The label: AlbarayFormerly: Design director at WarehouseLabel’s USP: Sustainable fabricsAt the start of the first lockdown, Warehouse suddenly went into administration and it forced me to consider what I wanted to do next.
Having worked with some big companies for 25 years, the high street wasn’t where I wanted to be any more.Over a glass of wine last summer, my co-founder Paula [Stewart, former group chief product officer of Oasis and Warehouse Group, pictured above with Karen] and I spoke about starting something ourselves.
Then we contacted another ex colleague, Kirstie [Di Stazio, former commercial director at Warehouse] to see if she would join us.We launched Albaray in April.
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