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120. Designer Francisca Gajardo on Fixing the Fashion Industry's Waste Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela
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Francisca Gajardo is a Chilean fashion designer who specializes in upcycling old clothing into new garments. She grew up in Northern Chile, near one of the largest clothing dumps in the world.
She joins Heath to discuss what she's seen first-hand at the clothing dumps, how the second hand markets of Chile inspired her career in fashion design, and how she hopes to standardize upcycling so that major fashion brands can take back their old outfits and transform them into new designs in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner.
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Francisca Gajardo is a Chilean fashion designer who specializes in upcycling old clothing into new garments. She grew up in Northern Chile, near one of the largest clothing dumps in the world.
She joins Heath to discuss what she's seen first-hand at the clothing dumps, how the second hand markets of Chile inspired her career in fashion design, and how she hopes to standardize upcycling so that major fashion brands can take back their old outfits and transform them into new designs in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner.
Get full access to Willoughby Hills at heathracela.substack.com/subscribe
50 min