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Julian Osborne and Sam Matanle founded Batch Ldn in 2021. The men's casual suiting business was worth £3m and had bagged a 2,000 sq ft Covent Garden flagship just three years later. Osborne shares its journey.

Ross Worswick and Scott Shashua, founders of The Couture Club, share how they’ve grown their streetwear brand into a premium lifestyle label stocked by Flannels and Selfridges – and talk juggling kids with gym sessions while expanding categories and retail presence.

Ainsleigh-Paige Sutherland, founder of Wanderdoll, wants to scale the British womenswear brand and sees physical stores in its future. She tells Drapers about the roots of the business.

Social media influencer turned entrepreneur Perrie Sian, who on 5 October unveiled her womenswear label Reasn, co-founded with Adam Frisby, shares insights on how she developed the brand.

Barbara Horspool, former product director at The White Company who has also led product strategy at Jigsaw, New Look, Marks & Spencer and Esprit, launched elevated  sleepwear brand Mamu at the end of September. Mamu focuses on refined but relaxed pieces designed for "power dressing at home". Horspool shares her learnings on starting a business from scratch – and her advice for others.

Ryan Llewellyn-Pace, former Barbour managing director and founder of sustainability-focused unisex brand Hay Life, celebrates one year in business and shares his plans for global expansion and a standalone store.

Drapers hears from Beatriz de los Mozos, founder of Madrid-based footwear brand Flabelus, about its path to creating artisanal footwear at scale as the business expands into ready-to-wear and opens its first permanent store in New York.

Drapers speaks with former Topshop fashion director Gillian Ridley Whittle on implementing her career learnings into founding seasonless lingerie brand Peachaus.

Challenger sportswear brand Montirex is aiming to make £130m in revenue in 2025, just six years after it was launched by Liverpool entrepreneurs Daniel Yuen and Kieran Riddell-Austin. Drapers speaks with the founders about what’s behind the brand’s rapid growth.

Following a collaboration with Nobody's Child, Drapers hears from Elizabeth Scarlett, founder of the eponymous accessories brand, about why it has put wildlife conservation at the heart of the business and how it plans to double its revenue this year.