WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press

Welcome to our 60th episode! Can you believe it? This week's guest also have an anniversary to celebrate as the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at London College of Fashion turns 10. You're going to meet its founder, academic, designer, educator and all-round sustainable fashion legend Dilys Williams.This is a lively and thought-provoking discussion about how we might totally redesign the way the current fashion system works.We talk about the role of the designer, the role of fashion in all our lives and how commerce fits in. We discuss the importance of being critical thinkers, fashion rebels and outspoken advocates for justice. We touch on DIY, Margaret Thatcher, The Clash, and finding your fashion identity, but also big stuff continuing the conversation that's been running through this series of the podcast about how we stand with nature, and what our obligations are to it. How do we define our struggle for sustainability?Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/10/27/podcast-ep60-dilys-williams-education-amp-the-centre-for-sustainable-fashion to read yours and #bethechangeChat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspressTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING.Love the podcast? We have a Patreon page - every little bit helps us keep telling these stories.We are always grateful for ratings and reviews on Apple. Don't forget to hit subscribe. You can also find us on Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet legendary thinker, innovator, disruptor and Cradle to Cradle hero, William McDonough. Architect, designer, thought leader, and author – his vision for a future of abundance for all is helping companies and communities think differently. He was the inaugural chair of the World Economic Forum's Meta-Council on the Circular Economy and currently serves on the Forum's Global Future Council on the Future of Environment and Natural Resource Security. For more than 40 years, he has defined the principles of the sustainability movement.This interview is a must for anyone who is interested in the circular economy, or indeed just cares about the future of our planet. We discuss why we should we view waste as a resource, and how we can transition to doing that. We talk about sustainable development, about look at how we measure society's success now, and how we might change that in future.As Bill and his co-writer Michael Braungart write in Cradle to Cradle, “In the race for economic progress, social activity, ecological impact, cultural activity, and long-term effects can be overlooked.”We also dig into emptiness vs. abundance. Unpick the idea of fashion as a verb. Look at how weaving and mathematics are linked. And talk about clothes and Diana Vreeland, beauty and the impotrtance of language. Bill can talk about any subject in a completely delightful way. Buckle up for a wild conversational ride.Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/10/21/podcast-ep-59-william-mcdonough-fashion-is-a-verb to read yours and #bethechange Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katrin Ley is the CEO of FASHION FOR GOOD, an Amersterdam-based organisation that was co-founded by Cradle-to-Cradle's William McDonough. They aim to bring together the entire fashion ecosystem with incentives, resources and tools for sustainability.At Fashion For Good's core is McDonough's concept of the Five Goods, which, he says, “represent an aspirational framework we can all use to work towards a world in which we do not simply take, make, waste, but rather take, make, renew and restore.” In interview Katrin and Clare discuss what good looks like when it comes to clothing production and circularity. Case study: the first Gold Cradle to Cradle Certified jeans and T-shirts.There's a strong focus in this interview on innovation, new ideas and disruptors. We also explore this new age of sharing and helping each other, because, as Katrin says, if we want to change the fashion system, that's what it's going to take.Is the fashion industry really ready for serious collaboration? What about you? How can you find your purpose? How can you align your work with your values? Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/10/6/podcast-ep-58-katrin-ley to read yours and #bethechangeChat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspressTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING.We are always grateful for ratings and reviews! Don't forget to hit subscribe. You can also find us on Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To say that Ellen MacArthur is a phenomenal woman is an understatement. In 2005, aged 28, she became the fastest person to sail solo, non-stop around the world. It took her 71 days, 14 hours and 18 minutes.You're going to hear what that was like, how she stayed focused and what she learned from it. The importance of goal setting really comes through in this interview. Ellen is obviously an incredibly determined person but there's a take-away for us all here: it's about having a plan - by knowing which direction you want to go in, that's how you make stuff happen.What's all this got to do with fashion? This is the story of how a world-record-breaking British sailor became an international advocate for the circular economy. How she created a platform, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, to encourage the global economy to transition to a system that designs out waste & pollution, keeps materials in use and regenerates natural systems. It's also the story of what that might look like, and how we can action it.Ellen's lightbulb moment happened at sea. In parts of the Southern Ocean she was 3000 kilometres from land. If she ran out of teabags, there was no nipping to the shop to buy more. She wrote in her logs: "What I have on this boat is all I have.'” That's how it is with the Earth's finite resources too.Last year, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched its Make Fashion Circular initiative at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit with Stella McCartney and a bunch of other big brands on board. The aim is to tackling fashion's polluting and wasteful ways and create a new system.Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/9/28/podcast-ep-57-ellen-macarthur-making-fashion-circular to read yours and #bethechangeChat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspressTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING.We are always grateful for ratings and reviews on Apple. Don't forget to hit subscribe. You can also find us on Spotify, Stitcher and many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes it can feel like sustainable fashion is a new thing, but pioneers laid the groundwork years ago. People like this week's guest, British fashion change-maker Tamsin Lejeune.Back in 2006, Tamsin founded the Ethical Fashion Forum, a London-based industry body for sustainable fashion. Her team also brought us Source, one of the first platforms to list sustainable resources & suppliers in one place.In the UK, it was Tamsin & her team who were running the sustainable fashion panel discussions and bringing the fledgling ethical fashion community together.How much has changed since then? How far off is sustainable fashion from being the norm? What tools do we need TO DO FASHION BETTER?Today, Tamsin leads a new project called Common Objective with that in mind. Think, a sustainable fashion matchmaking service, like a targeted Linkedin, or Tinder without the romance.In this absorbing interview we discuss what's going on with fast fashion and why the model is broken. We decode the discomfort we feel when fast fashion giants launch eco capsule collections while still making most of their stuff the same old way. And we delve into the magic powers of fashion access over ownership, and the opportunities for the next generation of designersHead over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/9/26/podcast-ep-56-common-objectives-tamsin-lejeune-slowing-fast-fashion-amp-access-over-ownership to read yours and #bethechange.Chat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspressTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING. We are always grateful for ratings and reviews! Don't forget to hit subscribe. You can find us on Spotify too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does an ordinary Aussie bloke go from motor-cross riding and working as a welder to setting up a social enterprise fashion business? You're going to meet James Bartle, founder of Outland Denim. This is a candid eye-opening interview about an extraordinary story.We talk about the tough stuff: Who gets trafficked, and who does the trafficking and why? Is it possible to empathise with their desperation?We talk about materials, and how organic and reduced waste is essential to the big picture. We talk about B Corps and value-driven business, the state of ethical fashion right now, & where the industry is improving and failing. Plus there's heaps of insights into how to set up, run and make a success of a sustainable, ethical fashion label.This is the last of 3 shows on modern slavery. Don't miss the previous 2. We've managed to make them accessible and even inviting. No mean feat for such a tricky subject.Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/9/10/podcast-ep-55-outland-denims-james-bartle-on-fighting-human-trafficking-creating-positive-opportunity to read yours and #bethechangeChat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspressTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING.We are always grateful for ratings and reviews on Apple Podcasts. You can find us on Spotify too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If only all fashion was fair trade fashion. According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, fashion is one of 5 key industries implicated in modern slavery. In Australia, every year we import over $US4 billion worth of clothes and accessories at risk of being tainted by modern slavery. 40 million people globally are trapped in it, and 71 % are women.In this Episode, we hear from ethical fashion pioneer Safia Minney, founder of People Tree and Real Sustainability, on fair trade, The True Cost, and fashion activism. Safia is very inspirational indeed.Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/7/17/podcast-ep-49-safia-minney-fair-trade-fabulous to read yours and #bethechangeChat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspressTHANK YOU FOR LISTENING.Love the podcast? We are always grateful for ratings and reviews, or can you share it with a friend? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, fashion is one of 5 key industries implicated in modern slavery. How does that happen? What can we do about it?In this Episode, you're going to meet Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey, a British crossbench peer in the House of Lords who is active in the ethical fashion space and is working to amend the UK's Modern Slavery Act.Modern slavery is, of course, a depressing issue but this episode is not depressing. No, no. It's got the power! It's all about unleashing your inner activist, understanding the issues and taking positive steps to do something about them - if you're an individual, they can be really small steps. If you're in business, they might be bigger ones.Lola Young started out as an actor, went onto become a professor of cultural studies then the Head of Culture at the Greater London Authority. She's been a judge for the Orange Prize for Literature, and The Observer newspaper's Ethical Awards. In 2004 she was appointed an independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords. In 2009 she set up the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, which she co-chairs. What do you think about all this? Please get in touch with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress to let us know.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.CHECK OUT OUR SHOWNOTES for all the links and more info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is fashion week actually for? Is the old system tired and old-fashioned? Has it lost its purpose and reason for being? If so, what sorts events do we want to see take over? Do we need sustainable fashion weeks? Meet Evelyn Mora, the millennial change maker behind Helsinki Fashion Week. Evelyn is on a mission to reinvent “traditional concepts of fashion week venues and the ways they present collections to buyers and press” while simultaneously “questioning the way we consume.”She says her vision is for “circularity, sustainability and beauty” but it's also about getting rid of what's gone before. Evelyn is a change agent who likes to shake things up. She wants fashion weeks to be super-inclusive, zero-waste, diverse, open to anyone who's interested, showcasing ONLY ethically produced and environmentally-aware collections; in short, totally different to how they used to be. What do you think about all this? Please get in touch with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress to let us know.Don't forget to check the shownotes for further resources.THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can fashion aristanship empower women? What does a fair work accessories factory look like, and how do the workers see value in the setup? How about in community hubs, where skilled artisans can work as collectives?This is the second instalment of a 2-part series about the UN's Ethical Fashion Initiative, a flagship programme of the International Trade Centre. The EFI connects skilled artisans in places like Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, Haiti and Afghanistan, to the international value chain of fashion, working with the likes of Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Adidas and the Australian accessories house MIMCO.In this Episode - recorded on the ground in Nairobi, Kenya - we get to hear from the artisans themselves, and discover why Artisan Fashion now runs the organisation here as a social enterprise. And we learn how fair work can empower women - from the women themselves.Head over to https://thewardrobecrisis.com/podcast/2018/8/18/podcast-ep-51-artisan-fashion-in-kenya to read yours and #bethechangeFollow Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.