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Fashion’s Missing Link

Fashion’s Missing Link

Perhaps you’ve seen buzzwords like upcycled, renewed, or repurposed on fashion websites and are feeling confused. Perhaps, too, you’ve invested in natural fibers when purchasing clothes but doing so simply doesn’t seem like enough. While the planet operates in a circular system in which everything is reused and repurposed, the fashion industry operates within a vastly different, linear system. Big Fashion gets away with an awful lot of unethical practices: you’re right, then, to wonder whether you’re missing a piece of the puzzle.

Today I speak with blogger and podcaster Elizabeth Joy about what it takes to push brands toward planet over profit. Elizabeth drives home the point that a circular fashion system includes all of us — brands, designers, consumers, and politicians — working toward the singular goal of circularity.

This episode is for intermediate sustainable minimalists who have already completed first steps toward overhauling the way they think about clothes and are ready to go deeper into being part of the (circular) solution.

 

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[3:00] 2 things Big Fashion is doing wrong in 2022

[10:30] Can synthetic fibers be part of a circular fashion economy?

[17:30] 5 sneaky examples of greenwashing in the fashion industry

[24:30] Everything you need to know about the Higgs Index

[26:30] 3 action steps for conscious fashion consumers that go beyond what we put in our closets

 

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While the planet operates in a circular system in which everything is reused and repurposed, the fashion industry operates within a vastly different, linear system. (Big Fashion gets away with an awful lot of unethical practices!) On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: the 4 tenets of circular fashion, plus what you and I can do to get there.   While the planet operates in a circular system in which everything is reused and repurposed, the fashion industry operates within a vastly different, linear system. (Big Fashion gets away with an awful lot of unethical practices!) On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: 5 sneaky ways the fashion industry employs greenwashing tactics to trick consumers.

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Enter Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy, a hard-hitting new Netflix documentary that forces viewers to look at our waste-related woes. On today’s show producer Flora Bagenal offers a behind-the-scenes look at the documentary’s creation; she also answers your pressing, post-viewing questions.

A note from Stephanie: This episode was recorded before the Los Angeles wildfires. If you're able, please consider donating to one of these organizations. 

 

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