Tash Sefton on Divorce, Losing Herself & Starting Over After 22 Years | Part 1

What happens when the life you built no longer feels like your own?

This is part one of a two-part conversation. Marie Claire editor Georgie McCourt sits down with fashion entrepreneur, digital creator and Where Did Your Style Go? founder Tash Sefton to talk about her extraordinary career, motherhood, divorce and the experience of rebuilding your identity from scratch.

Tash takes us back to the beginning, from discovering her love of fashion through her Croatian grandmother and mother, to becoming a fashion buyer, entrepreneur and one of Australia's most recognisable style voices. She reflects on more than two decades spent shaping the way Australian women shop and dress, and why she eventually walked away from parts of the fashion industry that no longer felt authentic.

She opens up about the end of her 22-year marriage, navigating divorce with children, and rediscovering who she was outside of being a wife and mother. Tash reflects on learning to be comfortable alone, rebuilding her confidence and identity, and finding the freedom to start again.

Tash also shares what happened when she stopped looking for love, began dating again, and discovered that a new chapter could be even better than the one she'd left behind.

Part two continues the conversation with Tash on finding love again, turning 50, the evolution of her personal style, authenticity on social media, and why so many women reach a point in life where they no longer recognise themselves.

This episode covers:

• Discovering fashion through her grandmother and mother
• Building a career as a fashion buyer, entrepreneur and digital creator
• More than two decades shaping Australian women's approach to style
• Walking away from parts of the fashion industry that no longer felt authentic
• The end of her 22-year marriage
• Navigating divorce and motherhood
• Losing and rebuilding her sense of identity
• Learning to have a relationship with herself
• Finding freedom and contentment in being alone
• Dating after divorce and rediscovering herself
• Why she wasn't looking for love when it eventually found her
• Starting again and believing life can get better

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Credits:

Host Georgie McCourt

Edited by Helen Smith

Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain

With thanks to our amazing team at Marie Claire

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