Fashion, sustainability and influencing influencers with Rachel Arthur

Are we doing enough to change the way we shop for clothes? Is the sustainable fashion movement making any progress? Find out the reality in this episode of The Enoughness. 

Melanie talks to Rachel Arthur, one of the most influential women in fashion you may never have heard of. Why? Rachel created the United Nations Sustainable Fashion Playbook, a guide for influencers and fashion communicators to inspire us all to buy less crap, and love and appreciate clothes more.

In this episode we trash fashion headlines, dig into influencers on the shill, discuss the joy of renting Ganni, throw shade on Edward Bernays, and share why knowing all this stuff matters.

Rachel also talks about the legislation that could change everything for fast fashion, why she nearly gave it all up, and how, like Goldilocks, she carefully worked out her version of “just right” and changed her life in inspirational ways.     

Guest: @rachelarthur 

Mentioned in this episode

The Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook

United Nations Environment Program and Rachel Arthur

Ganni rental on Hurr Collective

Edward Bernays, the founding father of modern Public Relations 

Further reading

Owning It with Rachel Arthur, on Substack

Earth4All by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Owen Gaffney, Jayati Ghosh, Jørgen Randers, Johan Rockström and Per Espen Stoknes. 

Less is More by Jason Hickel

The World is on Fire But We Are Still Buying Shoes by Alec Leach

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Produced and edited by Steve Hankey

Additional production is by Sophie Smith

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