Top stylist and creative director Julia Muller joins host Elizabeth Solomon to share her journey from Amsterdam to New York, working with Vogue, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and more. Julia opens up about the highs and lows of the fashion world, how she discovers emerging designers, and what it really takes to succeed as a stylist today.

A must-listen for aspiring creatives, stylists, and designers.

Rosa Isela’s hats begin as a meditative craft and end as wearable drama—steam, blocks and rabbit-hair felt forming silhouettes built to be loved and lived in. She recounts the magical snowstorm runway and why every piece is truly “one of one.”

How a scientist built a fashion house and a community: Mona of Monzlapur on co-founding Flying Solo, turning lab images into prints, embracing gender-fluid design, and the DIY runway that put them on the map. Ten years in, reinvention is still the dress code.

Poemet is fashion with a pulse: expressive scarves, new matching bags, and a founder who scaled from solo sketches to international press. Listen to discover inside the designer’s journey—and the courage—it takes to launch and grow. Poemet means “a woman’s heartbeat” in Hebrew—each piece feels like an extension of the designer’s heart.

Emma, founder of Modern Natured, shares how she grew her brand from waist beads inspired by her Ghanaian heritage to a couture collection at Paris Fashion Week. Featured in Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and Forbes, Emma talks about sustainability, versatility in design, and her advice for young creatives on staying inspired, organized, and resilient.

From crafting heels worn by Lady Gaga and the Kardashians to reinventing footwear with wood soles and pearl-inspired details, Mina shares how she built not one but two iconic shoe brands. In this episode, she opens up about her teenage dream, her break from the industry, and her mission to strip wasteful plastics and toxins out of fashion without losing the fun. Expect bold colors, whimsical shapes, and a vision for shoes that last longer — and matter more.

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From Medical School to Beauty Mogul: The Moshika Beauty Story In this episode, we sit down with Kate, founder of Moshika Beauty, to hear how she traded her stethoscope for false lashes and built a clean, cruelty-free beauty brand from the ground up. Kate shares her inspiring leap from medical school to beauty influencer to entrepreneur, the six-month search for the perfect manufacturer, and the personal touch behind every product design. She credits Flying Solo as one of the very first retailers to carry Moshika Beauty, opening the door to collaborations with New York Fashion Week and partnerships with Macy’s, Salon Centric, and Shein Beauty. Kate also treats our listeners to an exclusive 20% discount with code FLYINGSOLO20 — because great beauty should be easy, ethical, and accessible.

In this episode, we sit down with Holly, founder and CEO of Fundae, the bold, joy-filled footwear brand redefining sustainable fashion. From a 25-year career in media and podcasting to debuting at Paris Fashion Week with Flying Solo, Holly shares how her love of shoes and passion for conscious consumerism sparked a revolution in plant-based, colorful, and truly sustainable design. She takes us behind the scenes of her patented magnetic hardware, Italian-sourced recycled soles, and materials like wine grape leather and cork — proving sustainability doesn’t have to be beige. This is the story of a founder who turned style, innovation, and purpose into a brand built for fun, flair, and a better future.

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