Stay ConnectedWhat will it really take to create a more sustainable and equitable future for fashion? Each week, hosts Elizabeth Joy and Stella Hertantyo interview fashion changemakers — from labor activists to slow fashion entrepreneurs — to explore this very question. Hear about topics like greenwashing, garment worker rights, consumer psychology, secondhand fashion, making the most of your closet, and more.
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In this episode, Kestrel Jenkins — host of the Conscious Chatter podcast — is sharing her thoughts on slow media. Kestrel also shares:
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In this episode, we'll be exploring a new approach to production with Sally Lim, the co-owner of 2°EAST. Sally is sharing:
Hit play and join us as we peel the layers of what transparent production looks like.
Note: this episode was made as part of a partnership with 2°EAST. But it's not a promo episode — it's still as educational, inspirational, and useful as the rest of the Conscious Style Podcast episodes (hopefully!) are for you.
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Uncover lost textile histories with Karen Baker — a researcher and ethnographic fiber artist — in this episode. You'll also hear Karen talk about:
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In this episode, Sam Weir — a professional slow fashion stylist and the founder of one-on-one sustainable styling service Lotte is sharing:
Hit play to find out how you can be a part of the slow fashion movement by simply loving what you already own!
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The impacts of fast fashion have been well documented — awareness of the industry's destruction of the environment and exploitation of people around the world has never been higher.
Yet, we are continuing to see a rise in fast fashion consumption. In fact, when you look at ultra-fast fashion brands like Shein, fast fashion has only gotten cheaper, faster, and bigger.
We're in the midst of a climate crisis. So why can't we stop buying so many cheap clothes?
What makes this fast-fashion habit so particularly hard to break? Well, that is what we're going to be talking about today with our guest: Zainab. In this episode, she'll be breaking down:
Hit play and join us in exploring just how fast fashion brands are "using every trick in the book to get us addicted"...
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https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/zainab-mahmood-fast-fashion
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Could social enterprises offer a blueprint for how fashion can start to center people above shareholder profits?
Well, this is the question that will be explored in today's episode hosted by Stella Hertantyo with guest Simone Cipriani of the Ethical Fashion Initiative. Simone covers so many important topics, including:
Hit play to find out how social enterprises can shift fashion’s future.
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The current fashion system puts profits above people and the planet. But what if we could flip this on its head and get fashion to actually put human and ecological health first?
Well, that's exactly what a wellbeing economy for fashion could do — otherwise known as a "Wellbeing Wardrobe".
Commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau, Wellbeing Wardrobe is an in-depth report that identified ways that fashion could participate effectively in a post-growth future to work in the interest of the common good.
In this episode, you'll hear from three members of the research team at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney:
Hit play and find out how we can all participate in this change and what a healthier future for fashion could look like.
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When we think about slow fashion, there's a lot of tactical advice out there and this is all important and vital to talk about. But a long-term sustainable approach to conscious fashion goes beyond the actions we see at the surface and involves creating a new mindset around what we buy and own.
In today's conversation, I am going to be chatting with slow fashion content creator Jessica Harumi about:
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Cheap clothes come at a cost to the environment, to the people working across the fashion supply chain, and maybe even to fast fashion consumers too.
In this episode, we are going to explore all of the hidden — the true — costs of fast fashion.
This is the first episode of season 4, which will be focused on dramatically slowing down fashion and envisioning what a post-growth or degrowth future for fashion would look like.
Before we get into all of the ways we can slow down fashion though, I wanted to talk about what is wrong with fast fashion. So hit play for a deep-dive into fast fashion's environmental impacts and social impacts.
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What will it really take to create a more sustainable and equitable future for fashion? Join me, your host Elizabeth, as I interview changemakers in the fashion industry to explore this very question.
Every Tuesday on the Conscious Style Podcast, you'll hear from guests from labor activists and organizers to slow fashion entrepreneurs and designers to ethical fashion authors and creators to fashion psychologists and sustainable fashion stylists, who are diving into all of the questions you've been asking about conscious fashion.
Listen to the trailer to get a preview of what to expect in this show.
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