by Claire Etchell | 23rd April 2018 | Getting Naked With
If you look up ‘happy’ in the dictionary, I’m pretty sure you’ll find a picture of the bubbly and vivacious Erika Swinn smiling out from the pages. I met Erika circa 2010 (give or take) when we were both working at Mamas & Papas and she was a confident, lovely...
by Claire Etchell | 23rd March 2018 | Getting Naked With
Donna McCulloch is better known to her followers as stylist SulkyDoll who shares her daily fashion choices, London events and styling updates on Instagram. Life is glossy on the outside with stints at Fashion Week, press days and parties, but don’t mistake that for an...
by Claire Etchell | 9th February 2018 | Getting Naked With
I first met Carl Thompson when I was at one of my client’s London Morgan’s showroom in Astwood Mews where I taken it as my personal mission to sell him the virtues of the super sleek and shiny Morgan Plus 4. Well, to be honest, the car kinda sells itself,...
by Claire Etchell | 6th February 2018 | Getting Naked With
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of ghostwriting; it holds a kind of mysterious glamour that I find intoxicating. How it works and what it REALLY means is often the source of discussion in the media so I am thrilled that a real life ghost has agreed to be pinned...
by Claire Etchell | 21st December 2017 | Getting Naked With
Slovenian born Maja Malnar is breath of fresh air as she is always happy, smiling and oozing confidence. I met Maja through her partner in Instagram crime, LornaLuxe who simply says that Maja represents genuine ‘goals’ with her mix of wanderlust, fashion and a touch...
by Claire Etchell | 13th November 2017 | Getting Naked With
“I like a Hendricks with some cucumber, and any other gin I’ll take with a helluva’lotta lime!” Meeting Kelly Eastwood, a.k.a ‘The London Chatter,’ at Mr Foggs Gin Parlour for her DONNA IDA Style Insider, you can tell instantly why she has been so successful in...
by Claire Etchell | 18th October 2017 | Getting Naked With
I first met Luke Chilton at a party approximately a hundred years ago where there was a free bar (standard) and if memory serves me correctly, an up-and-coming singer called Emeli Sandé was providing the entertainment. At the time Luke was writing for a magazine but...
by Claire Etchell | 10th October 2017 | Getting Naked With
When I first met Rachel Tompkins, it was in the dusty office of the The Ripple Student Newspaper at Leicester University and I was so in awe of her I was completely mute (not the best first impression huh?). She was the Deputy Editor, I was the new Features Editor,...
by Claire Etchell | 24th May 2017 | Getting Naked With
Blogger and marketing agency co-founder, Nik Speller, soared onto my radar when he put together a quick, no frills video on how to spot bought/fake followers and those pesky bots on Instagram. Why? Because although I can use my brain to assess social media stars as...
by Claire Etchell | 9th February 2017 | Getting Naked With
Nicola de Burlet is a chic, classy, stylish PR…and there’s no need to take my word for it, let’s listen to what Trish Halpin, editor of Marie Claire had to say. “Nicola has always been a figurehead of the fragrance PR industry. Her experience is...
by Claire Etchell | 10th August 2016 | Getting Naked With
Fashion Editor & Stylist Nini Khatiblou has an infectious character, ten minutes in her presence and you’ll be smiling – promise! I’ve been working with Nini for, like, for-EVER, since she was at Good Housekeeping and I would send her jeans to...
by Claire Etchell | 17th August 2015 | Getting Naked With
LornaLuxe has burst into my life like a perfectly formed, seriously well-dressed stick of dynamite. My first glance of LornaLuxe came at Donna Ida as I perused the shots the team had taken of denim lovers at London Fashion Week. LornaLuxe was selected as one of our...
by Claire Etchell | 19th July 2015 | Getting Naked With
Rachel Hardy was born to be in PR; she’s super hardworking, passionate, supreme networker and she has (quite importantly) got the type of honesty and integrity that has made her respected by her colleagues, peers, celebrities and journalists alike. She is THE Head of...
by Claire Etchell | 16th June 2015 | Getting Naked With
If you have ever seen Kinvara Balfour on stage, you’ll know that she is the epitome of elegance and poise. If you have been paying attention to what she is saying, you’ll know that she is determined, knowledgable and at home in the spotlight. These...
by Claire Etchell | 22nd May 2015 | Getting Naked With
Think PR is all fluffy canapés and champagne? Think again my friends, because PR is a business. Jim Hawker is a serious PR guy with a witty sense of humour, for who else would have named their agency after Sherlock Holmes (think Conan Doyle rather than Benedict...
by Claire Etchell | 27th April 2015 | Getting Naked With
Hannah Rochell is a modern multi-tasker. As Fashion Features Editor at InStyle magazine, she’s committed to delivering inspirational yet practical advice to 30 something women who are looking for catwalk style for real life. As if that wasn’t challenging...
by Claire Etchell | 1st March 2015 | Getting Naked With
You need a cool head to work in digital, but you need nerves of steel if you’re heading up the world’s leading fashion website. Lauren Milligan is in the driving seat of Vogue Online as their News Editor, quite literally breaking fashion news every,...
by Claire Etchell | 13th February 2015 | Getting Naked With
I have been trying to think of a way to capture Courtney Blackman in a few mere sentences and bring to life her bubbly persona in text. The effervescent PR guru is the life and soul of the party, and if you’re at that party, rest assured she’s probably the...
by Claire Etchell | 22nd January 2015 | Getting Naked With
I, like many people I suspect, first knew of Navaz Batliwalla through her fashion blog Disneyrollergirl. Her achingly cool blog is something of a juxtaposition – a name which could suggest you might be served up a Mickey Mouse fashion blogger on roller skates but in...
