10) Building a Better Secondhand Fashion System

In this episode of the Conscious Style Podcast, we're going to be talking all about the secondhand fashion ecosystem with Emily Stochl, the producer and host of Pre-Loved Podcast, which is a weekly interview show that explores the vintage, thrift and secondhand industry.

 

In this interview, you'll hear (or read!) about:

What pre-loved fashion encompasses and how you can get started not only with conscious shopping secondhand, but with secondhand fashion activism;What the concern about gentrification of thrift stores is all about and what this conversation is currently missing;How charity shops really operate and what this means for the global secondhand trade;What the recent $1 billion+ IPO (initial public offering) of ThredUP might mean for the future of secondhand;And more!

 

 

FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT

consciouslifeandstyle.com/better-secondhand-fashion-system

 

 

QUICK LINKS:

Atmos Article: How to Build a Better Thrifting SystemOR FoundationEileen FisherPatagonia Worn WearLiz Rickets of the OR Foundation on the Pre-Loved PodcastOR Foundation on the Pre-Loved Podcast Part 2Patagonia Worn Wear on the Pre-Loved PodcastRemake WebsitePayUp CampaignNo New Clothes CampaignGarment Worker Protection Act (SB62)

 

 

ABOUT EMILY

Emily is a writer, journalist, and podcast creator, with expertise in the vintage and secondhand fashion industry, sustainability, and labor rights activism. She is the producer and host of Pre-Loved Podcast, a weekly interview show exploring the vintage, thrift and secondhand industry: all its stories, and all its angles.

She is also Remake’s Advocacy Manager. Remake is a global nonprofit that aims to make fashion a force for good. As Remake's Advocacy Manager, Emily helps lead ambassador engagement and community management, specifically around the SB62, #PayHer, and #NoNewClothes campaigns. Her goal is to make policy information and industry topics easy to understand, and to communicate to others, believing that we all have a role to play in making fashion a force for good.

 

 

CONNECT WITH EMILY & PRE-LOVED PODCAST

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