It’s beginning to look a lot like over-consumption season; the predatory side of women’s fashion; and… compostable underwear?

It’s the end of the year, and our listeners have been asking questions: What does it mean that menswear is often made with better materials than womenswear? How do we kick the overconsumption habit when it’s so baked into our culture? And is underwear compostable? Lizzo blows up Twitter wanting to know. 

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Resources:  

• New York Times on the 30 x 30 biodiversity pledge coming out of COP15
• Vogue Business on Dolce & Gabbana’s sustainability plan
• The Fashion Law talks through the FTC’s plan to update their Green Guides

Hot Buttons is a production of Post Script Media. The show is hosted by Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker. Follow the show on Twitter. 

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