Mentoring Matters

A couple of weeks ago we provided tickets for some of our cohort to attend @the_globe to see their brilliant performance of Deep Azure written by Chadwick Boseman. 💫 Our gang had a great time and sent us these beautiful pictures.🥹😎💜 We believe that Joy is key to creative journeys and we love opening doors to cultural spaces for our Alumni’s enjoyment to inspire, educate and just have fun!💝 Huge thanks to Nicki at the globe for making this affordable for us to facilitate. We appreciate you.❤️❤️

🚨Mentoring Matters applications are now open! 🚨 For the opportunity to work with these amazing creatives, head to our link tree or website and APPLY NOW 💫 The deadline for this round is 11:59pm BST Friday 5th June . Don’t miss out!⏰ We are global, 🌍 You can apply from anywhere. Don’t worry about perfect experience or applications just read through what we need from you and check your eligibility on our application form. Take your time and send something over that will catch our mentors’ eye. 💥 Please share, hit repost and spread the word, to give as many people as possible the chance to join us.📣📣 We will look forward to welcoming more of you into our faMMily soon Good luck! 🍀

NATHAN KLEIN Nathan Klein is a stylist, creative director and the Fashion Director of Family Style magazine. His work focuses on form, colour and elevated conceptual designs. Nathan is known for his ability to reinterpret garments in unconventional ways and his emphasis on sustainability in fashion. He is inspired by surrealism, subcultures and the reclamation of queer identities. Nathan’s stylistic handwriting was forged in his early experiences studying photography which led him to discover his ability to weave complex narratives using garments and materials as his medium. Separately to his role as Fashion Director of Family Style, Klein has shot for a range of editorial publications including Vogue, AnOther, Luncheon, D-Republica, More or Less and T Magazine. Working internationally with brands including Hermes, Dior, Off-White, Moncler, Kenzo, Bianca Saunders and more. Nathan has also worked closely with collaborators such as Venetia Scott, Campbell Addy, Nadine Ijewere, Renell Medrano, Agnes Lloyd Platt, Richard Burbridge and Solve Sundsbo.

CLAIRE ARNOLD Claire Arnold is an independent Creative Director and Director working across fashion, beauty, music, and film. Her work spans 360 campaigns for luxury houses, global artists, editorial platforms, and self-initiated projects, moving between commercial, conceptual, and editorial worlds. She has collaborated with brands including Prada, Chanel, Nike, and i-D, where she previously held the role of Associate Commercial Creative Director. Known for building cinematic worlds sitting somewhere between image-making, entertainment, and cultural commentary, her practice combines film, storytelling, performance, and experience through a distinctly instinctive and collaborative lens. Rooted in fashion, shaped by music, nightlife, technology, documentary, and contemporary culture, her work explores the tension between luxury and rawness, fantasy and reality, intimacy and spectacle.

LISE BRUDERER Lise Bruderer is Retail Corporate Executive at Rabanne and has lived in Paris her entire life. After completing a BTS in Spatial Design followed by a Master’s degree in Fashion and Luxury Management, she began her career in the retail industry, combining creativity with brand strategy and operational execution. Today, Lise works on the international deployment of retail spaces, managing requests for store openings and brand expansions across global markets. Her role consists in translating and implementing the brand image validated internally while adapting each project to the specific constraints and requirements of difFAMILY ferent countries and retail partners. Working between brand image, retail execution and international coordination, Lise supports the consistent deployment of the brand across different markets while contributing to projects that aim to create a qualitative and coherent customer experience.

PRIYA MATADEEN RETURNS Priya Matadeen is Brand Director at Mulberry.  Having always been interested in people and behaviour Priya graduated in psychology and chose to go into marketing. She started her career in creative agencies at Agency Republic, Wieden and Kennedy and BBDO. Priya then decided to specialise further in fashion and luxury and moved to Spring Studios to work under Robin Derrick, working with clients like Ferragamo, Mulberry and Philip Lim Priya then moved from Spring Studios to Vice Media where she worked across the Vice and i-D brands. Her proudest achievement was partnering with CHANEL to create an editorial platform celebrating female creativity- The Fifth Sense. A year long project containing daily editorial, film, print and events working with talent like Es Devlin and Harley Weir. Priya then briefly moved to British Vogue before taking the Managing Director role at Dazed Media; working closely with Susanne Waddell and Jefferson Hack to set the strategy for the group; building further on the reputation of the youth culture and pop provocateurs. Priya most recently joined GANNI as  the Chief Brand Officer, elevating the brand, platforming women and redefining responsible Scandi style in this next stage of growth and is currently at Mulberry during a key turnaround phase. In Priyaʼs spare time she is a Governor for University of the Arts London (CSM/ LCF/ LCC/ CCW) and keenly mentors with Mentoring Matters and The Outsiders Perspective.

Emily Lipson is an American photographer and director who is based between NYC + Paris. Her commercial clients include Nike, Vivienne Westwood, Diesel, Tom Ford, Warby Parker, and Zara, while her editorial work has appeared in Self Service, Re-Edition, Dazed, Vogue Italia, among others. Formerly represented by CLM Agency, Emily now runs an independent studio practice.   In 2026, she released her first monograph, DYKES, a 5-year photographic project designed by SJT Studio, alongside an exhibition in Paris. She photographed 50 people that identify as a dyke or member of the dyke community in a practice of sustained looking, arguing that identity can be both our greatest limitation and our greatest entry point for shared experiences and community building. The book received significant international press coverage and sold strongly upon release, resonating across both fashion and art audiences. Emily is passionate about mentoring emerging artists with a strong creative eye and fresh perspective, particularly those who may have struggled to find pathways into the industry or establish themselves and their voice.

FREDDIE WATERS Freddie Waters is a Director known for creating cinematic, character-led films across drama and comedy. For commercial work he is represented by Biscuit Filmworks. He has created campaigns for brands such as Nike, Adidas, McDonald’s and Sainsbury’s Christmas. In TV he’s done shows with BBC, Netflix and Comedy Central. His first feature is currently in development.

SADE AMOS Sade Amos is Quality Controller at Hunza G leading the standards and quality of the brand for swimwear and ready to wear pieces. Her career began at the Fashion Technology Academy in London where she studied for two years as a Fashion & Textiles Product Technologist as an apprentice and secured a work placement at M&S on their first ever apprenticeship scheme in 2014. Since then she has gone on to lead quality control for the brand AllSaints and Four Marketing, a fashion wholesale, design and retail businesses covering brands such as Stone Island, CP Company and Agent Provocateur. Her 10 year experience in quality control within a production team has given her a wide scope on the process of designing, making a garment, technical ability, sustainability, creative direction and marketing and a wide range of knowledge in fashion ecommerce.

KATY LOUIS Katy Louis is the co-founder of Margaret, a women-led, global communications company, creative studio and B Corp specialising in arts and culture.  Their mission is to create and give a voice to influential cultural projects, campaigns and communities that push boundaries and leave the world better than they found it.  Margaret works with both cultural institutions/creators as well as commercial brands - with clients ranging from Levi’s, MUBI, Houghton Festival, The Groucho, Venice Biennale Pavilions and The Photographers’ Gallery - helping them connect purposefully with the right audiences through culture. Katy began her career at Dazed Group as a marketing assistant, quickly rising to Communications Director, where she oversaw the launch of Dazed Digital, Another Magazine, and the group’s commercial projects. It was here that her love of culture and passion for championing creative talent really took hold, shaping her approach to storytelling, community building and collaboration. In recent years, Katy has stepped back from day-to-day management at Margaret, where she remains involved in an advisory capacity, and relocated to Hastings. Working on new ventures including new extra virgin olive oil brand GLUG, she is keen to share her experience and connections to help support emerging talent as they build their own careers in the creative industries.

HEIDI HASSAN Heidi Hassan is Vice President of DH-PR, where she leads on strategic communications, brand positioning, and global press relations across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle brands, with over a decade of experience. With Lebanese-Iraqi heritage, Heidi’s perspective is rooted in a cross-cultural understanding of identity, storytelling, and community. This informs how she approaches her work - bringing nuance, sensitivity, and a strong sense of purpose to the brands and talent she represents. She’s particularly passionate about supporting emerging talent, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, as they find their footing in the industry. Through mentorship, Heidi aims to offer honest guidance, practical insight, and a sense of encouragement for those carving out their own path.

BEX DAY Bex Day is a Photographer and Director from London. After working as a photo assistant for Ryan McGinley in New York, Day returned to London to become photo editor of PYLOT Magazine, an all-analogue fashion and arts publication with an ethos for zero beauty retouching. This laid the foundation for her own practice, which focuses predominantly on the themes of gender, identity, diversity and freedom of choice. Day has lectured about her work at Nicer Tuesdays (It’s Nice That), Cambridge University, The Hepworth Gallery, and the Vogue Italia ‘The Female Gaze’ 2016 and Masculinity Now 2018 exhibition., She has also displayed her work, and was nominated, for the Magnum Graduate Award 2016, C/O Berlin Talent Award 2020, This is Gender 2020, Wolf Suschitzky Prize 2021, Royal Photographic Society IPE 163 Shortlist 2021 and British Journal of Photography Portrait of Humanity Shortlist 2021. In 2019, Day completed her first solo exhibition and film called Hen at Herrick Gallery, London, centred around older transgender and non-binary communities in the UK. It was featured on BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 News, Vogue Italia, Twin, Vice, i-D, It’s Nice That, Refinery29, Buzzfeed’s ‘Photo Stories That Challenge Your View Of The World’, 10 Magazine, Dazed and Confused, and AnOther Magazine. In 2022, Day displayed her series and film Children of Covid, at Offshoot Gallery London. The series explored the impact of the pandemic on children ages 4 - 13. Channel 4 created a micro-documentary based on the series. It was also featured by Wallpaper, AnOther, The Sunday Times Magazine, Vogue Italia, Royal Photographic Society and The British Journal of Photography. In 2023, Day released her first photography book PETAL alongside her third solo show, celebrating the uniqueness of the vulva, and was featured on Gay Times, i-D, Showstudio, Hypebeast, Revue, and Hero. PETAL went on to show at Flowers Gallery, and Soho Revue.  Editorial and commercial clients include Adidas, Adobe, AnOther Magazine, Apple, Bodyform, Burberry, Dazed and Confused, Fendi, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Jo Malone, Levi’s, Louis Vuitton, The New York Times, Stella McCartney, Swarovski and Vogue Italia.