#2 Forward Fashion

Show Notes

The fashion industry is one of the most resource-intensive industries in the world. But some are rolling up their sleeves and moving the needle. How can we, as consumers, do better and what is the responsibility of the industry? These three voices will try to provide some answers.

Topics include: sustainability, ethical fashion, textiles, fair fashion, innovation, fashion

Guests on this episode:

Cherie Birkner - Founder of Sustainable Fashion Matterz
Berlin, 🇩🇪 Germany

While she had everything in her hands for a long career in the traditional fashion world, Cherie started having doubts. Was her job in line with her personal values? She decided to become a photographer, focusing on the good guys who are moving the industry in the right direction. It was the spark for Sustainable Fashion Matterz, where she showcases and spreads knowledge about sustainable fashion.

Soraya Wancour- Fashion Designer at Studio AMA
Ghent, 🇧🇪 Belgium

As a young and ambitious fashion designer, Soraya tackles the industry from three angles with Studio AMA, a lab for ethical fashion. Her clothes are made exclusively from discarded textiles, they are produced locally in sheltered workplaces, and sold directly to consumers. We went to take a look in her atelier.

Enrica Arena - CMO & Co-Founder of Orange Fiber
Catania, 🇮🇹 Sicily

One of the many sustainable fabrics that have emerged in the past years, Orange Fiber is sourced from the mountains of citrus waste generated in Italy every year. Co-founder Enrica will tell you how and why this all came to be, and how they try to shape the industry from the inside out.

For pictures, additional links, credits and full transcript, visit: https://tomorrowpeople.today/forward-fashion

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