It’s International Women’s Day this week and who better to speak to than the iconic and wonderfully inspirational fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes?
This conversation was recorded live on stage at Springfair in February 2024. Dame Zandra tells Natalie about:
- The highs and lows of breaking into the US fashion scene in the 1960s.
- How she has spent her life rallying against what was expected of her – both as a designer and a female.
- How her personal image has led to the success of her brand and more recent collaborations with IKEA, Happy Socks and Poppy Lissiman.
- What it was like to dress Freddie Mercury and which cultural icon she’d love to work with today.
- Her rainbow penthouse and pandemic pivots.
- Fashion retail trends – from the rise of digital to the need for circularity.
- What’s next for Dame Zandra?