STATEMENTS: A Critical Fashion Podcast

Disability, Sustainability and Adaptive Design: Emily Morabito of Remedy May 10, 2021

Philippa and Katie speak with clothing designer Emily Morabito, founder of the adaptive activewear label Remedy. We spoke about her introduction and movement into adaptive design, the situation of clothing access for disabled people, and her approach to design and sustainability.

The Hollowness of Hype: In Conversation with Yanran Xiong Mar 24, 2021

In this week’s episode, creative director, stylist and artist Yanran Xiong (@pistachica) talks about the attributes of temporality, hype and glamour manifest in the fashion industry.

Pulling at Threads: In Conversation with Sophie Ross Feb 04, 2021

In this episode, Philippa and Katie speak over Zoom in the midst of the pandemic with journalist Sophie Ross. Ross rose to Twitter stardom when she put pieces of what eventually became Arielle Charnas' Covid-19 scandal together. Since then, Ross has continually painted full--and accurate--pictures of the transgressions that are made, and too often ignored, by some of Instagram's most influential influencers.

Beauty Maker: In Conversation With Arianna Lauren of Quwutsu'n Made Jan 11, 2021

Philippa interviews Arianna Lauren, founder of the beauty brand Quw'utsun' Made. Arianna and Philippa discuss her attempt to meet the needs of her community while preserving the traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish Nation, in order to share knowledge and pass it on to the next generations.

Shop Quw'utsun' Made: https://www.quwutsunmade.com/ Follow Arianna on Instagram: @quwutsunmade

Designing Sustainability with Tams Grunberg Dec 07, 2020

Philippa talks with Vancouver-based designer Tams Grunberg about the development of her sustainable design practice, her new brand TAMS, and how she carved out a community of fashion creatives on Canada's West Coast.

Follow Tams on Instagram: @tamsyen Follow her brand: @tamsbytams Find Times Agency at https://www.timesagency.org

Going Rogue: In Conversation with Emily Kirkpatrick Nov 01, 2020

In the first episode of Season 2, Philippa & Katie speak to writer Emily Kirkpatrick about hierarchy in the fashion industry, the crazy racket of freelancing and the tweet that changed her career path.

Follow Emily on Twitter @kirkpate and Instagram @kirkwalker69 Subscribe to her newsletter I <3 Mess

Creating a Sustainable Brand with Sabinna Rachimova Apr 01, 2020

Philippa speaks with sustainable contemporary designer Sabinna Rachimova about the process of developing a sustainable brand and her vision of sustainability in fashion.

Fashion Animals: In Conversation with Joshua Katcher Jan 16, 2020

Katie speaks with fashion scholar, teacher and designer, Joshua Katcher about the history and visual contexts in which animals are appropriated by the fashion industry.

You can buy Joshua's book 'Fashion Animals' on Amazon, and follow him on Instagram at @thediscerningbrute and his brand at @brave_gentleman.

Non-Binary Fashion & Everyday Life: In Conversation with Ellis Furman Sep 21, 2019

Philippa and Katie speak with Laurier University PhD candidate Ellis Furman about the shifting ways of dressing as one comes to understand the importance of gender identity and dress with shifting gender identity, the importance of drag, and the perspective of fashion and queerness from the perspective of a fashion outsider.

Find out more about Ellis's work here

Follow them on Instagram @spinachbitch

Follow Fake Femmes on Instagram @fakefemmes (YouTube to come soon!)

And as always, subscribe and rate us on iTunes and follow us on Instagram @statementsonfashion!

Diversity and the Non-Binary Fashion World: In Conversation with Meme Meng Sep 19, 2019

Philippa and Katie discuss the journey of self actualization as a non-binary person, the differing experience of living non-binary internationally, and the safe-space of fashion.

Find Meme Meng on Instagram @sad_asianmom

SoF Live at Glassbox Gallery with Gill Linton, CEO of Byronesque Apr 01, 2019

Philippa speaks with Gill Linton about the development of digital vintage avant-garde fashion platform Byronesque. They discuss how to translate culture through clothing and the importance of maintaining the analog feeling of vintage pieces through digitization.

This episode was recorded live at Glassbox Gallery (www.glassbox.fr) for the closing of Parsons Paris first year MA Fashion Studies' exhibition "Un-Making the Fashion Digital Image."

Byronesque:

Visit https://www.byronesque.com/ Download the app at https://www.byronesque.com/shop/vintage-personal-shopper-app Follow on Instagram: @byronesquevintage and @shitpicsofgreatclothes

Fashion and Freelance: In Conversation with Stylist Joel Traptow Feb 25, 2019

Katie and Philippa sit down with stylist Joel Traptow to gain a firsthand perspective on precarity, instability and the complexity of working within the fashion industry.

Fashion, Precarity and "The Most Beautiful Job in the World": A Conversation with Giulia Mensitieri Feb 18, 2019

Philippa and Katie speak to Professor Giulia Mensitieri about precarious labour in the fashion industry, and her recently published book “Le Plus Beau Métier du Monde”

“Je Poste, Donc Je Suis”: A Conversation with Influencer Camille Charrière Feb 11, 2019

Philippa & Katie sit down with influencer and co-host of the podcast Fashion No Filter Camille Charrière. The three discuss influencer culture, Slimane’s Celine, how to please your followers (if you should at all), and when to log off.

Camille's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camillecharriere/?hl=en

The blog: https://www.camilleovertherainbow.com/

The podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fashion-no-filter/id1183345770?mt=2

Minisode: Post-Holiday Update Feb 07, 2019

Katie and Philippa update you on what they were doing over the last month, their theses and what you can expect in the second half of Season 1.

Blogging, Influencing and the Field of Fashion: A Conversation with Agnès Rocamora Dec 10, 2018

Katie and Philippa travel to London to interview Professor Agnès Rocamora at the London College of Fashion to discuss Professor Rocamora’s work on fashion bloggers, the mediatization of fashion and the way this is evolving with different social media platforms.

Diversity and Representation: A Conversation with Model Lydia Okello Nov 26, 2018

Philippa speaks to Vancouver-based model and micro-influencer Lydia Okello about her experience being black, queer and plus-size in the fashion industry.

Lydia Okello: Instagram and Twitter @styleisstyle

Premme: www.premme.us

Fashioning the Fat, Female Body in the 20th and 21st Centuries: In Conversation with Lauren Downing Peters Oct 22, 2018

Katie Wilkes sits down with Dr. Downing Peters, Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies at Columbia College Chicago. The two discuss Dr. Downing Peters' work, specifically her recent PhD research titled Stoutwear and the Discourses of Disorder: Constructing the Fat, Female Body in American Fashion in the Age of Standardization, 1915-1930.

Fashion and the Grotesque Body: In Conversation with Francesca Granata Oct 05, 2018

Katie Wilkes sits down with Dr. Francesca Granata, Program Director of Fashion Studies at The New School Parsons, to discuss her book Experimental Fashion, Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body, as well as the role and limitations of the grotesque body in fashion.

Introduction Mini Episode Aug 25, 2018

For the first mini episode of Statements on Fashion, get to know your co-hosts Katie Wilkes and Philippa Nesbitt and find out what's to come for the rest of the season!

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