Carol’s Cow Collection

What 200 people didn’t see: the Costco trolley, the cake we couldn’t serve, and my mum calling mid-panel 🛒🎂📞

Hours before Fashion Entrepreneurship: Principles and Practice launched at The Hanger, it was an empty room, a very full Costco trolley, and a beautiful cow-decorated cake (obviously, if you know me, you know).

The room filled up, the night began, and somewhere between the author insights and the panel, the ants discovered the cake before any of our guests could. A proper send-off, RIP 🐜🎂

And as if the night needed one more unscripted moment: mid-panel discussion, my phone started ringing. Out loud. On the speakers. In front of everyone. It was my mum. Four times. I picked up and told her I was literally launching my book right now, and she asked what the title was and she still wanted to chat 😂

By the end of the night I was signing copies and laughing so much I could barely hold the pen straight. And then, just like that, an empty room again, this time full of memories instead of nerves.

From an empty room to a full house, a cake we never got to eat, chaos to celebration. Couldn’t have done any of it without our incredible volunteers who showed up early, worked so hard, and made the whole night possible.

This is the part of the story nobody usually sees. So grateful for every single person who was part of it.

Spent a wonderful morning with my students at an exclusive, private walkthrough of the stunning CHANEL Métiers d’art 2026 Collection at the Lyon Housemuseum. It was an incredible sensory experience for them to touch, feel, and truly understand the exceptional craftsmanship of the ateliers firsthand. 🏛️✨

It was the perfect showcase of how high-level creative vision intersects with the business of luxury, especially seeing Matthieu Blazy’s brilliant debut Métiers d’art collection. Such an inspiring experience outside the classroom! 🖤🗽

Celebrating the upcoming launch of Fashion Entrepreneurship: Principles and Practice 📚✨

So naturally… I gave in to the AI poster trend 🤭🐄

Apparently my entire personality can now be summarised as:
• Fashion Entrepreneurship at RMIT
• cow-print everything
• Ushi supervising operations
• my world of cow-related stuff
• and entrepreneurial ideas everywhere.

Built this with ChatGPT over many, many iterations… and if only I actually looked this glamorous in real life 😂

But honestly, the message behind it is real:
Fashion is more than clothes. It’s ideas, innovation, entrepreneurship and impact.

Also… this feels like a good moment to invite everyone to the upcoming book launch 📚✨ Link in bio 🐮

When the wardrobe gets a major upgrade. 🌟

Still buzzing from a wonderful afternoon with the team and my students last week, and very excited to bring this gorgeous print into my weekly rotation. Thank you Neomi for being the host with the most! 🤍✨

Perfectly coordinated. Even the cat got the memo. ✨🐮🖤🤍🐱