Fashion- Not all as it seams

Unravelling the notion of cradle to cradle within sustainable fashion and textiles.  Four global female experts create dialogue around the ethical and environmental issues faced by the fashion and textile industry.  Come and join us and our guests from all over the world, coming from a variety of backgrounds to discuss and decipher this crazy, complex industry!

  1. 09/25/2023

    From Sheep and Geese Chats to an Innovative Circular Business: The Wool Journey with Ngaire Takano.

    Today Emma interviews our very own co-host Ngaire Takano! Ngaire is untraditional and unorthodox. She leads with values and conviction and deeply cares about sheep, farmers, circularity, traceability and nature She’s been an activist since she was 10 years old - campaigning against deforestation of local rainforests on the east coast of Australia, at 12 years old she helped support a local against a proposed irradiation plant for food - the information she gathered - pre internet- helped support the campaign which led to it not being build locally, , at 15 she was worked on a Merino sheep farm learning the trade and at 16 she started her own business supplying local restaurants with organic and locally grown ingredients. She really is a living, breathing example of how business should be done. This is the blueprint. But actually, more than that, this is who Ngaire is at a soul level. It’s literally in her blood. So what, quite literally started as a conversation with sheep and geese a couple of years ago on a farm in Belgium is now at an accelerator stage - we hear about the problems that come with the ideology that is scaling and funding. Yet such is the interest with this business centered around sheep, farmers and wool that Ngaire will be taking it to international stages very soon. And not only is there interest from the fashion and interiors sector but also automobile and packaging. There is so much potential here. It’s pure innovation AND from the heart. A business where reciprocity, circularity and connection are at its core. And women owned. We need more Ngaire’s in the world. contact guest: Ngaire Takano- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_ngairetakano/?hl=en website: https://www.ngairetakano.be LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngairetakano/ contact host: Emma Bottomley- IG: @eloma_consultancy @eloma_designwww.elomaconsultancy.com www.elomadesign.com Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-bottomley/

    38 min
  2. 07/04/2023

    Is secondhand the future of a circular fashion industry? Gemma Metheringham Founder of the_elephant_in_my_wardrobe discusses fashions future.

    In this special episode we interview Gemma Metheringham Founder of the_elephant_in_my_wardrobe. Gemma has a true passion for clothes and to champion talent and positive change in the world, and this shines through in our conversation. Previously at Next where she created, launch and ran @labelmix her career has spanned 3 decades and has included positions of Head of Design at Next and 17 years at Karen Millen as Creative Director. She is currently studying the Fashion Futures MA at LCF. In our first episode we talk about Gemma’s career, her biggest regret and the advice she would give others who are leading brands today. In the second episode we discuss the secondhand market, the subject of Gemma’s research, and if secondhand is really the future for a circular fashion industry. Check out Gemma’s reading list 👇 •Cradle to Cradle; Remaking the way we make things,  by MIchael Braungart and William McDonough •Doughnut Economics; Seven Ways to think like a 21st Century Economist, by Kate Raworth  •The Day the World Stops Shopping; How ending consumerism gives us a better life and a greener world, by J B Mackinnon •Curing Affluenza; how to buy less stuff and save the world by Richard Dennis •Secondhand; travels in the new global garage sale by Adam Minter Contact Guess speaker Gemma Metheringham via Instagram today : @the_elephant_in_my_wardrobe Epsidoe Host: Joanna Czutkowna- https://iwentshoppingtoday.com/ IG: @iwentshoppingtoday Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-czutkowna-424a8612

    43 min
  3. 07/03/2023

    How the beauty of handmade, Indigenous communities and descaling are an opportunity for evolution

    In this very special episode Emma interviews Kavita Parmar co-founder of XTANT. We explore Kavita's life story, her personal realisations and learnings through her journey with heritage textiles and artisans and why the world needs to stop and urgently listen and learn from Indigenous communities and wisdom.  We discuss the disconnect that has occurred from industrialisation and capitalism and its impact on humanity and nature.  Yet amongst all of this is an exciting opportunity for evolution. To stop thinking large scale - instead descale and have local industries with regenerative cultures. And to exchange and learn from other parts of the world that are connected to and understand that we are all part of a living system - whose relationships within their community, nature and animals are interconnected.  And the work that XTANT is doing and building amongst their growing community to seduce people with the beauty of handmade and going against the grain.  The next XTANT Roots 2024 will take place in Palma de Mallorca from 1-13th of May To contact Kavita you can reach out to insta : @kavitaparmar  and her email : kavita@xtant.ioTo lean more about XTANT check out the website:www.xtant.io and  insta : @_xtant_ Guest Speaker: Kavita ParmarCo founder & Co Curatorinsta : @_xtant_website : www.xtant.ioAbout XTANT:XTANT renewed itself with our fourth annual edition from the 9th to 13th of May 2023 which was truly magical. Like its previous iterations each year's XTANT has a leitmotif, this year it was ‘Fibra’ for its unique focus on the core, central and most atomic form of textile, The event took over several heritage patios, all walking distance from each other at the very heart of the historic and beautiful streets of Palma de Mallorca. A true celebration of the art in heritage textile craft. XTANT aims to inspire the new generations to value sustainability, personal identity, tradition and responsible consumption over commercial tendencies based on unbridled consumption. The event offers many moments of reflection and communion with the unique, the beautiful and the long-lasting. Full of enriching conversations, workshops, rituals and textile exhibitions with over 65 master Artisans / activists / designers invited from 23 countries, XTANT| 2023 was a resounding success. Here is one of the keynote speeches by Satish Kumar that beautifully illustrates all the XTANT community values. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDJ_bmP-_M Episode Host: Emma Bottomley- IG: @eloma_consultancy @eloma_design www.elomaconsultancy.com www.elomadesign.com Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-bottomley/

    48 min

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Unravelling the notion of cradle to cradle within sustainable fashion and textiles.  Four global female experts create dialogue around the ethical and environmental issues faced by the fashion and textile industry.  Come and join us and our guests from all over the world, coming from a variety of backgrounds to discuss and decipher this crazy, complex industry!

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