Terry Betts, Director of Buying & Business Development, Thread

Terry Betts is one of the best known faces in the British menswear market having held senior buying roles for some of industry’s most iconic retailers including Harvey Nichols and Selfridges. He was also part of the founding team for the then ground-breaking online menswear retailer Mr Porter, the brother site of Net-A-Porter.Six and a half years ago he made the bold move of leaving a plum job at Selfridges to join a fledgling clothes discovery platform, called Thread, where he is now its Director of Buying & Business Development.Thread combines human stylists and a unique algorithm to provide a personalised shopping service stocking styles from the high street through to designer brands, and has recently branched into womenswear.This episode of TheIndustry.fashion’s In Conversation podcast is hosted by Lauretta Roberts, Editor in chief of TheIndustry.fashion, who met Terry when they were both students at the University of London’s Goldsmiths’ College in the early 1990s.  She remembers him being probably the best dressed man on campus (and certainly the only one she ever saw wearing Thierry Mugler tailoring and Dirk Bikkembergs boots) it was clear even then that he had fashion in his blood and he was already working part time in a celebrated independent boutique.Terry tells Lauretta what it was that sparked his love for the industry at such a young age, how he has helped shape the menswear offer for some of the industry’s best known retailers and supported the careers of some its best known designers. He also tells her what it was that drew him to Thread and he enjoys helping other men feel more confident in their style and themselves.Get breaking news as it happens and be the first to know when our podcasts go live by following:  INSTAGRAM  ***  LINKEDIN  ***  TWITTER  ***  FACEBOOKGet breaking news, big name interviews & insights delivered to your inbox daily HERE