The Fashion Pulpit

The Fashion Pulpit

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FASHION & BEAUTY

The Fashion Pulpit

This podcast seeks to understand the meaning attached to our clothing; create space for our thoughts to ferment and dream of a healthier and more equitable fashion system. In each episode, we invite guests to speak about how care is integral in making a difference within the current fashion system. This is a journey in search of answers to make sense of the system, as wearers of clothes.

09/19/2022

Episode 09: The End-of-Life We Refuse to Talk About

Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZMr83kOTuZd7zFbM44mm-iMobuIT1AXbAEcfAcbcYDY/edit?usp=sharing TIMESTAMPS Examining disposal habits (01:25) Where is “away”? (05:55) Textile-to-textile recycling technology severely lacking (12:32) Next steps (18:24) Download the report here: https://bit.ly/iow_report_2022 Article on the ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ policy and why it’s insufficient in tackling textile waste by Stella Hartyanto: https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/extended-producer-responsibility-textiles/ - Sources mentioned Straits Times article on Salvation Army collection points https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/salvation-army-sees-spike-in-donations-amid-festive-season-appeals-for-items-in-good-condition Dead White Man’s Clothes https://atmos.earth/ghana-kantamanto-clothing-waste-problem/ Trend mania V ox article https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23065462/trends-death-subcultures-style Fast Company’s ‘Why ‘recycled’ clothes are so difficult to recycle’ https://www.fastcompany.com/90763958/why-recycled-clothes-are-so-hard-to-recycle?utm_source=pocket_mylist BBC’s ‘Why clothes are so hard to recycle’ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200710-why-clothes-are-so-hard-to-recycle Difference between recycling, upcycling, downcycling and resaling https://ecocult.com/circular-fashion-recycle-upcycle-downcycle-resale-definition/ Atmos’ ‘From Attire to Ashes: Clothing Waste in the Atacama Desert’ https://atmos.earth/atacama-desert-chile-unwanted-clothing-waste/ The Atlantic’s ‘Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?’ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/what-to-do-with-old-clothing-donation-waste/671043/ NTU press release https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/default-source/corporate-ntu/hub-news/ntu-singapore-and-rge-launch-sgd6-million-joint-research-centre-to-tackle-textile-waste.pdf?sfvrsn=d11821d6_1 - Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Produced by PodcastMate Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

25 min
09/01/2022

Episode 08: The Power of Wear(ing your clothes) + A Personal Update

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npKcVFRD35HxuCfCVRDzAYHZgqu8UHD7AVJuexa1cRI/edit?usp=sharing TIMESTAMPS TFP's update (1:20) Inside Our Wardrobe study report (4:23) Download the report here: https://bit.ly/iow_report_2022 Moving vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFYYYU4rjg Sources mentioned: Stories Clothes Tell: Investigating Clothing as Objects of Love https://lcf-smc-show-21.co.uk/postgraduate/curation-theory-and-writing/stories-clothes-tell-investigating-clothing-as-objects-of-love – Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

28 min
01/27/2022

Episode 07: Closed for Business - What does this mean for Sustainable Fashion? ft. Justo Justo

Rachel Tan (you might know her as @nocarrierpls or the Founder of Justo Justo), candidly speaks about her previous online personas/identities weaved into the way Justo Justo manifested into a clothing resale business. This episode (and the previous), sheds light on the emotional labour it takes when running a sustainable fashion business. Listen to Episode 6 for Chu’s journey with Shop Bettr, the first part of this 2-part series on local fashion businesses that are no longer in operation. P/s: Please accompany your listening experience with the transcript (linked below!) for better comprehension of what’s been discussed. -------- TIMESTAMPS Intro (1:25) Justo Justo’s timeline in retrospect (6:20) The struggles running Justo Justo (10:05) How Justo Justo was resisting the status quo of standard business practices (17:09) The rising visibility of the local thrift culture (25:30) Imminent systems change feels insurmountable (36:17) What Justo Justo symbolises (54:14) Conclusion (57:21) -------- LINKS AND SOURCES MENTIONED Aja Barber @ajabarber Vogue article on Consumed by Aja Barber https://www.vogue.com/article/aja-barber-consumed -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

1h 1m
01/13/2022

Episode 06: Closed for Business - What does this mean for Sustainable Fashion? ft. Shop Bettr

Welcome to our first episode of 2022! In this episode and the next, we deep dive into the start and end of local sustainable fashion businesses with their founders. Chu Wong, our guest for this episode, discusses how she managed relationships with respective brand partners whilst juggling financial precariousness of a new brand. This, on top of reconciling with the business’ misalignment with her personal values and identity. This episode (and the next), sheds light on the emotional labour it takes when running a sustainable fashion business. -------- TIMESTAMPS Intro (0:41) Shop Bettr’s journey from start to end (6:57) The dissonance- running a sustainable fashion business (10:52) The difficult decision of closing down the business (16:33) Does a ‘sustainable fashion business’ exist? (18:44) Shop Bettr symbolises a support network (25:24) How can we fix a flawed system? (30:40) Conclusion (37:48) -------- ADDITIONAL RESOURCE For The Wild podcast Episode 265 on Healing the Fashion Industrial Complex https://forthewild.world/listen/shamira-covington-on-healing-the-fashion-industrial-complex-265 -------- Connect with Chu: Instagram @xchuw Website https://www.chuwong.com/ -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

42 min
12/23/2021

Episode 05: What Can Smallness Look Like? On Clothes-wearing & Grounded Action

I had a really good time speaking to Esther in this episode, chatting about our personal experiences and relationships with consumption and ways of relating to wear and clothing. It was a very refreshing conversation, and I think, an accurate representation of how I see and relate to the work that I do. This episode is special because I think there isn’t a specific call to action. I hope we just sit in these thoughts and let them ferment before we start thinking about our relationship with clothes. I hope you enjoy this raw, honest and open conversation between 2 clothes wearers, one that doesn’t have definitions or answers—only our perspective of the world through how we see and reimagine it. -------- Intro (0:43) The relationship with ‘Wear’ (5:29) ‘Smallness’ v.s. ‘Bigness’ (12:43) The ‘Wear We Are’ Telegram channel (18:07) The ‘Wear We Live’ directory for local small and secondhand businesses (25:20) Working and healing through ‘fashion’ personally and collectively (37:58) -------- LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED Esther’s blog post, ‘small is beautiful: https://raah.blog/2021/07/05/small-is-beautiful/ Wear We Live https://wearwelive.space/ -------- Connect with Esther: Instagram @wear__we__are Wear We Live @wearwelive.sg -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

51 min
12/09/2021

Episode 04: Who Does the ‘Made In Singapore’ Label Serve?

This episode is one of many living questions. We question the fervent need to define ‘Singapore Fashion’ and discuss how we can participate in the system beyond wear, ownership and consumption. Weiqi emphasises the need for industry-level introspection and discourse in order for our local industry to recognise that its ongoing practices and ways of working are unsustainable. Singapore Fashion needs accountability, not definitions. -------- Intro (0:43) What is fashion? (7:58) Can we define Singapore fashion? (11:22) The potential of fashion as a medium that everyone participates in (19:45) How care can be embellished in everyday wear (22:20) The relationship between Fashion Media and its readers (28:50) Seeing Fashion in different spaces outside of consumption (33:02) Singapore Fashion needs industry-level introspection (49:48) -------- LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED Vogue SG street style article: https://vogue.sg/lasalle-college-of-the-arts-fashion-students-street-style-singapore/ HerWorld article: https://www.herworld.com/fashion/singapore-really-fashion-capital-or-just-shopping-one/ Prestige article: https://www.prestigeonline.com/sg/style/fashion/singapore-designers-change-fashion-industry/ Weiqi’s articles: Performing Femininity: Aprons, Capes and School Uniforms https://www.asianfilmarchive.org/performing-femininity-aprons-capes-and-school-uniforms/ Meet the Singaporean designers changing the way we dress, design and age https://vogue.sg/singapore-adaptive-fashion-werable-will-and-well-claudia-poh-elisa-lim/ Queering Through Dress: ‘Dress/Address’ at Grey Projects https://www.fashionandmarket.net/news-and-reviews/queering-through-dress-dressaddress-at-grey-projects -------- Connect with Weiqi: Instagram @coqillage Work & Research @fashionondisplay -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

1h 12m
11/25/2021

Episode 03: The Fermentation of Materials and Ourselves(!)

In this episode, Fashion Educator and Bio-Materials Researcher Kae Hana, sits down with us to discuss their process of experimenting with growing their own vegan leather with SCOBY. From that, our conversation evolved into speaking about the nuances of the sustainability movement, how sustainability principles have diluted into marketing speak under capitalism, and the fermentation of, you guessed it, the SCOBY, and, ourselves. LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED Find out more about Hana and their students’ work here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAEgBIAa9-Q/TWQgMzFtim2iSl7r6EG6Qg/view?utm_content=DAEgBIAa9-Q&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton Learn more about biomaterials here: https://fashionforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Understanding-Bio-Material-Innovations-Report.pdf Email Hana at farhana_kamaruddin@mdis.edu.sg to collaborate! Ocean Purpose Project: https://www.oceanpurposeproject.com/bioplastics Book mentioned: Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown -------- Connect with Hana: Instagram @kae_hana -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com re:wear is produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

1h 1m
11/11/2021

Episode 02: Growing (Old) With Our Clothes

In this episode, we speak to Daniela Monasterios-Tan, fashion lecturer, researcher and curator based in Singapore, and Erliana of FIN Crafted Goods about the journey we share with our clothes. As we concluded that wear & tear is an inevitable part of wearing our clothes, we speak about ways we can better care for our clothes through mending and repairing. Daniela shares about what 8 years of wear and care looks like on a pair of jeans, Erliana speaks about the story of a late father’s Hawaiian shirt collection, and I speak about the relationship I have with my clothes. LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED (In)visible Mending project, Daniela Monasterios-Tan: https://www.danielamonasteriostan.com/invisible-mending.html (In)visible Mending Exhibition Proposal, Daniela Monasterios-Tan: https://issuu.com/danielamonasteriostan/docs/final_ma_portfolio_mon15467878 Book: Repair: The Impulse to Restore in a Fragile World, Elizabeth V. Spelman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8862476-repair The Visible Mending Programme, Tom of Holland https://tomofholland.com/ Article: My Favourite Thing, Charlie Porter for More or Less Mag https://www.moreorlessmag.com/articles/my-favourite-thing/ Watch the FIN x Fashion Revolution Week 2021 video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN9bAW9nqLY/ Learn more about different types of fabrics and how to care for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajYztvzmpSg -------- Connect with Dani: Instagram @a_dna_lie Podcast @inthevitrine Research @a_stubborn_bloom Connect with Erliana: Instagram @fincraftedgoods -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/J7k6c5ZX_Xg Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

58 min

This podcast seeks to understand the meaning attached to our clothing; create space for our thoughts to ferment and dream of a healthier and more equitable fashion system. In each episode, we invite guests to speak about how care is integral in making a difference within the current fashion system. This is a journey in search of answers to make sense of the system, as wearers of clothes.

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The Fashion Pulpit
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2020 - 2022
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24
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