Latest Vintage fashion Podcast Episodes
Shein's Ultra Fast Fashion Model
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - January 26, 2022 04:07 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsAnd you thought Zara was fast fashion! Buckle up because new trends are landing daily if not hourly, as a new breed of online disruptor throws out thousands of styles a week to see what sticks. Brands like Boohoo, Pretty Little Thing and Fashion Nova are part of a new ultra-fast fashion era, but...
Fashion Act Now - Is it Time to DeFashion? (And What the Heck Does that Mean?)
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - December 06, 2021 07:03 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsYou've probably heard about degrowth, which is: "a planned reduction of energy and resource use designed to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a way that reduces inequality and improves human well-being." (If this idea is new to you, have a listen to Episode 135 with e...
What's the Story with Recycled Polyester? Cyndi Rhoades from Worn Again Explains All
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - October 16, 2021 03:35 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsMore than half of all the textiles use today are polyester. You will definitely have poly in your wardrobe, even if you prefer natural fibres. Synthetics are lurking everywhere, whether as polyester, nylon, or blends mixed with cotton. Poly is cheap, ubiquitous and it's not going away any time s...
Waste Colonialism and Dead White Man's Clothes with Liz Ricketts
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - September 29, 2021 09:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsAre you unwittingly contributing to waste colonialism via your wardrobe choices? What happens to our unwanted clothes when we donate them? Overproducing and underusing clothes has far-reaching consequences, as this week's guest Liz Ricketts of The Or Foundation explains. Each week, around 15 mi...
Status, Self-Obsession, Mental Health & What's Really Controlling How We Act - Will Storr
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - September 03, 2021 08:53 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsAre you a special person? How self-obsessed are we, as a society? How and why do we compare ourselves to others? What makes us group-ish? Violent? Or community minded? How about narcissistic? And is that getting worse? This week's guest is the British author Will Storr, who's latest book is St...
Inclusive, Purpose-Driven - the Future of Fashion According to Kenyan Designer Anyango Mpinga
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - August 19, 2021 09:41 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsEveryone's talking about climate action and social change - but Fashion is still carrying on like it's 1999. The velvet rope! Exclusivity! Snobbery and barriers to entry that lock many young designers with new ideas, out. Fashion weeks alone are massive carbon emitters, before we've even conside...
How Eco-Friendly is Fashion Rental, Really?
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - August 12, 2021 08:44 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsHave you heard the one about throwing your clothes away being better for the planet than renting them? In this Episode, we get the real story on the study out of Finland that spawned so many clickbait headlines, then ask a British retail legend about what's driving the fashion rental boom. We h...
You Need to Know These New Sustainable Fashion Designers
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - August 05, 2021 02:50 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWho's Shaping Sustainable Fashion's Design Future? Each Wardrobe Crisis series we present a new generation talent episode, spotlighting emerging fashion designers who are pushing sustainability forward. This time we’re talking with: a positive knitwear designer from Canada who’s ongoing collabo...
How To Be Old with Accidental Icon's Lyn Slater
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - July 30, 2021 02:28 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsHow do you feel about getting older? Maybe you’re so young it feels a world away? Or maybe you’re feeling it, and wondering where the time went? This week’s guest fashion influencer Lyn Slater has no such worries - she reinvented her career in her 60s, going from college professor to Instagram ...
The Day the World Stops Shopping - J.B. MacKinnon
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - July 14, 2021 13:28 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratings“The 21st century has brought a critical dilemma into sharp relief: we must stop shopping, and yet we can’t stop shopping.” - J.B MacKinnon Have you noticed that stopping shopping is trending? It used to be a very unusual challenge to take on, but fashion detoxes are going mainstream as peop...
It's Amazing What She Can Do With an Old Tablecloth - Meet Menswear Maverick Emily Adams Bode
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - June 30, 2021 12:24 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsLock 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. Th...
Red Shoes! Aminata Conteh-Biger, This is What a Refugee Looks Like
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - June 23, 2021 09:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWelcome 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 ce...
Episode 8: Snap Out of It! Top Tips for Getting Out of a Fashion Funk
Very Vintage - June 16, 2021 18:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWhat do you do when your closet isn't inspiring you? When you can't manage to trade in your sweats for a beloved vintage dress? Never fear! Debra & Rachel will provide you with top tips to shake that fashion funk and fall back in love with your wardrobe in the a new segment called, "Very Vintage ...
How To Make A Handbag the Old-Fashioned Way With Slow Fashion Craftswoman Simone Agius
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - April 29, 2021 11:53 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWhile 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 ...
Fashion Revolution Special - A Conversation About Trees with Canopy Founder Nicole Rycroft
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - April 21, 2021 00:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsCALLING 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 busi...
Meet Ýr Jóhannsdóttir - Iceland's Most Exciting Knitwear Provocateur
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - April 14, 2021 10:29 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsHow 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 ...
Episode 7: Chicago Loves St. Patrick's Day!
Very Vintage - March 11, 2021 02:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsA tale as old as time.....or at least as far back as 1961! Join Debra and Rachel as they dive deep into Chicago's Very Vintage infatuation with Irish pride. In this episode, Debra and Rachel uncover the history of the peculiar and secretive traditions behind why the Chicago River turns a mysterio...
Vintage, Thrifted & Secondhand Fashion - Series 5 Finale, Listener Stories Part 1.
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - March 04, 2021 04:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsVintage 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 de...
The Magic of Plants, Organic Gardening and Why Weeds Are Wonderful
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - February 17, 2021 07:09 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWho 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 ci...
Sustainable Fashion is a Lie Without Garment Workers at the Table - Nazma Akter
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - February 05, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWelcome 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 E...
6: Let me Mask you a question......The past, present, and future of face masks
Very Vintage - February 02, 2021 18:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThe 2020 accessory that everyone had to have, but no one really wanted....the face mask! Debra and Rachel talk face mask history, find amusing ads from 1918, factcheck popular mask photos found on social media and look forward to how face masks will impact style, fashion, and society moving in th...
Jason Hickel - Can Degrowth Save Fashion?
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - January 28, 2021 00:39 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsEverybody'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 si...
Belinda Duarte - Culture is Life, racism & reconciliation in Australia
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - January 20, 2021 22:31 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsMeet 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 s...
Culture, Connection & Mentoring Indigenous Fashion Talent - Model Charlee Fraser
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - January 13, 2021 08:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsIn March 2020, Grace Lillian Lee and Teagan Cowlishaw announced Australia's first ever Indigenous fashion council - First Nations Fashion & Design. In December, they held their first fashion show - Walking in Two Worlds. But don't expect just any old runway. This is a beautiful story about refra...
First Nations Fabulous - Australian Indigenous Fashion
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - January 06, 2021 03:34 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWelcome back to Series 5, #sharethepodcastmic Why are all eyes are on Indigenous Australian fashion right now? Try 60,000 years of sustainability... "We're the original fashion industry in this country," says this week's guest host Yatu Widders-Hunt of the vibrant, continuously evolving First N...
5: Deep Dive: It's a Very Vintage Christmas!
Very Vintage - December 24, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJoin us for a super-sized Deep Dive episode of vintage Christmas stories, traditions, and holiday fun! This episode was born when we wanted to find out more about the iconic silver aluminum Christmas trees of the 1950s and 60s and that took us on a wild ride! We talk about Christmas decor trends ...
4: Deep Dive on Old Hollywood Star, Rudolph Valentino pt. 2
Very Vintage - December 15, 2020 03:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn the second episode of our two part "Deep Dive" of Rudolph Valentino we tie up loose ends of the silent film star and old Hollywood heartthrob who died far too young. We fall hard for his mysterious ways as we discover just how brightly his star still shines today and how much of an impact he's...
Degendering Fashion - Alok Vaid-Menon
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - December 10, 2020 12:24 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsWhy does so much fashion still cling to strict men's and womenswear codes? Is the industry finally ready to shake off tired old binaries and embrace the trans and gender-nonconforming community? Or is Harry Styles' Vogue cover about as far as it goes? For this week's #sharethepodcastmic episode...
Kalkidan Legesse - Black-Owned Business & How to be an Ethical Boss
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - December 03, 2020 00:41 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsFor this week's #sharethepodcastmic episode, Aja Barber is in charge. She's interviewing her friend, Kalkidan Legesse, founder of Sancho's - a pioneering Black-owned sustainable fashion store in Exeter in the UK. Sancho's sells ethical and fair trade clothing, gifts and accessories from sustai...
Aja Barber - Consumed! Ethical Fashion Changemaker
WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press - November 25, 2020 08:10 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsA note from Clare: Welcome to Series 5, Share the Podcast Mic. After everything that's happened this year, we wanted to shake things up and share the power of this beautiful platform with some of the BIPOC voices leading the conversation in sustainability and ethical fashion. So after this epi...
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