Rhianna Knight, founder of Amble on creating an outdoor apparel brand focussed on women and sustainability, plus multiday hiking adventures of her own!

Episode 49! Today's episode is a laughter filled, insightful conversation with Rhianna Knight, based on Wurundjeri Country. Rhianna is a fashion designer, hiker, founder of Amble Outdoors and all in all, a really joyful, inspiring creative and adventurous human.

While out on her own hiking adventures, including in Patagonia, Rhianna realised that while the gear she was wearing was technically appropriate for the conditions, her sense of personal style was totally missing in the then offering for women in the outdoors. Building on her experience as a Fashion Design student, and a really valuable internship in a small snow sports brand where her responsibilities were huge and wide ranging, Rhianna set out to design her own line of outdoor apparel which women can feel good in, while also focusing on sustainability throughout the journey.

Rhianna shares with us so many gems when it comes to the realities of creating, and continuing to evolve "Amble" with sustainability in mind, and her knowledge and passion in this space is so incredibly evident, along with her strong desire to see more women outdoors.

Tune in to hear about many things not limited to:

• building an outdoor apparel brand
• sustainability considerations in creating and choosing outdoor gear
• designing for women and size inclusivity for women
• Rhianna's experience in multi-day hikes and her contrasting approaches to different (both solo and shared) adventures

Amongst others that we no doubt didn't cover (!) Rhianna herself has hiked Wilsons Prom; Great Ocean Road Walk; Larapinta Trail; Grampians Peaks Trail, in addition to her overseas adventures. It's clear that her very open minded and really balanced approach to her own adventures brings such an inclusive perspective to the development of her own brand.

Rhianna mentions the book "Let my People Go Surfing" - Yvon Chouinard.

To find Rhianna online, visit @amble.outdoors or www.ambleoutdoors.com.au

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