WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press

Ethics, Embroidery and Which Stories Get Told, Wafa Ghnaim on the Power and Practice of Palestinian Dress

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A child's dress rescued from the roof of a bombed-out museum. A mother teaching her daughter her ancestral embroidery techniques. A Miss Universe cont...

A Wardrobe Crisis Listener on Learning Tatreez Embroidery to Connect with her Palestinian Culture

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This is the third of four episodes about embroidery. They're all very different perspectives, but each asks in their own way, what is the significance...

The Unreal Awesomeness of Amanda Cobbett's Embroidered Moss Sculptures

11 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Wait, what? That's not real moss?! Occasionally, you come across something that blows your tiny mind. That's what happened when, flicking through a Wo...

Sew Good! Learning Embroidery at Hampton Court Palace

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

 Imagine learning embroidery in the home of Henry VIII's famed Abraham Tapestries, which have hung on these hallowed walls since 1547. Turns out,...

The Absolutely Fascinating History of Secondhand Everything, with Robin Annear

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What's new about the current secondhand obsession?Trick question! Nothing.For most of human history, there really was no such thing as waste. As my gu...

How to Co-Create with Artisans, with Karishma Singh-Kelsey

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The global handcraft market is worth more than a trillion dollars. Yet, particularly in rural areas, many highly skilled craftspeople live with incons...

The Rise and Rise of Secondhand Fashion

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re all secondhand shoppers these days. But where? How? And more importantly, why?Online marketplace platforms have grown exponentially (making bi...

Expert Advice on the Vintage Life with Fashion Impresario Phillip Boon

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the first of a mini-series on the rise of second-hand fashion, my guest is the very charismatic and knowledgeable Aussie vintage fashion guru, Phil...

Commercial Break - A Lovely Conversation on Noticing Birds

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We know the struggle to resist the January sales is real! So this week's pod is for anyone who needs a reminder that some of the best things in life a...

With Love From's Lizzie Dibble Wants Local Libraries to Lend Clothes as well as Books

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lizzie Dibble wants libraries to lend clothes as well as books. Not just any clothes though. A carefully curated selection of donated second-hand fash...

Inside Shein - How the Ultra Fast Fashion Brand Makes Clothes So Cheap

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite Shein’s new sustainability rhetoric, workers are still paying the price for the ultra-fast fashion giant’s success. To 75-hour working wee...

"Brands Should Stop Overproduction!" Yayra Agbofah's Advice for Big Fashion

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Listen up! Yayra Agbofah is the founder of Ghanaian non-profit, The Revival. He's seriously stylish a poet, a creative upcycler, and one of Time Magaz...

She's Serving Fabulous! Notes on Dressing Confidently with Samia Benchaou

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back! And excited to be kick off Series 12 with this fabulous interview with Copenhagen-based Moroccan Danish stylist, and excellent dresser, Sa...

Cut Above - Inside Savile Row with Edward Sexton's Dominic Sebag-Montefiore

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Construction! Proportion! Craft! What lies behind the enduring power of the suit? Of great tailoring? How is that amplified when it’s bespoke? What ...

Trade Secrets - Pattern Making 101 with Glen Rollason

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week's guest, Glen Rollason, describes pattern making as the architecture of fashion. It's the bones, the structure, the technical process that g...

Made in Melbourne Pt 4: Australia's National Designer of the Year, Amy Lawrance on Artistry and Authenticity

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the last of our mini series, Made in Melbourne, we meet Australia’s National Designer of the Year 2025, Amy Lawrance.Amy launched her namesake la...

Made in Melbourne Pt 3: Less Stuff, More Meaning with Saskia Baur-Schmid

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do your favourite clothes mean to you? How connected are you to most of what's in your wardrobe? If you had to start from scratch, what would you...

Made in Melbourne Pt 2: Jude Ng - How to Make in Fashion in Your Own Hometown

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the second of our mini series on emerging designers based in Melbourne, my guest this week Singaporean-Aussie designer Jude Ng. Jude started out se...

New Designers to Know: Made In Melbourne, part 1 - Isabelle Hellyer, All Is Gentle Spring

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new generation of fashion designers is rejecting the current system, but what are they building in its place? In the first of our mini-series, Made ...

Is Luxury Fashion 'Sustainable by Nature' - Lessons from Loro Piana

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

According to Antoine Arnault, CEO of Loro Piana: "Luxury products are sustainable by nature." Hmmm. What do we think of that, then? Just because it's ...

Too Hot to Handle - Garment Workers in the Era of Extreme Heat

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We've all had tough days at work, right? But I'm going to bet your last one didn't involve multiple colleagues fainting from heat stress.My guest this...

Indigenous Star Knowledge and Changing the Narrative with Cultural Astronomist Ghillar Michael Anderson

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To mark NAIDOC week in Australia, which officially celebrates & recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait I...

After the Kantamanto Fire - Resilience, Creativity, Community

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is an update from Accra, Ghana, and the situation at Kantamanto markets. It was recorded during the Global Fashion Summit in Copen...

Wine Waste, Algae and Co-designing Bacteria - Welcome to the World of Future Fabrics

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past few weeks, we've been diving into the world of weaving with natural fibres, exploring local textile traditions and capabilities, and don...

Old-School Sustainability - A Visit to Australia's Longest-Running Weaving Mill

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode about why it matters that we can make stuff locally.After last week's ep on Yorkshire's centuries-old wool recycling expert...

Waste Not, Want Not - Mungo, Shoddy, the History, Process and Modern Times of Mechanical Wool Recycling

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered how mechanical textile recycling actually works? What shoddy and mungo is, and why we called it that? What the rag n' bone man collected...

A Love Letter to Local Textiles Skills, with Julia Roebuck

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the best place was the one you're already in? Meet Julia Roebuck, the powerhouse organiser behind Thread Republic Textile Reuse Hub and social...

Clare's Take: 5 Lessons from Australia's First Big Sustainable Fashion Conference

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you feel about competition? Do you think it’s healthy? Natural? Are you that person who has to win at Scrabble or tennis or the pub quiz?Or m...

Human Rights and the True Cost of Fashion - it's time to get real on this persistent issue

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Want a side of modern slavery with that?Didn't think so.Modern slavery is organised crime, and no one wants that lurking in their supply chain. Yet fa...

Fab Scraps, Clever Pattern Cutting and Why Apparel Factories Need Design Thinkers, with Industrial Upcycler Agustina Comas

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing our theme of fashion's crazily wasteful ways, and our focus on Latin America, this week, more Brazilian goodness, as Clare sits down with S...

"Don't buy, rescue!" Fixing the Trash Pile of Clothes in Chile's Atacama Desert

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello! What are we actually doing? Our unwanted clothes don't belong dumped in Chile's beautiful Atacama Desert...Everyone knows reasons why the globa...

"23 billion pairs of shoes every year and we're throwing out 22 billion!" - Chandni Batra on What the Sneaker Giants Don't Tell You

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Twenty-two billion! What are we playing at?!Things get worse when we look at the materials most commonly in use. The sports shoe category in particula...

Everything's Better When the Sustainability Team is in Charge - the Inspiring Tale of Lafaani

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the third of our four-part mini series on sustainable fashion in India, Clare sits down with Drishti Modi and Rashmick Bose, the duo behind slow fa...

From Vintage Seller to Artisanal Manufacturer: Is Ritwik Khanna India's Most Promising New Designer?

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More from our visit to India! If you listened to the last episode with stylist Daniel Franklin, you'll have heard Clare promise more to come from Indi...

Lakmé Fashion Week Special: Styling India's New Wave Designers, with Daniel Franklin

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mumbai and New Delhi take turns to host Lakmé Fashion Week, and this season it's the former that will be exploding with creative runways and high-cra...

Woke! Anti-Woke! What's with all the Corporates Ditching DEI?

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A disturbing shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion is spreading through the corporate world. Following US President Donald Trump's lead, som...

Oh Hey Ripu Daman Bevli... Meet The Plogman of India

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for some more trashtalk, my friends. Remember plastic pollution? Of course you do - because it's still with us. According to the UNEP, the e...

The Future of Fashion Artefacts, According to Leo Carlton (Hint! It's Printed)

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

London fashion week spotlight: In a markedly hatless era, forward-marching British New Gen accessories designer Leo Carlton is turning their talents t...

New Gen: Essie Kramer talks Upycling Church Cast-Offs, Mastering the Digital Printer and Nearly Dressing Julia Fox

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Experience matters. Everyone always tells new design graduates that it's best to work for someone else while you find your feet. But at what point do ...

Clare's Take: Dressing Melania - Decoding the Meaning of Big Fashion's Right Wing Power Play

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A note from Clare:This week, I'm experimenting with bringing you something a bit different. I'm calling it CLARE'S TAKE and it's a sort of op-ed slash...

Photographer Axl Jansen on the Coolness of the Berlin Fashion Scene and how “Art is Always a Kind of Danger in Itself”

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ears here! Do yourself a favour and take a break from doomscrolling Trump...Berlin fashion week is about to roll around again, and we're inspired. Not...

Meet Mr McCall. A Chance Encounter with Count Buttons (Or, Why You Should Talk to Strangers at Fashion Shows)

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! When was the last time you admired someone's style from afar, say from across the street? Or when you found yourself sitting next to t...

Now Here's a Dazzling Idea: Smell as Material, with Susan Irvine

28 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Breathe in deeply through your nose... What can you smell right now? Can you identify it? How does it make you feel? Is it fresh, bright, pleasant? No...

What's Going on in Bangladesh? A Must-Listen Convo with Fashion Manufacturer Shafiq Hassan

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Bangladesh has come out of a lot of difficulty in the past. Bangladesh is a place of hope, is a place of resilience ... We could again come together ...

Tapestry! Embroidery! Quilting! Tailoring! Can Textiles Change the World? You Bet

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From Victor & Rolf's "Get Mean" frock through Jordan Gogos's radical upcycling projects to Paul McCann's "Sovereignty Never Ceded" gown, certain i...

Scottish New Gen Fashion Talent: Tartan, Tennent's, Tam O' Shanters - but with a Twist

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New York, London, Milan, Paris? So last season! It's time to spotlight less discussed design centres. This time, Dundee, which is home the two emergin...

Jimmy Choo - How to be Successful: Sage Advice from the Iconic Shoe Designer

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's not every day you get to sit down with a proper fashion world icon and pick his brains for free!Dear listeners, you're in for a treat this week, ...

Is Fashion Ready for Ecocide Law? with Lucy Tammam and Jojo Metha

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you listened to last week's interview w. Jem Bendell and wondered, "What on Earth do I do now?" And you weren't up for moving to Bali and getting c...

Jem Bendell's Dangerous Ideas - What if Sustainability Is Just a Big Green Fairytale?

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Okay, brace yourselves...Brands love to set sustainability goals. But what if it's all nonsense? What if net zero, the obsession with carbon, and the ...

Regenerative Thinking: "What Does A Bee Want?" Carole Collet on Designing with Nature in Mind

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is the role of a fashion designer today? Thinking purely about gorgeous clothes is so last season. Gone are the days when designers could conside...

Get Your Secondhand September On with Eunice Olumide

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Secondhand September! Six years ago Oxfam UK came up with the idea of using September to encourage people to: "Shop second hand to take a stance...

How to Network - First Nations Designer Liandra Gaykamangu on Living the Fashion Dream

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fashion month is about to kick off again, with all eyes on New York, London, Milan and Paris. But the obsession with the so-called fashion capitals ha...

Underconsumpton Core! Rule of Five's Tiffanie Darke on What to Wear and Why

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#underconsumptioncore is a thing! For this episode, we’re in London visiting British journalist Tiffanie Darke to talk about her viral wardrobe chal...

A Refreshingly Honest Conversation about the Ups and Downs of the Fashion Biz with Danish Designer A. Roege Hove

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the last of our Copenhagen Fashion Week interviews (if you missed the previous Eps, do go back & take a listen).This one is refreshingl...

Crafternoon Delight! Meet Rolf Ekroth, the Finnish Former Polka Player Dazzling the Fashion World

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our Copenhagen Fashion Week special continues! Clare sits down with Finnish menswear designer Rolf Ektroth.Last season, his hand-knits, made with Finn...

Copenhagen Fashion Week Special: Alectra Rothschild, Masculina - Make Your Own Rules

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you're not in Copenhagen for fashion week, here's your (virtual) ticket :)Last week, we talked to Ane from Alpha about studying fashion in the Nord...

"But Who's Gonna Wear It?" - How to Succeed as Artistic Fashion Designer, with Ane Lynge-Jorlén

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We hear it all the time: fashion students are overwhelmed by overproduction and the ruthless churn of creative directors at the big luxury houses. How...

Who Cares? Radical Ideas for Changing the Fashion System

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Empathy, kindness, wellbeing, caring, sharing, repairing - not traditionally the first words that spring to mind when I say "FASHION!" But things are ...

Regenerative? Part of the Wellbeing Economy? Imagine! Talking Future Scenarios at the UK's new National Centre for Fashion & Sustainability

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Complete this sentence: The future of fashion will be…Welcome to Series 10 of Wardrobe Crisis! We're kicking off with a conversation about the futur...

A Provocation: You Need to Support Small Sustainable Enterprises if you Don't Want to Sink into a Boring Big Brand World - Meet High Tea with Mrs Woo

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to make it as an independent, small, local ethical business in a global world that favours big brands? How can we work together to e...

This is the Real Circular Fashion Economy - Meet Roger, My Local Cobbler

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Forget brands for a minute, the real circular fashion economy is the repair shop on your high street…Do you have a fab local cobbler or clothing alt...

Return to Sender: Buzigahill's Bobby Kolade on Fashion Waste Colonialism in Uganda

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bobby Kolade is the designer behind Ugandan fashion label Buzigahill - which puts the politics of upcycling and waste colonialism at its core with the...

Lou Croff Blake Talks Pronouns, Fashion For Every Body and the Language of Belonging Beyond the Gender Binary

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do your clothes say about you? Dear listener, I bet you've thought about this before. Fashion is a language in itself. But, what about the langua...

Access Some Areas? Model Junior Bishop on Fashion's Disability To-Do List

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Can fashion lift its inclusivity game? When 28-year-old British model Junior Bishop - who just so happens to be a wheelchair user - spoke at the House...

Are You Posh & White Enough for a Career in the Creative Arts? Rahemur Rahman on Strategies for System Change

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rich, white and privileged - the creative arts sector has a class problem. Particularly in class-obsessed Britain, where middle-class people are twice...

Caryn Franklin, Beyond The Clothes Show - Fashion, Identity, Representation and Belonging

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We all know clothes have meaning, beyond just looking nice. We’ve often talked on this podcast about the importance of how they are made. This week,...

Irish Artist Richard Malone, Who Gets To Make It in Fashion?

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How much is enough? How can creatives incorporate the idea of sufficiency in their output? If you make physical objects, what does it really mean to b...

Magnificent Michaela Stark - From Insta Bans to Victoria's Secret, Meet the Body-Morphing Couture Lingerie Maker

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why does fashion have such a problem in accepting all bodies they way they are, and recognising the beauty in different shapes and sizes? I know, I kn...

From Natural Dyes to Reading Nature's Signals, Re-Finding Knowledge Disrupted by Colonialism

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re interested in natural dyes, or want to know more about hands-on textile techniques, this episode is a joy. It's also a great one if you ar...

Meet Fiji's Fashion Dynamo Ellen Whippy-Knight

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Anna Wintour was introduced to Ellen Whippy-Knight as the founder of Fiji Fashion Week, the Vogue editor-in-chief exclaimed, “Fiji has a fashio...

Could You Buy No Clothes This Year? Jenna Flood's Wardrobe Freeze

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Addicted to thrifting? Wondering where all your money’s gone? Feeling the fashion clutter feels? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, it m...

Desperate Measures: Gregory Andrews' Climate Hunger Strike

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CONTENT WARNING. A note from Clare: "While in this Episode, we talk about creativity and hope, baking and Strictly Ballroom, and address a wide range ...

Spotlight on COP28: Flora Vano - Now is the Time to Stand with Pacific Climate Activists

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of year again, when world leaders (along with marketers from brands, oil and gas industry lobbyists, celebs on their private jets) head...

Meriel Chamberlin - Factory Made & Fabulous? Fashion's Sustainable Re-shoring Opportunity

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“When did we decide we couldn’t make stuff anymore?” asks this week’s guest, Meriel Chamberlin, the textile technologist behind Full Circle Fi...

SPECIAL EDITION (Part 2) Ep 197, Juno Gemes on Photographing the Australian Civil Rights Movement

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest for this Special Edition interview is JUNO GEMES, one of Australia’s most celebrated contemporary photographers.Born in Hungary, she moved...

SPECIAL EDITION (Part 1) What You Need to Know About The Voice Referendum in Australia

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this mini pod, which is Part 1 of our Special Edition on the Voice, you will hear RACHEL PERKINS read you the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Rache...

London Fashion Renegade: Dr NOKI is the O.G. Upcycler - Just Don't Call Him That

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s fashion month again and the big brands with the big budgets dominate our feeds. But amidst the commercial noise of the contemporary fashion cir...

Taylor Zakhar Perez on the Power of Influence

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Woolmark's new ambassador Taylor Zakhar Perez is a rising Hollywood star known for his leading man roles. You might recognise him from a certain rom c...

Parley for the Oceans' Cyrill Gutsch - Welcome to the Materials Revolution!

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Series 9 has landed! Our first guest is Cyrill Gutsch, the fascinating founder of Parley for the Oceans. With his partner Lea Stepken, this NY-based d...

Big Dress Energy - the Practical Magic of Cecilie Bahnsen

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Danish designer Cecilie Bahnsen studied at RCA in London, and interned with John Galliano and Erdem before starting her own label in 2015. You’ve pr...

Danish Design Maverick Henrik Vibskov on Meeting Copenhagen's Sustainability Standards & Why Fashion Needs to Think More

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meet Danish creative Henrik Vibskov - fashion designer, costume designer, curator, musician and professor. He shows at Copenhagen Fashion Week (which ...

Say What? The UN Wants to Help Fashion Get its Sustainability Comms Right. Rachel Arthur Explains

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ICYMI: fashion has a greenwashing problem. No wonder policy makers, consumer watchdogs and NGOs are taking an interest. According to the UN: “Misinf...

Is Regenerative Agriculture the Answer? Yes! Says Sarah Langford

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hang on, what's the question? Why is everyone talking about regenerative farming, for starters. For fibre as well as food. #regenag is fashion's new f...

Under the Skin - Understanding Leather's Supply Chains with Alice Robinson

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's much debate around the sustainability credentials of leather vs vegan alternatives (most of which are still PU - polyurethane). Is one natural...

Future Fabrics: Sustainable Textiles Masterclass with Amanda Johnston

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to the fabrics we make our clothes from, there’s much confusion. Many of us don’t have a clue what textiles we’re buying and weari...

Leather & Animal Cruelty with Emma Hakansson - "If we want total ethics in fashion, we can't ignore animals."

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Why are animals so often left out of the conversation about sustainable and ethical fashion? We talk about people and planet, but less often about our...

Why Vegan Model Activist Robyn Lawley Eats Her Spinach - “Hyper-Nourishment Saved My Health”

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You might know her from the cover of Italian Vogue, campaigning against Victoria's Secret for its lack of diversity, or her role as ambassador for org...

How to Build a Movement - Legendary Aussie Greenie Bob Brown on the Fight to Protect our Forests and Last Wild Places

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Clare sits down with legendary Aussie Greenie, Bob Brown to talk Tasmania’s old growth forests - where towering eucalypts that have been s...

Rana Plaza 10 Years - So, Did We Make Fashion Ethical Yet?

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ten years ago, the devastating Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka proved just how deadly the business of making clothes could be for marginalised garment wo...

Enthralling Mycologist Merlin Sheldrake Talks Fantastic Fungi & the Wonder of Mycelium

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Psst! Mushroom leather is not actually made from mushrooms – but it is fabulous! Much Like our guest this week. Merlin Sheldrake is the biologist an...

What Can We Learn About Sustainability from Central Asia's Textile Traditions? Meet Fashion Revolution Kazakhstan's Aigerim Akenova

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it’s the joy of dyeing cloth with pomegranates, the age-old practicality of turning sheep wool into felts and knits, or the rich legacy of c...

Forever Chemicals Be Gone! Andrea Rudolph on the Hidden Dangers of Toxic PFAS

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How much do you know about the chemicals you're exposed to through every-day things like cosmetics and skincare, clothing or even food packaging, and ...

Olena Braichenko: "Culinary Diplomacy Won't Stop Putin's War on Ukraine, but Stories About Our Rich Culinary Heritage and Sustainable Food Culture Are Worth Telling"

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 8 million Ukrainian refugees have been registered across Europe. According to UNHCR, the vast majori...

Turkish Fashion Designer Bora Aksu Talks Culture, Creativity and Responding to the Earthquake

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fashion doesn’t exist in a vacuum. As Coco Chanel once said, it’s “in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, wha...

How Does Trend Forecasting Work? The Future Laboratory's Chris Sanderson Pulls Back the Curtain

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do you feel about trends? In sustainable fashion circles, that word can have negative connotations. After all, it's the sped-up trend cycle delive...

Who Grew Your Cotton? Nishanth Chopra on Regenerative Agriculture - the New-Old Idea We Need Now

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

No doubt you’ve heard the buzz about regenerative agriculture. But who’s actually putting it into practice for the textile sector? At the soil lev...

Inclusive! Sustainable! No b.s! Can Collina Strada Save New York Fashion?

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As New York Fashion Week rolls around again, it’s the perfect time to listen to this interview with Hillary Taymour, founder of the much-talked-abou...

"Craft connects us" - Samorn Sanixay on Weaving, Multiculturalism & What We Have in Common

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the surface, this is the story of Samorn Sanixay’s epic adventure to map Australia through a colour study of its natural eucalyptus dyes. Last ye...

Edward Hertzman - Who's Got the Power? Addressing the Imbalance Between Suppliers and Fashion Brands

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Forget Vogue. Sourcing Journal should be required reading of you really want to know how the business of fashion works. Clare’s guest this week Edwa...

The Slow Grind's Georgina Johnson on Self-Care, Fashion Burnout and the Politics of Rest

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our first interview for 2023, we make the case for why Fashion’s New Year’s Resolution should be to slow the f*ck down...What does it mean to t...