From modelling at 17 to styling campaigns, building sets and presenting live on QVC, Emma Lightbown has built a 20-year career rooted in creativity and graft. In this candid STYLISA FoundHers interview, she shares her pivot from “seen and not heard” to finding her voice, the reality of freelance feast and famine, and why fashion should feel like self-care, not pressure.

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