Sitting down with the designer, director, and founder of Harriet Rose (independent fashion brand specialising in all things
corsetry) Harriet Feldman, I had the privilege of a first-hand insight into being a young designer. The entrepreneur, exhibiting an evident passion for corset design, business, and fashion, talked about her new brand. The ups and downs, challenges, experiences and, above all, what it is about setting up her own business that makes her get up in the morning. In
her own words, “when I talk about what I love, there is a fire in my eyes.”
Harriet is currently a student at university in Bournemouth studying costume design. “I did fashion design for two years and then changed to costume design. Everyone in the department was focusing on fashion – what is trendy, what is current. I, on the other hand, was just going back in time. I never knew, though, that I would end up wanting to do costume design! My biggest inspiration now is corsetry, which I absolutel