Alysha Gardiner
Selected work

01 / Betts

Reimagining a
heritage brand

Helping reposition a 130+ year footwear brand through a more distinctive visual world, creator strategy and culturally relevant brand moments.

My role

Brand positioning · Campaign development · Visual direction · Creator strategy · PR · Events

01 / Changing the brand world

Building a more
fashion led brand world

Betts had more than 130 years of heritage. Working closely with the CMO, I helped translate the evolving positioning into a more elevated, fashion-led brand world — shaping campaign direction, imagery, casting, content, creators and storytelling.

Campaign / AW26

Your winter
alter ego

A seasonal footwear collection reframed as an elevated, city-led fashion story with a sharp 90s visual language.

My role

Campaign development · Casting · Location · Moodboards · Creative briefing · Production · Rollout

Betts winter campaign model photographed outside a city building
Model in a sculptural brown winter coat for Betts
AW26 / campaign world
Betts campaign detail of brown loafers styled in the city
Styling / casting / visual direction

The campaign reinforced the new positioning, generating organic buzz, shifting brand sentiment and attracting industry recognition and high-profile collaboration interest.

03 / Culture + activation

From content
to culture

The next step was taking the brand beyond campaign imagery — building relevance through fashion-aligned creators, organic advocacy, PR and culturally connected brand moments.

Creator wearing zebra-print Betts wedges against a green wall
Three fashion creators lounging across the retro cinema seats
Guest in a red dress at the Betts private screening

Casting board / fashion-aligned creators in Betts

Brand activation / The Devil Wears Dupes

Around the release of The Devil Wears Prada 2, I conceived and led a private cinema experience for 40 creators, using “dupe culture” as the creative hook — leading the activation from concept through to creator strategy, guest experience, styling and content.

Guest in a mustard Betts coat and knee-high boots relaxing across cinema seats with a cocktail
Creator's brown knee-high Betts boots kicked up across a cinema seat
A selection of Betts heels and mules placed on retro cinema seats
Two creators sharing Betts popcorn in the cinema seats
Guests arriving at the Betts private screening
Guests watching the screening inside the private cinema
40 creators / private screening

04 / Impact

The shift wasn’t
just visual.

74K → 89K
Instagram audience in seven months
+97%
YoY revenue growth during the repositioning period

The repositioning generated significant industry attention, with top-tier creators, talent and fashion professionals increasingly receptive to Betts — driving collaboration interest, organic buzz and a noticeable shift in brand perception.