Clare Rous and Kara Iland are founders of private members’ fashion boutique ROUS ILAND. Having worked as international arbitration lawyers at Clifford Chance in London and Paris, Clare & Kara founded ROUS ILAND to provide a highly personalized and exclusive shopping service for busy, high-powered and glamorous women. Bankers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, charity committees and media personalities seek out their expertise to develop a wardrobe individually tailored to their lifestyle and appearance. Sourced from around the world, from Copenhagen to São Paulo, London to Sydney, every piece in their collection is carefully cherry-picked for their members to offer an alternative to the mainstream—true style for all occasions: work, weekend, events and travel. Members of the boutique can try on clothes in the discreet tranquility of the private Mayfair showroom, open by appointment whenever convenient for them. With Clare & Kara always on hand to offer personalized styling advice, members are at liberty to experiment with different cuts, colors and silhouettes to focus on building a wardrobe of investment pieces they love. In just 4 years they have grown their membership to 2,000 spreading by word of mouth. Membership is by invitation only and is free. www.rousiland.com Interview by Marie Teather