What will it really take to create a more sustainable and equitable future for fashion? Each week, host Elizabeth Joy interviews fashion changemakers — from labor activists to slow fashion entrepreneurs — to explore this very question. Hear about topics like greenwashing, garment worker rights, consumer psychology, secondhand fashion, making the most of your closet, and more. For more, visit consciouslifeandstyle.com and follow @consciousstyle on Instagram.
105) The Blueprint for a Successful Circular Fashion Program
Is it possible to truly balance financial and environmental sustainability in circularity? This week's guest not only believes that it's possible to do both, but has proven it by architecting one of fashion’s most impactful resale programs, Worn Wear (at Patagonia). In this episode, she's sharing her lessons learned on everything from the type of resale model that could be capable of reducing new production to how we can better engage customers in circularity.Our guest Nellie Cohen spent nearly a decade at Patagonia as the architect of the brand’s precedent-setting and award-winning circularity program, Worn Wear. She holds over 15 years of sustainability experience and is widely recognized as a leading figure within the circular economy movement.In 2019, she founded her consultancy — Baleen — which is a specialized agency that focuses on circularity design and implementation. Over her career, she has worked with some of the world’s best known brands including Levi’s, Target, lululemon, and DÔEN.***This is a recording of a conversation that Stella led with Nellie inside the Conscious Fashion Collective Membership community! If you'd like to join in on future conversations like this, access our entire past session library, unlock our value-packed resource hub, and connect with a changemaking community, join us inside the CFC Membership.💚 Learn more & join: consciousfashion.co/community
10/22/2024 • 50 minutes, 5 seconds
104) How to Find & Build Slow Fashion Community
Slow fashion can (and dare we say should?) be joyful! So if you've been feeling discouraged, overwhelmed, or isolated on your sustainable fashion journey, it may be a sign to lean into community. In this episode, get tangible tips and encouragement to find or cultivate your own slow fashion community. The second part of this episode features a replay of Elizabeth's interview on the Ecommerce Maven Podcast, where she spoke about building community around your slow fashion business and creating thriving partnerships.CONNECT:📧 Conscious Fashion Collective Newsletter (stay updated on upcoming events, like founder x freelancer mixers!)🌿CFC Membership (private community for sustainable fashion professionals & entrepreneurs)💌 Slow Fashion Saturday (free newsletter for slow fashion advocates)
10/15/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 23 seconds
103) Where Does Slow Fashion Go From Here?
After a so-called "slow fashion recession", what's next for the movement? How can we come back stronger and make slow fashion so irresistible, that it becomes inevitible?Those are big questions, but that's what we're exploring in this podcast episode! I'd love to hear your thoughts & ideas on this too — find me at @consciousstyle on Instagram or email me. CONNECT:💌 Slow Fashion Saturday Newsletter🌱 Join the CFC Membership (community for sustainable fashion professionals & founders)♻️ Upcycling Workshop
10/8/2024 • 48 minutes, 6 seconds
102) Leveraging Your Slow Fashion Skills To Make Money Beyond Products
For our first-ever Conscious Fashion Collective Membership panel discussion, we discussed a topic that is often taboo in the slow fashion space — money! We believe that financial sustainability is essential for creating a more just, and sustainable, fashion ecosystem with thriving businesses that care about people and the planet.💰 WE DISCUSSED:Taboos/misconceptions about making money in the slow fashion space,What alternative business models and revenue streams can be successful for slow fashion brands who don’t want to follow the traditional fast fashion trajectory,Slow fashion pricing and forecasting,How freelancers can go about finding clients, retaining clients, and creating a client rotation that allows for financial sustainability,How to diversify your slow fashion skills and develop alternative streams of income/business offerings,And SO MUCH more! This episode was brought to you by…Conscious Fashion Collective Membership: the global community for sustainable fashion professionals, freelancers, and entrepreneurs.Doors will be closing to new members on Friday, March 29th as we prepare to add even more value to the membership.When we reopen, we'll be increasing the price to account for the additional value. If you sign-up this week, you'll lock-in our current pricing for the lifetime of your membership.Learn more + join us: consciousfashion.co/community LINKS:PicnicwearKismet Concept StudioMAHDIYYAHDevintoJacqueline SchumannPicnicwear DejaVu Dress PatternYouTube video: NYC Tailor Aims To Reduce Fast Fashion WasteCONNECT WITH CONSCIOUS STYLE:📧Newsletter: https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/subscribe🌐Website: consciouslifeandstyle.com📸 Instagram: @consciousstyle
3/26/2024 • 37 minutes, 16 seconds
101) Demystifying Financial Sustainability in Slow Fashion
Financial sustainability is essential for creating a more just, and sustainable, fashion ecosystem with thriving businesses that care about people and the planet. But how do you go about actually making money in this space, especially when you care about not overproducing? Money-making is a topic that is all-too-often taboo in the slow fashion space, but our panelists Dani Des Roches, Mahdiyyah Muhammad, Jacqueline Schumann, and Aiste Zitnikaite are unpacking their experiences, transparently, in this episode!Note: This is a recording from a Conscious Fashion Collective Membership panel discussion, so you may hear references to the membership and “CFC". You can learn more about CFC's membership community here: consciousfashion.co/community💰 WE DISCUSSED:Taboos/misconceptions about making money in the slow fashion space,What alternative business models and revenue streams can be successful for slow fashion brands who don’t want to follow the traditional fast fashion trajectory,Slow fashion pricing and forecasting,How freelancers can go about finding clients, retaining clients, and creating a client rotation that allows for financial sustainability,How to diversify your slow fashion skills and develop alternative streams of income/business offerings,And SO MUCH more!LINKS:Conscious Fashion Collective MembershipPicnicwearKismet Concept StudioMAHDIYYAHDevintoJacqueline Schumann CONNECT WITH CONSCIOUS STYLE:📧Newsletter: https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/subscribe🌐Website: consciouslifeandstyle.com📸 Instagram: @consciousstyle
