Season 12, Episode 1: Leadership Style (with guest Kirsty McGregor)

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.