Rebuilding equitable + just cotton systems & fostering the reclamation of cotton acreage for Black farmers

Tameka Peoples is the founder and CEO of Seed2Shirt, a Black-woman-owned vertically integrated ethical apparel production & boutique cotton merchant firm.

Season 6, Planet, People, Industry Insiders, Materials, Storytelling, Farming, ManufacturingKestrel JenkinsSeptember 19, 2023EPISODE 306Comment

Faherty's Native Initiatives and what mutually beneficial relationships can look like in practice

Lisa Diegel is the Global Sustainability Director at Faherty, a family business focused on making high quality clothing.

Season 6, Planet, People, Industry Insiders, Transparency, Materials, Fashion Activism, StorytellingKestrel JenkinsSeptember 12, 2023EPISODE 305Comment

A new era of storytelling at Conscious Chatter, meet our new team member & what slow media means for us in practice

Natalie Shehata is the new Social Media Strategist + Storyteller here at Conscious Chatter. A sustainable stylist, community organizer, speaker and writer, Nat brings exceptional experience and knowledge to how we approach storytelling.

Season 6, Planet, People, Industry Insiders, Storytelling, Fashion Activism, TransparencyKestrel JenkinsAugust 15, 2023EPISODE 303Comment

The complications with resale's *moment* — fast fashion addictions to secondhand addictions, luxury's obsession with exclusivity & the gentrification of thrifting

Jessie Frances (aka @cappuccinosandconsignment on IG) is highly knowledgeable on the world of preloved fashion. She shares ideas around luxury vintage savviness, smart travel tips, and slow-living hacks, and consults companies on luxury resale.

Season 6, Planet, People, Waste, Industry Insiders, Reuse, Storytelling, Style, Circular EconomyKestrel JenkinsJuly 18, 2023EPISODE 302Comment

Growing organic natural dye gardens to coax color from plants & acknowledging the cultural origins of dyestuffs along the way

Liz Spencer is the natural dye wizard behind Dogwood Dyer. With experience in both tending organic natural dye gardens and coaxing color from plants, Liz has devoted her artistic practice to discovering as much as possible about color that can come from plants.

Season 6, Planet, People, Craft, Storytelling, Waste, MaterialsKestrel JenkinsJune 20, 2023EPISODE 299Comment

The pervasiveness of Shein & the ways in which social media and the drive to increase social status are directly fueling the overconsumption of clothing

Anjana Baburaj is an impact-focused strategist and communications specialist. Her recent research looked at TikTok Shein hauls, and focused on fashion, social media, and consumption.

Season 6, Planet, People, Craft, Reuse, Storytelling, WasteKestrel JenkinsJune 13, 2023EPISODE 298 Comment

The links between quilting and mental health, and how accessing the flow state via hand-oriented activities can help unlock answers to life's questions

Lizz Leral is the Executive Director of Quilting for Community, a nonprofit organization focused on building community by teaching the art of quiltmaking.

Season 6, Planet, People, Craft, Reuse, Storytelling, WasteKestrel JenkinsJune 6, 2023EPISODE 297Comment

How synthetic fabrics & toxic chemicals connected to our clothing are impacting our health

Jeff Garner is a romantic visual artist, pioneer and unconventional designer – his sustainably-minded label Prophetik is focused on changing our perception of luxury.

Season 6, Style, Planet, People, Storytelling, Reuse, Industry Insiders, WasteKestrel JenkinsMay 2, 2023EPISODE 294Comment

What makes deadstock vintage eyewear superior in quality & how conglomerate Luxottica has created a monopoly-like hold on today's glasses industry

Jenna Hanson and Jon Hershman are the cofounders of Revival Eyewear — a store that offers an extensive collection of deadstock vintage glasses and sunglasses.

Season 6, Style, Planet, People, Storytelling, Reuse, Industry Insiders, WasteKestrel JenkinsApril 11, 2023EPISODE 293Comment

SukkhaCitta on rediscovering Indigenous regenerative farming and dyeing techniques & challenging the status quo

Denica Riadini-Flesch is a development economist and the director at SukkhaCitta, a social enterprise started in 2016, that works to give women in rural Indonesia fair access to education and market.

Season 6, Style, Planet, People, Storytelling, Reuse, Industry InsidersKestrel JenkinsApril 4, 2023EPISODE 292Comment

Breaking down the de-influencing *trend* & questioning whether this movement can help us combat overconsumption

Abby Mills aka @abbyontheinternet is a product designer, style enthusiast, thrifter, beginner sewist, and a slow fashion + sustainability advocate.

Season 6, Style, Planet, People, Storytelling, Reuse, Industry InsidersKestrel JenkinsMarch 21, 2023EPISODE 291Comment

RCGD Global's Sustainable Style Guide & how it's being distributed to all attendees of Academy events this Oscar® season

Samata Pattison is the CEO of RCGD Global, a women-led global change-making organization bringing environmental and social sustainability to the forefront of conversation and action within the global apparel and design industry.

Season 6, Style, Industry Insiders, Planet, People, Fashion Activism, StorytellingKestrel JenkinsMarch 12, 2023EPISODE 290Comment

The new documentary *Fashion Reimagined* & the film's star on the need to truly reconnect with the people, the land & the process behind our clothes

Amy Powney is a UK based fashion designer, creative director and activist living in London. She is now the Creative Director and owner at Mother Of Pearl, and the star of a new documentary called Fashion Reimagined.

The need for comprehensive fashion education from childhood and beyond, to help collectively shift awareness about how our clothes are made

Trish Langman is a fashion designer who is currently working with the Fashion CEOs Accelerator program at Sovereignty, Hecho Por Nosotros and the Board of Fashion Ghana, West Africa.

Season 6, Style, Industry Insiders, Planet, People, Fashion Activism, Storytelling, Materials, CraftKestrel JenkinsFebruary 28, 2023EPISODE 288Comment

Why thinking sustainably is innately an Indigenous cultural practice & why we must see Indigenous designers on a global stage

Sage Paul is an award-winning artist and designer, as well as the artistic director and founder of Indigenous Fashion Arts.

Season 6, Style, Industry Insiders, Planet, People, Fashion Activism, Storytelling, Materials, CraftKestrel JenkinsFebruary 21, 2023EPISODE 287Comment

What if we *embodied* our garments by actually wearing the land?

Kristin Morrison is the founder and designer behind All Species, a textile arts and design studio that investigates the potential to create regenerative garments and textiles.

Season 6, Industry Insiders, Style, Farming, Materials, Planet, Storytelling, TransparencyKestrel JenkinsJanuary 24, 2023EPISODE 283Comment

Questioning how we *value* garments & respecting the limits of partnership across fashion

Jesus Herrera – also known by their moniker Donatella because of their Instagram handle @donatellaversanchez – is a model, clothing designer, vintage curator, poet and the cofounder of The Vintage Jesus online store and Les Jesus fashion brand.