1 hr 16 min
(#4) Confessions of a Shopaholic: Exploring Fast Fashion & Retail Consumerism with Diane Taha The Baller on a Budget
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Today on The Baller on a Budget podcast, Diane Taha, influencer & host of the Channel Your Influence podcast are discussing our consumer habits & shopping sins in a tell-all fashion confessional. In this episode, Diane & I talk about the cost of building a wardrobe, the exclusionary practices of luxury brands, corporate activism, sexist marketing & much more.
Diane has been an influencer since 2013 & is a full-time social media manager. She also hosts the podcast Channel Your Influence, where she discusses the climate of influencer marketing.
In This Episode:
How Diane began her career as a beauty & fashion influencer (1:43)What is “high-low” fashion? (3:38)Designer brands are more of a status symbol than style (7:20)How much of Diane’s wardrobe is designer (8:02)The attainability of luxury brands (10:56)Why do we strive to consume luxury? (16:10)How online fast fashion brands were popularized by fast fashion (18:19)Diane’s main issue with fast fashion (19:52)How often do we buy clothes that don’t fit but still keep them? (23:18)The percentage of our wardrobes that we actually wear (24:45)Why fast fashion sizing is a breeding ground for eating disorders & body dysmorphia (25:45)What are capsule wardrobes? (26:54)Will our current wardrobes age along with us? (30:39)Why designer bags & shoes hold their value (31:26)Small changes consumers can make to reduce environmental impact (34:02)How retail mark-ups & sales are exploitative (38:08)Preventing buyer’s remorse & FOMO (40:45)Consuming new items like underwear with less environmental impact (43:16)Why class divide makes ethical consumption costly for working-class people (48:20)Using influence to advocate for change (49:06)The impermanence of canceling corporate activism (51:13)Is the real power of ethical change within consumers or corporations? (55:38)The majority of household consumer decisions are made by women (58:19)How shifting the responsibility of ethical consumption to consumers contains subtle sexism (1:00:07)The female empowerment argument vs. the male gaze (1:02:50) How Millennial & Gen Z women are financially independent of men (1:07:33)Do your consumer habits sabotage your financial goals? (1:09:00)How do we identify ourselves outside of what we look like, how we produce, & how we consume? (1:12:29)Where you can find Diane Taha:
Instagram: @stylecontextwww.stylecontext.comChannel Your InfluenceSources:
Fast fashion & the social media culture of consumption with the Baller on a Budget (Episode 20 Channel Your Influence Podcast)Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster (by Dana Thomas) - affiliate linkStatistics On the Purchasing Power of Women (Girl Power Marketing)Who Makes the Call at the Mall, Men or Women? (WSJ)The Commodification of Kim Kardashian's Plastic Surgery (@kardashian_kolloquium on Tiktok)
Today on The Baller on a Budget podcast, Diane Taha, influencer & host of the Channel Your Influence podcast are discussing our consumer habits & shopping sins in a tell-all fashion confessional. In this episode, Diane & I talk about the cost of building a wardrobe, the exclusionary practices of luxury brands, corporate activism, sexist marketing & much more.
Diane has been an influencer since 2013 & is a full-time social media manager. She also hosts the podcast Channel Your Influence, where she discusses the climate of influencer marketing.
In This Episode:
How Diane began her career as a beauty & fashion influencer (1:43)What is “high-low” fashion? (3:38)Designer brands are more of a status symbol than style (7:20)How much of Diane’s wardrobe is designer (8:02)The attainability of luxury brands (10:56)Why do we strive to consume luxury? (16:10)How online fast fashion brands were popularized by fast fashion (18:19)Diane’s main issue with fast fashion (19:52)How often do we buy clothes that don’t fit but still keep them? (23:18)The percentage of our wardrobes that we actually wear (24:45)Why fast fashion sizing is a breeding ground for eating disorders & body dysmorphia (25:45)What are capsule wardrobes? (26:54)Will our current wardrobes age along with us? (30:39)Why designer bags & shoes hold their value (31:26)Small changes consumers can make to reduce environmental impact (34:02)How retail mark-ups & sales are exploitative (38:08)Preventing buyer’s remorse & FOMO (40:45)Consuming new items like underwear with less environmental impact (43:16)Why class divide makes ethical consumption costly for working-class people (48:20)Using influence to advocate for change (49:06)The impermanence of canceling corporate activism (51:13)Is the real power of ethical change within consumers or corporations? (55:38)The majority of household consumer decisions are made by women (58:19)How shifting the responsibility of ethical consumption to consumers contains subtle sexism (1:00:07)The female empowerment argument vs. the male gaze (1:02:50) How Millennial & Gen Z women are financially independent of men (1:07:33)Do your consumer habits sabotage your financial goals? (1:09:00)How do we identify ourselves outside of what we look like, how we produce, & how we consume? (1:12:29)Where you can find Diane Taha:
Instagram: @stylecontextwww.stylecontext.comChannel Your InfluenceSources:
Fast fashion & the social media culture of consumption with the Baller on a Budget (Episode 20 Channel Your Influence Podcast)Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster (by Dana Thomas) - affiliate linkStatistics On the Purchasing Power of Women (Girl Power Marketing)Who Makes the Call at the Mall, Men or Women? (WSJ)The Commodification of Kim Kardashian's Plastic Surgery (@kardashian_kolloquium on Tiktok)
1 hr 16 min