05: Is fashion's business model broken? Patrick McDowell shares his thoughts The Impact Fashion Podcast

"The whole idea that things are linear is rubbish! We should be learning our whole lives. Unlearning our whole lives. Relearning our whole lives."

In this episode of the Impact Fashion Podcast, Chidubem speaks to Patrick McDowell, London based fashion designer and Sustainable Design Director at Pinko. During our chat, Patrick shared his opinion on the current fashion system, discussed designing using market data and the role of the fashion designer today .

Patrick quoted a statistic in the episode that says the fashion industry has 70% waste. It is estimated, in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation' 'A New Textile Economy' report that 73% of clothing produced globally is landfilled or incinerated. The report also suggests that 12% of textiles are wasted or loss in the production of clothing. See page 20 of the report.

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