45. Style and Substance

Founder: Kathryn Heaven

Revenue: $346,455

Year: 2009

Head Office: New South Wales

Employees: 1

Industry: Retail

Website: https://www.styleandsubstance.com.au

Style and Substance founder Kathryn Heaven has loved clothes from the moment she was old enough to dress up in her mum’s shoes. But after exploring a number of different ways to break into the fashion industry, she hit a hurdle.

“I soon discovered that being overweight was a significant barrier in fulfilling my dreams of working in the fashion industry. My body, no matter what size I was, never seemed to fit mainstream fashion ideals.”