Chantelle is the founder of Tiagi, a global production company whose clients include: Adidas, Mulberry, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. She also founded Kin Club, which hosts curated networking events for ambitious parents.

On this episode of Mothers of Creativity, she joins host Sabrina Sarl to talk about falling into production after an internship at Liberty, producing three to four shoots a week across Europe at Rep Limited, and going freelance to produce covers for Porter magazine before building her own company from the living room of her one-bed flat.

The conversation moves into motherhood: pregnancy brain, the forty days she spent at home with her newborn, building a village of family support around her return to work, and announcing nursery pickup on set. She shares her top networking tips for walking into a room alone, and why motherhood made her ruthless about time.

Chantelle and Sabrina talk about why relationships sit at the heart of everything she's built, and what she hopes her son will take from watching her work.

See more of Chantelle's work below:
@notoriouscst
@tiagi
@kinclublondon
www.tiagi.com

Show Host:
@sabrina.sarl
https://www.sabrinasarl.com/

Show Producer: Cheramie Johnson
Show Editor: Alexandra Covey
Music by Devon May
Podcast Artwork with thanks to David English

Mothers of Creativity creates space for guests to share how their careers have evolved alongside motherhood, beyond clichés and limiting narratives.

This is an ongoing series for creative mothers and for anyone interested in how life experience shapes the way we work and define success.

Gina Blondell is a makeup artist whose client list includes i-D Magazine, A$AP Rocky, FKA Twigs, Adidas and Estée Lauder with credits on Wicked and Back to Black.

On this episode of Mothers of Creativity, she joins host Sabrina Sarl to talk about building her career from an accidental start in film prosthetics to training at MAC and assisting leading makeup artists such as Alex Box and Kay Montano.

The conversation moves into freelance life as a mother of three: the ectopic pregnancy that momentarily changed her mindset on motherhood, the real cost of childcare against freelance income, and an ADHD diagnosis that came into focus through parenting.

Gina and Sabrina talk through what it means to stop measuring your pace against everyone else's, and why keeping your head above water is its own kind of success.

See more of Gina's work below:
@gina_blondell
www.ginablondell.com

Show Host:
@sabrina.sarl
https://www.sabrinasarl.com/

Show Producer: Cheramie Johnson
Show Editor: Alexandra Covey
Music by Devon May
Podcast Artwork with thanks to David English

Mothers of Creativity creates space for guests to share how their careers have evolved alongside motherhood, beyond clichés and limiting narratives.

This is an ongoing series for creative mothers and for anyone interested in how life experience shapes the way we work and define success.

Esperanza de la Fuente, known as Espe, is a London-based fashion stylist and art director whose client list includes Calvin Klein, Nike and Zara. On this episode of Mothers of Creativity, she joins host Sabrina Sarl to talk about the years she's spent building that career, starting with a move from Madrid to London and barely speaking any English, through internships at British Vogue and Elle, to going freelance at 27 with £8,000 in savings and no plan beyond it.

The conversation discusses freelance life as a working mother, keeping a styling career running through two maternity leaves, what it takes to make international jobs possible, and bringing her children to set. Espe is also the founder of Whole Talk, a health and wellbeing magazine born out of a diploma in holistic nutrition. She and Sabrina talk through what it means to never quite feel established, and Espe's own take on stepping back from a career you love for your kids: not a loss of ambition, but an act of generosity.

See more of Espe's work below:
@esperanzadelafuente_
@espedelafuente
@wholetalk_

Show Host:
@sabrina.sarl
https://www.sabrinasarl.com/

Show Producer: Cheramie Johnson
Show Editor: Alexandra Covey
Music by Devon May
Podcast Artwork with thanks to David English

Mothers of Creativity creates space for guests to share how their careers have evolved alongside motherhood, beyond clichés and limiting narratives.

This is an ongoing series for creative mothers and for anyone interested in how life experience shapes the way we work and define success.