy and positivity is simply magnetic. She talks about the challenges of growing up in central London experiencing “both sides of the coin”, her teenage clubbing style …the power of a Chanel handbag and the micro aggressions she experienced during her time in the fashion industry with humour a...
2022-10-1535 min
White Wine Question TimeDesigner Amanda Wakeley OBE - Dressing the Royals; Empowering women through clothes; Overcoming Adversity after the loss of her Business.British Fashion Designer Amanda Wakeley OBE talks to Kate about her relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales; the joy of empowering women through clothes and overcoming adversity, after the loss of her brother and her business.White Wine Question Time with Kate Thornton is the podcast that brings together well-known guests to answer three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine. Discover the friendships behind the entertainment headlines, and listen in on their conversations for a side to the celebrities you've never heard before. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and...
2022-10-1449 minWhite Wine Question TimeDesigner Amanda Wakeley OBE - Dressing the Royals; Empowering women through clothes; Overcoming Adversity after the loss of her Business.British Fashion Designer Amanda Wakeley OBE talks to Kate about her relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales; the joy of empowering women through clothes and overcoming adversity, after the loss of her brother and her business.White Wine Question Time with Kate Thornton is the podcast that brings together well-known guests to answer three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine. Discover the friendships behind the entertainment headlines, and listen in on their conversations for a side to the celebrities you've never heard before. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and...
2022-10-1449 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Grace DentJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Grace Dent, broadcaster, author & columnist. Grace has written weekly columns for The Independent and The London Evening Standard until she took on the revered role of restaurant critic for The Guardian, for which she won the Guild of Food Writers' Food Writing Award 2019.In October 2020, HarperCollins published Grace's memoir Hungry, a book for people who love to eat and love to laugh.
On screen Grace is perhaps best known...
2022-10-0848 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNASeason 1 - Style DNA: Trinny WoodallJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.
This week's guest is Trinny Woodall, founder and CEO of Makeup and Beauty Brand Trinny London which she founded in her early 50s…The inimitable Trinny inspires and entertains her 1.2m Instagram followers with personal makeup tutorials and styling advice. Having made over over 5,000 women in her TV career co-presenting What Not To Wear with Susannah Constantine and then Trinny and Susannah Undress the Nation …she is a fountain of knowledge and perceptive, usually very pers...
2022-10-0142 min
Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNAStyle DNA TrailerJoin Amanda Wakeley as she is joined by a different celebrity guest each week as she uncovers their very own Style DNA.Guests including Trinny Woodall, James Blunt, Sophie Ellis-Bextor talk about their best and worst fashion moments as well as answering the question, 'What Do They Wear In Bed?'.New episodes every Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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2022-09-2602 min
The Mindset and Me PodcastCleo Lacey | Personal stylist and how she empowers women to be their most confidentOn this weeks episode we are joined by the wonderful Cleo Lacey.
Cleo can trace the moment she first fell in love with fashion back to a shopping trip for her first designer handbag on her sixteenth birthday. Ever since she has been smitten with the world of fashion and forged a career that will make us all want to follow her journey; working as a Buyer and Stylist for high street fashion chains, a luxury spa as well as high end designers, including Amanda Wakeley.
Cleo now runs her own personal shopping and styling service, helping...
2022-02-0935 min
Hope and PatienceS2 E13 Anna Mason, Founder, Anna Mason LondonAnna Mason's distinct, feminine designs (to quote The Times) ‘slyly modest, slyly sexy’ are known to attract the ‘where did you get that from‘ question. Yes seriously. Her talent was spotted by Karl Lagerfeld when she was at the RCA and suffice to say she ended up working for him in Paris and with her style influenced one of his collections. She went on to work for Max Mara, Valentino in Italy before returning back to London and working for Amanda Wakeley. Anna Mason London's ready-to-wear collections can be found at Net-A-Porter and Moda Operandi. With rave reviews...
2021-02-1748 min
Hear Me, See Me PodcastHear Me, See Me. Podcast. Leigh Keates.Hear Me, See Me. Podcast. Leigh Keates.Leigh Keates is a London-based hairstylist. He has contributed to industry publications like Elle France, Wonderland, L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, The Hunger Magazine, and Rollacoaster. Keates’s talents have made him a favourite with a wide range of celebrity clients such as Reneé Zellweger, Felicity Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alicia Vikander, Florence Welch, Jessica Chastain and Dakota Johnson. Keates headed Fashion Week shows such as Each X Other and Gyunel Couture in Paris as well as Amanda Wakeley, Natasia Kiko, Christopher Raeburn and Emilio de la Morena...
2020-04-2052 min
Leading with James AshtonBest of Leading Season 2In advance of some new episodes, here is a compilation of our best nuggets of leadership advice so far.Put together before the coronavirus crisis, it features leaders of arts institutions Royal Albert Hall and English National Opera, clothing and food brands Amanda Wakeley and Leon, big employers Anglian Water and University of Liverpool, digital challengers Trainline and Pharmacy2U and the RSPB wildlife charity, among others.Bosses talk about the importance of having a vision, managing change, the benefits of mentorship, disruption, growth, motivating staff, the challenge of starting up and how to wind down.
2020-03-2345 minLeading with James AshtonS2 Episode 4 - The Crown Estate and Amanda WakeleyDame Alison Nimmo and Amanda Wakeley join James Ashton to discuss juggling responsibilities, the power of coaching, trusting your team and putting your name over the door. Dame Alison Nimmo is chief executive the Crown Estate, a diverse £14bn property portfolio that plays landlord to high-end retailers along London’s Regent Street as well as offshore wind farms along the coastline. The estate is owned by the Queen but independently managed and a portion of its profits fund the Royal Family. Dame Alison’s career is rooted in regeneration, leading the team that rebuilt Manch...
2019-11-0441 min
The Kelly Hoppen ShowAmanda Wakeley | British fashion designerAmanda Wakeley OBE is a British fashion designer best known for her evening and cocktail dresses and accessories, and for her “clean glam” signature style, Amanda has also developed a presence in daywear, including day-dresses, tailoring and knitwear and a line of accessories and jewellery. Amanda Wakeley is an advocate for international organisation Women for Women.
2019-09-2336 min
True Tales of LuxuryAmanda WakeleyA Royally-favoured designer, OBE Amanda Wakeley takes us on a walk down a fashionable memory lane, from her favourite teenage looks to her mission to empower and elevate women.
2019-03-0432 min
SheerLuxe PodcastSheerLuxe Success Stories: Amanda WakeleyWith over 25 years experience dressing the world's most stylish women – Princess Diana and Kate Middleton to Angelina Jolie and Beyonce and Kate Middleton – Amanda Wakeley is one of the UK's best-loved designers, known for her "clean glam” signature style.Discover how a spell as a model in New York led to the Londoner launching her own clothing line and why she was one of the first designers to tap into the influencer trend. Plus, hear about her incredible fight to win back her business after it was sold by her ex-husband, and find out what's next for the brand...
2018-05-1540 min