Growth with a point of view

Lys and Lama Riachi have given BLSSD a distinct fashion point of view connected to personal experience and purpose. In their April 2026 interview with A&E, they describe the label’s connection to the support initiative Blessed (together), and the importance of seeing customers make the pieces their own.

That is a specific kind of achievement: building a recognisable creative language while allowing it to become part of someone else’s life. The sisters speak about growing the brand’s reach and depth while preserving its essence. Their joint account also makes room for creative differences. The tension is part of the way they describe working together.

A second place is a new set of decisions.

Neha Mishra built Kinoya in Dubai before taking the concept to Harrods in London. In a March 2025 interview with FACT, she discusses the significance of that international step and describes an approach to growth that is slow and meaningful.

Her account includes criticism about cooking Japanese food as a non-Japanese chef and gender stereotypes she has encountered. Those are her experiences, reported in that interview. They sit alongside the restaurant she has built and the standards she wants to carry forward.

For a founder facing expansion, the useful question may be less about how far a name can go and more about what must stay recognisable when it gets there.

Sources checked 10 October 2026. Interview dates are retained in the text. The people and businesses discussed are independent editorial subjects; inclusion does not indicate a client relationship or collective participation.