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Author: Roxanne Parker

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Roxanne Parker is a sustainable fashion stylist transforming the fashion industry by only working with ethical clothes & using a compassionate approach to people finding their soul style. Souls style is about remembering the person you truly were before society told you who you should be. This podcasts merges rediscovering your personal style while exploring sustainable ways of doing it through weekly conversations with people making changes to move fashion towards sustainable practices. Whether she is working on wardrobe for television, commercials, celebrities or editorials, Roxanne is most at home when she is helping people improve their relationship with clothes by guided them to find their true style through ethical fashion choices. Clothes are a way of expressing yourself and finding your way back to your essence and it is a body, mind and spirit journey . Roxanne’s journey has spanned a twenty year career in fashion working as a stylist, fashion editor, journalist and a creative director. Soul style is a podcast about coming back to you & that still small voice inside that knows who you are, beyond trends, advertising and influencers telling you what you should be wearing. It’s time to get back to basics, it’s time to get back to you.This podcast is about guiding you back to your personal style in a way that is kind to the planet, animals & people who live here.
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2022-08-2543:14

One of the questions I get asked the most is where can I shop for sustainable clothes?! With this in mind this week I talk to Gráinne Wynne owner of Beautiful South, a boutique in Rathmines, Dublin Ireland which stocks ethically sourced fashion from European & indigenous Irish brands. Gráinne set up her boutique in 2018 after rearing her family & deciding to go back to work. With a background in hospitality but a life long appreciation of design, Gráinne decided to follow her lo...
In this episode of My Soul Style I talk to Siadbh Duffy, founder of SIADBH, a range of ethically sourced crystal jewellery amulets. In this episode we discuss some of the murky unethical practices of the crystal industry and how Siadbh has navigated this world to work with small ethically run mines and a family that are fairly paid to cut and polish the stones in her range. We cover what are ghost and inclusions in crystals and how these so called flaws can mean many crystals are unnece...
This week is an extra special episode where I talk to my lovely mother, Marjorie Parker! My mum has been a huge influence in my life when it comes to my relationship with, style, fashion & clothes. She is and always has been an incredibly stylish lady with her own unique take on style. I definitely learnt how to embody my own soul style through watching how my mum interpreted and put clothes together. I really feel she was a massive influence on my becoming a fashion stylist. Born in 193...
In this solo episode I address some of the many questions listeners have sent to me recently on how & where to get affordable sustainable fashion. After a quick catch up on exciting sustainable projects that I have been working on since the inception of My Soul Style, I run through the pros & cons of charity shop thrifting & my top tips for charity shopping. Next I run through the pros & cons of shopping Depop, a peer to peer selling site specifically for clothes. I give my to...
Caring for Cashmere

Caring for Cashmere

2022-07-1129:59

This week on My Soul Style I talk with Suzy Monaghan, of Monaghan Cashmere, a store that specialises in ethically sourced Cashmere on South Anne Street in Dublin, Ireland. Monaghan Cashmere is a family run business which was established over 60 years ago by Suzie’s father, Tom Monaghan with his wife Therese. Tom who is 96 years of age is still active in the business! Suzie is married and has two children & is the creative director and head designer of Suzy Monaghan Cashmere, a contemporar...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

2022-07-0540:55

This week I speak to Pat Kane a sustainability strategist, speaker, writer, mother of two boys & founder of Reuzi, a one-stop- sustainability shop & educational hub. Pat also Co-hosts The Devil wears organic cotton, a podcast exploring businesses taking their first steps into sustainability. Pat’s company Reuzi sells products on-line & through pop up stores. Her products offer easy zero & reduced waste solutions to single use products and eco-friendly personal care & clean...
Waste is a Design Flaw

Waste is a Design Flaw

2022-06-2733:16

“This week on My Soul Style I chat to Aoife Rooney, Founder & designer of Aoife Lifestyle Bags; a range of sustainable, circular, gender-neutral bags that are both functional & luxurious. Aoife is breaking paradigms around what luxury bags can be, by designing collections made from recycled nylon made from reclaimed ghost fishing nets dumped at sea & carpets rescued from landfill. This type of recycled nylon can be recycled perpetually. This mother of two & former interi...
This week I chat to Sharon Farren head designer & co-founder of Kokoro Zen wear an eco-friendly, sustainable, gender neutral lifestyle clothing brand ethically made in Ireland from organic bamboo & GOT certified organic cotton. In this episode Sharon shares her soul style journey as a boutique owner & designer starting out in Dublin before moving to Brussels & Cannes in the South of France. Finally returning to Ireland to establish Kokoro Zen Wear. We discuss why Bamboo ...
With over twenty years experience as a fashion stylist My Soul Style podcast host introduces herself and her journey to becoming a sustainable stylist. From working as a fashion editor for a luxury magazine to the front row at London fashion week to becoming disillusioned with the ugly side of fashion and the exploitation of garment workers & the environment, in this debut episode Roxanne charts how she almost walked away from the industry she loves before she changed tact by making...
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