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We interview fashion industry leaders and politicians in an intimate, honest series of podcasts.

  1. 24. Juli

    Fashion Roundtable Book Club - Patrick Grant

    Fashion Roundtable's 5th book club and it's a special one! In this episode, Meg Pirie is joined by Patrick Grant from the hit BBC series The Sewing Bee - Season 12 of which aired last week! Patrick is the founder of campaigning clothing brand Community Clothing which supports local clothing and textile manufacturing across the UK. Patrick is also an outspoken advocate for radical change in the fashion industry and this comes across perfectly in his debut book, LESS, which was an instant Sunday Times bestseller – and that's what this episode centres around. Patrick offers a hopeful vision for how rethinking our relationship with clothing could kickstart a thriving new local economy, bringing prosperity and hope back to places in our country that have lost out to globalisation – policy asks that, like Patrick, Fashion Roundtable is very hot on!    From Patrick's rescue mission of Cookson & Clegg and the ethos behind Community Clothing, to national economic policy, and back to a hand-wound watch, Patrick and Meg talk to the very shape of the book itself.    Resources mentioned in the podcast   More about Patrick's campaigning clothing brand Community Clothing   Buy the book. Watch Season 12 of the Sewing Bee   Check out The Tin Shed Gallery on the Isle of Mull - for Patrick's famous mug reference! Read Fashion Roundtable's Open Letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Public Procurement   Sign the letter

  2. 30. Juni

    Fashion Roundtable Book Club - Eleanor Houghton, author of 'Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes'

    Today, Meg Pirie was joined by Eleanor Houghton an historian, writer, and illustrator specialising in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dress, literature, and material culture. Eleanor has an interesting career trajectory, after reading English at Oxford, Eleanor went on to become a couture milliner, specialising in archival research. Eleanor holds a doctorate in History and is an historical costume consultant for film and television productions such as Emily and Gentleman Jack. Eleanor is the author and illustrator of 'Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes', based on nine years of research into Charlotte Brontë's surviving wardrobe. In this live session, Eleanor argues that garments are primary sources that record Brontë's daily life, emotions, and identity, rather than just curiosities. In fact Charlotte Brontë's very clothes challenge the preexisting stereotypes of Charlotte as a "drab, sexless, saint-like" figure. From her corset, which is examined as a "shield" from criticism and an example of "hyper-femininity" used to navigate societal body ideals and class status, to the Industrial Revolution and resourcefulness during that time, these 150 items bore witness to Charlotte's incredible, and at times, very complex life. To find out more about Eleanor and her work, you can check out her website, Linked In, and instagram also! Buy the book here

  3. 15. Mai

    Q & A with Zakia Sewell, Author of 'Finding Albion: Myth, folklore and the quest for a hidden Britain'

    Fashion Roundtable Book Club - Zakia Sewell, with Tamara Cincik and Meg Pirie Today's conversation with Zakia Sewell took us from the sacred springs of Glastonbury to the history of 'Albion' as a place of refuge. Buy the Book 'Finding Albion: Myth, folklore and the quest for a hidden Britain' by Zakia Sewell Buy Listen My Albion (BBC Radio 4): The four-part series that sparked Zakia's quest Listen Dream Time (BBC Radio 6 Music): Catch Zakia's latest broadcasts exploring music and myth Listen Folklore & Activism Right to Roam: Learn more about the campaign for land access in England and Wales More UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH): Read about Fashion Roundtable's work on ratifying the convention in our Creative Wellbeing Economy Framework More More on the writer Glennie Kindred More More on Our Land documentary More

  4. 26. März

    Q & A with Rob Hopkins, co-founder of Transition Network with Meg Pirie

    Welcome to Fashion Roundtable's second book club!  Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Network. Rob holds a PhD from the University of Plymouth, and is author of several books. Starting in lockdown Rob created the highly successful 'From What If to What Next' podcast, where he time travelled with guests to explore practical, imaginative solutions to the climate and ecological crisis.  The interview delves deeper into Rob's latest book, 'How to Fall in Love with the Future: A time traveller's guide to changing the world.' Through the power of Rob's book, Meg Pirie and Rob Hopkins visit a 2030 resulting from our doing everything collectively that we could possibly have done. They explore how time travel and routing ourselves in the lived experience of the future help us map out a route to inspire change, the neuroscience behind this, the need to cultivate longing, the responsibilities governments and organisations have to include thinkers, dreamers and artists in decision-making, and Rob's policy wishlist.  You can watch the full interview here:  More on Rob's work here and to buy his book here Fashion Roundtable's Creative Wellbeing Framework here

  5. 27. Feb.

    Q&A with Daisy Fancourt, author of Art Cure with Meg Pirie

    First Episode of The Fashion Roundtable Book Club featuring a Q & Q with Daisy Fancourt, author of "Art Cure - The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health" published by Penguin Books.

  6. 10.12.2024

    ALIX COOMBS in conversation #25 AMELIA TWINE

    For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Alix Coombs speaks with Amelia Twine, Founder of Sustainable Fashion Week Following a decade working in sustainability in food systems and hospitality, Amelia now works in campaigning for a just transition to an equitable, regenerative fashion industry. Amelia ran a sustainable womenswear platform before founding Sustainable Fashion Week (SFW) in 2020. SFW works in creative community engagement to inspire consumer behaviour change, highlighting the different entry points to sustainability in fashion to make it more relevant and accessible to people from all backgrounds. SFW ignites community-led action to inspire, empower and upskill people - equipping them to change their fashion habits. Amelia provides consultancy and project management for various organisations including The Good Clothes Show, South West England Fibreshed and is the co-chair for Fashion Roundtable's Sustainability & Social Justice Committee.

  7. 03.12.2024

    HARRIET FLETCHER-GILHUYS in conversation with #24 KATE TURNBULL

    For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Harriet Flecther-Gilhuys speaks with Kate Turnbull from The Secret Dyery where they discuss the world of natural dyes and how they can be incorporated into supply chains and regenerative practices. Kate Turnbull is natural dyeing practitioner, educator and advocate. She divides her time between Headington School, Oxford as Eco Lead and in her dye house in Oxfordshire, working either on her own projects or collaborations. Recent collaborations have included suspending naturally-dyed plant based fibres above the Chelsea Flower Show 'Dye Garden for Fashion Revolution', producing a unique range of naturally hand-dyed dresses for Anna Mason London and developing a natural, seasonal colour palette for a project at The Centre for Sustainability. Kate has an MA in Fashion & Textiles from Central St Martins, is honored to be represented by The Guild of Master Craftsmen and is a member of The Society of Dyers and Colourists. In 2022 she was nominated for Teacher of the Year for designing and implementing the country's first eco A Level textiles course

  8. 26.11.2024

    TAMARA CINCIK in conversation with #23 BARONESS LOLA YOUNG OF HORNSEY

    For this episode of the Front Row to Front Bench podcast, Tamara Cincik speaks with Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords about the release of her memoir 'Eight Weeks', published by Penguin. Eight Weeks is a deeply moving and inspiring memoir that tells the remarkable life story of Baroness Young of Hornsey, from her childhood in foster care, to becoming one of the first Black women in the House of Lords. Lola Young has been an actress, an academic, an activist and campaigner for social justice, and a crossbench peer. But from the age of eight weeks to eighteen years, she was moved between foster care placements and children's homes in North London. It would take many decades before she was able to begin the search for answers to the long-standing questions that would help her make sense of her childhood. In Eight Weeks, through her care records, fragments of memory, and her imagination where parts of her story are missing, Lola assembles the pieces of her past into a portrait of a childhood in a system that often made her feel invisible and unwanted. Alongside glimpses into her life as a peer, activist, and campaigner it tells the powerful story of her determination to defy the odds. Eight Weeks is a spirited, eye-opening and beautifully written account of being a child in care and a Black child in a white family and is a vital part of contemporary Black British history.

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