It's Amazing What She Can Do With an Old Tablecloth - Meet Menswear Maverick Emily Adams Bode

Lock up your linens! Emily Adams Bode has designs on your grandma's tablecloths. And her quilts. America's favourite emerging menswear talent made her fashion name upcycling characterful old domestic textiles and dusty deadstock - winning a CFDA award and a Woolmark Prize while she was at it. The r…

Red Shoes! Aminata Conteh-Biger, This is What a Refugee Looks Like

Welcome back! Series 6 is here! The title of this episode asks you to leave your pre-conceptions at the door. There is no one way for a refugee to look, seem, dress and show up in the world.  On World Refugee Day, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) asks us to honour refugees around the globe. To celeb…

How To Make A Handbag the Old-Fashioned Way With Slow Fashion Craftswoman Simone Agius

While you were distracted by the latest luxury It-whatever (and the shiny, ridiculously expensive global marketing behind it) slow local fashion makers were carefully, quietly crafting their wares regardless - on a fraction of the budgets of the big fashion names. It's time to take more notice of …

Fashion Revolution Special - A Conversation About Trees with Canopy Founder Nicole Rycroft

CALLING ALL TREE-HUGGERS! Nicole Rycroft founded Canopy Planet at her kitchen table in Vancouver with a small budget and a big idea - to protect the world’s precious forests. 20 years later, Canopy is one of the leading organisations fighting globally for last frontier forests and engaging busines…

Meet Ýr Jóhannsdóttir - Iceland's Most Exciting Knitwear Provocateur

How big is sustainable fashion in Iceland? You might be surprised to find out. We also nearly called this Episode: The Secret Lives Of Sweaters. Listen and you will see why! In this fascinating, surprising conversation about funny jumpers and changing the world, you will meet Ýr Jóhannsdóttir - a…

Vintage, Thrifted & Secondhand Fashion - Series 5 Finale, Listener Stories Part 1.

Vintage and second-hand fashion is in the news more than ever before. It's set to eclipse fast fashion within ten years. The designer re-commerce sector is booming. But as shopping pre-loved becomes more aspirational, are those who rely on thrifted clothes being locked out? What’s not up for debat…

The Magic of Plants, Organic Gardening and Why Weeds Are Wonderful

Who else talks to their plants? This week's joyful episode is a love letter to what we grow - in gardens, allotments, veggie patches and pots on our windowsills the world over. But also what grows wild - in the woods, hedgerows, fields and scrub, the verges by the freeways, even the cracks in city …

Sustainable Fashion is a Lie Without Garment Workers at the Table - Nazma Akter

Welcome to another episode of series 5 - #sharethepodcastmic Don't forget to hit subscribe and if you value these conversations, please share them with your communities. Your guest host this week is Ayesha Barenblat, founder of ReMake, and she is in conversation with Nazma Akter, founder and Exec…

Jason Hickel - Can Degrowth Save Fashion?

Everybody's talking about degrowth. Does this mean we’ve finally woken up to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse? Are we ready to challenge capitalism’s obsession with GDP and  perpetual expansion? If so, what’s the alternative? And how can we apply this to fashion, beyond simp…

Belinda Duarte - Culture is Life, racism & reconciliation in Australia

Meet Belinda Duarte, former athlete and educator, current inspirational leader, formidable female exec, proud First Nations Australian and the inspiration for Series 5 - #sharethepodcastmic Just in time for January 26th - a significant day in this country. It's time to #changethedate There's so m…