What are you latching onto? A special edition recap episode

A special edition recap episode that helps us reflect on what we learned on Season 5, so we can move intentionally into Season 6.

Style, Storytelling, Fashion Activism, Industry Insiders, People, Planet, Circular Economy, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsJanuary 18, 2022EPISODE 260Comment

“The Slow Grind" & the inevitability of degrowth in fashion

Georgina Johnson is the founder of The Laundry and the editor of The Slow Grind: Finding Our Way Back to Creative Balance.

Style, Storytelling, Fashion Activism, Industry Insiders, People, Planet, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsDecember 28, 2021EPISODE 258Comment

How the *affordability* story is fueling a messed up narrative & why we need a culture shift

Aja Barber is a writer, stylist, consultant, and the author of Consumed - The Need For Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism.

Style, Storytelling, Fashion Activism, Industry Insiders, People, Planet, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsDecember 21, 2021EPISODE 258Comment

The need for safe spaces where global designers can be seen, valued, and heard & educating the next generation of fashion's leaders

Farai Simoyi is a fashion entrepreneur, educator and also the founder of The Narativ.

Style, Storytelling, Fashion Activism, Industry Insiders, People, Planet, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsDecember 7, 2021EPISODE 257Comment

The digitization of secondhand & supporting small business

Shilla Parker-Kim is the founder and CEO of Thrilling, the first dedicated online marketplace for secondhand and vintage stores across the United States.

Reuse, Style, Waste, Circular Economy, Storytelling, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsNovember 23, 2021EPISODE 256Comment

Gee's Bend Quilters: the original purveyors of sustainability & exploring the meaning of an equitable collaboration

Mary Margaret Pettway is a fourth generation Gee’s Bend Quilter, and Greg Lauren is a designer focused on reworked American sportswear.

Storytelling, Materials, Reuse, Style, Waste, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsNovember 9, 2021EPISODE 255 Comment

Using a brand as an experiment, questioning ownership over one's trash & how augmented reality could impact sustainability in fashion

Johnathan Hayden is an independent designer, focused on the intersections of fashion, technology and art.

Fashion Activism, Storytelling, Industry Insiders, Manufacturing, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsOctober 26, 2021EPISODE 254Comment

Advocating for the U.S. to appoint a fashion czar, what are The Green Guides and more on the intersections of politics & fashion

Hilary Jochmans is the founder of consulting firm Politically In Fashion - and recently helped pen an official letter to President Biden, calling for him to appoint a fashion czar.

Fashion Activism, Storytelling, Industry Insiders, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsOctober 12, 2021EPISODE 253Comment

Reimagining supply chains for *upcycling* & embracing sustainability and streetwear through reworked design

Sara Gourlay is the Creative Director at Frankie Collective, a brand dedicated to innovating women’s streetwear and setting a standard for sustainability in the fashion industry.

Waste, Reuse, Materials, Circular Economy, Style, Manufacturing, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsOctober 5, 2021EPISODE 252Comment

The freedom in nonbinary design & experimentations with upcycling

Francisco Diaz is an upcycling designer and the creator of CiscoSews, a slow fashion sewing studio.

Waste, Reuse, Materials, Craft, Circular Economy, Style, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsSeptember 28, 2021EPISODE 251Comment

Why *diversity* is tokenistic and advocating for holistic inclusion

Natalie Shehata is a stylist focused on sustainability who currently works as the Retail Trainer for The Social Outfit, a Sydney-based fashion label who provides employment and training to people from refugee and new migrant communities.

Storytelling, Waste, Reuse, Materials, Craft, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsSeptember 20, 2021EPISODE 250Comment

Fashion's current obsession with *genderless* and paying respect to queer & trans communities

Isiah Magsino is a writer based in New York City, focused on exploring the beautiful things in life. photo credit: Catherine McGann/Getty Images, Drag ball in 1988 in New York City.

Storytelling, Fashion Activism, Industry Insiders, Style, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsSeptember 14, 2021EPISODE 249Comment

Botanical dyeing, sustainability as a collection of idiosyncrasies & the art of slowing down

Ocean Rose is a Yoruba artist, focused on botanical dye, community, photography, & poetry.

Storytelling, Waste, Reuse, Materials, Craft, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsSeptember 7, 2021EPISODE 248Comment

On the deep meaning behind Indigenous ribbon work & fashion as a means to reclaim culture

Christian Allaire is the Fashion and Style Writer at Vogue. He recently released his first book, The Power Of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used To Reclaim Cultures.

Style, People, Storytelling, Planet, Craft, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsAugust 24, 2021EPISODE 247Comment

Building an autobiographical brand & breaking up with plug and play approaches to doing fashion

Nia Thomas is the founder and designer of her eponymous label - an ethically made, independent autobiographical fashion brand.

Style, People, Storytelling, Planet, Materials, Craft, Season 5Kestrel JenkinsAugust 17, 2021EPISODE 246Comment

Fashion rental, making the sharing economy personal & challenging the pressure of *newness*

Eshita Kabra-Davies is the CEO and founder of By Rotation, a UK-based social fashion rental app and platform, dedicated to transforming the way we consume fashion.