“That run in Iceland was very much about the people I shared that adventure with,” she says. “It is a very special and magical collection. I have named it Átta, which in Icelandic means ‘eight’. Every time we asked how far it was to the next break, one of the run co-organisers, Nick Carter, used to say, “About eight miles”. It became a running joke and brings really happy memories. It is much easier to run eight miles than 206 miles.
She became a fashion designer 12 years ago, after entering a Leeds Fashion Week competition to find new talent. Within months she had created a complete womenswear collection which she showed in the US at Virginia Fashion Week, followed by exhibitions in Malta, Iceland, Baltimore, Bangalore and around the UK. Now Bo Carter designs sell across the world, via her own website and also through independent-promoting online retailers including Wolf & Badger.