TheIndustry.fashion & TheIndustry.beauty Podcast

Boardies celebrates a world of creativity, travel and good times.

Founded by Nick Crook, the privately owned London-based business creates unique swimwear influenced by experiences from around the world.

The company has successfully navigated the challenges of operating a beach-focused brand in a pandemic world of reduced travel, and has continued to see successes globally, with new collections and partnerships, including a recent collection with historic London department store Liberty. 

Crook tells Tom Shearsmith, News Editor at TheIndustry.fashion, about his early career, how he grew the Boardies brand, the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the business, and how future investment will lead to global growth.

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Boardies celebrates a world of creativity, travel and good times.

Founded by Nick Crook, the privately owned London-based business creates unique swimwear influenced by experiences from around the world.

The company has successfully navigated the challenges of operating a beach-focused brand in a pandemic world of reduced travel, and has continued to see successes globally, with new collections and partnerships, including a recent collection with historic London department store Liberty. 

Crook tells Tom Shearsmith, News Editor at TheIndustry.fashion, about his early career, how he grew the Boardies brand, the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on the business, and how future investment will lead to global growth.

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Allison McNamara is TV host and fashion & beauty influencer who created the clean, algae-infused skincare line MARA. 

Allison started her career hosting television and digital programs for outlets like Who What Wear, POPSUGAR, ABC’s Emmy-Award-winning Oscar red carpet pre-show, The Today show, and TV Guide Network. 

She then took her experience to Refinery29 and ET Online where she created, hosted and produced beauty videos. But then the media-scape started to change, pivoting to social media, and her dreams changed. 

On a trip to Istanbul in 2017, Allison came up with the concept for MARA, inspired by the sea. Growing up in a beauty-centred family, with her father working for brands such as Too Faced and Neutrogena, Allison always saw a future in the industry. And so, MARA was launched in 2018 with just one product.  

In this episode of the In Conversation podcast, Allison talks to Lauretta Roberts, Editor in chief of TheIndustry.beauty, about her career shift from influencer and presenter to beauty entrepreneur, what makes her line of skincare so special and what her plans are to develop her business moving forward.

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Allison McNamara is TV host and fashion & beauty influencer who created the clean, algae-infused skincare line MARA. 

Allison started her career hosting television and digital programs for outlets like Who What Wear, POPSUGAR, ABC’s Emmy-Award-winning Oscar red carpet pre-show, The Today show, and TV Guide Network. 

She then took her experience to Refinery29 and ET Online where she created, hosted and produced beauty videos. But then the media-scape started to change, pivoting to social media, and her dreams changed. 

On a trip to Istanbul in 2017, Allison came up with the concept for MARA, inspired by the sea. Growing up in a beauty-centred family, with her father working for brands such as Too Faced and Neutrogena, Allison always saw a future in the industry. And so, MARA was launched in 2018 with just one product.  

In this episode of the In Conversation podcast, Allison talks to Lauretta Roberts, Editor in chief of TheIndustry.beauty, about her career shift from influencer and presenter to beauty entrepreneur, what makes her line of skincare so special and what her plans are to develop her business moving forward.

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Claus Lindorff began his career in finance in London before moving into advertising in Paris where he founded BETC Luxe – an agency specialising in fashion and luxury brands with clients including Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander and Lacoste. Then, in 2012, he created his own brand, Ron Dorff, starting out with just five basic pieces which combined Swedish design and functionality with French style. 

The brand’s statement Tees and sweats have been popular from the start, but upgrading menswear staples across sportswear, loungewear and underwear have been the real key to Ron Dorff’s growth, and now Lindorff says they are taking their swimwear offer to another level, as well as launching sunglasses with TBD Eyewear from Milan and hand sewn espadrilles with Bayona from the Basque region – just in time for spring.  In this episode of the In Conversation podcast, he tells TheIndustry.fashion Contributing Editor Tom Bottomley all about the past and what lies ahead.

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Claus Lindorff began his career in finance in London before moving into advertising in Paris where he founded BETC Luxe – an agency specialising in fashion and luxury brands with clients including Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander and Lacoste. Then, in 2012, he created his own brand, Ron Dorff, starting out with just five basic pieces which combined Swedish design and functionality with French style. 

The brand’s statement Tees and sweats have been popular from the start, but upgrading menswear staples across sportswear, loungewear and underwear have been the real key to Ron Dorff’s growth, and now Lindorff says they are taking their swimwear offer to another level, as well as launching sunglasses with TBD Eyewear from Milan and hand sewn espadrilles with Bayona from the Basque region – just in time for spring.  In this episode of the In Conversation podcast, he tells TheIndustry.fashion Contributing Editor Tom Bottomley all about the past and what lies ahead.

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Joanna Jensen is the Founder of Childs Farm, a natural and eco-friendly skincare and haircare brand designed for babies and children. 
 
Childs Farm was first launched as a solution to the sensitive and eczema prone skin of Joanna’s daughters. 
 
Today, the brand’s growing range of products are available online and in-store at a number of major retailers including Boots, Waitrose, and Amazon. 
 
Joanna, speaks to Sophie Smith, Senior News & Features Writer at the TheIndustry.beauty, about the inspiration behind the brand, its journey to achieving B Corp certification, how Childs Farm’s product range has developed over the years, and what it’s been like since PZ Cussons acquired the brand last year.

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Olivia Francis left her job with global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi to change the men’s underwear market with her Hamilton + Hare brand in 2014. She had been looking to buy boxer shorts for her brother, but just found a lot of poor quality and heavy branding.  She wanted to bring womenswear underwear standards to men, and that’s exactly what she did.
 
 That quality has now evolved into loungewear, sleepwear, T-shirts, shirts, sweatshirts and even suiting – all sold out of her Marylebone shop on Chiltern Street, as well as via the Hamilton + Hare website and through selected retailers, including Mr Porter.
 
 Francis tells Tom Bottomley, Contributing Editor at TheIndustry.fashion, all about her journey so far, and plans for the future.


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Olivia Francis left her job with global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi to change the men’s underwear market with her Hamilton + Hare brand in 2014. She had been looking to buy boxer shorts for her brother, but just found a lot of poor quality and heavy branding.  She wanted to bring womenswear underwear standards to men, and that’s exactly what she did.
 
 That quality has now evolved into loungewear, sleepwear, T-shirts, shirts, sweatshirts and even suiting – all sold out of her Marylebone shop on Chiltern Street, as well as via the Hamilton + Hare website and through selected retailers, including Mr Porter.
 
 Francis tells Tom Bottomley, Contributing Editor at TheIndustry.fashion, all about her journey so far, and plans for the future.


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Joanna Jensen is the Founder of Childs Farm, a natural and eco-friendly skincare and haircare brand designed for babies and children. 
 
Childs Farm was first launched as a solution to the sensitive and eczema prone skin of Joanna’s daughters. 
 
Today, the brand’s growing range of products are available online and in-store at a number of major retailers including Boots, Waitrose, and Amazon. 
 
Joanna, speaks to Sophie Smith, Senior News & Features Writer at the TheIndustry.beauty, about the inspiration behind the brand, its journey to achieving B Corp certification, how Childs Farm’s product range has developed over the years, and what it’s been like since PZ Cussons acquired the brand last year.

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