What's This Place? Behind the Clicks and Mortar with Miranda Black

Miranda Black
  • 5.0 (3)
  • FASHION & BEAUTY
  • UPDATED BIWEEKLY
What's This Place? Behind the Clicks and Mortar with Miranda Black

I’m Miranda Black, the DeGrowth Diva. In this podcast I talk about my real life Degrowth journey with retailers, businesses and fashion influencers. How do we reduce our carbon footprint in retail? What alternatives are there...what are some easy solutions we can realistically apply to our lives without sacrificing style?Turns out, there are tons of lower carbon choices right here in Canada. Shopping is hard. Acquiring and ethically disposing all our STUFF has never been so complex and fraught with issues from sustainable fashion to garment worker justice to shopping local to zero waste! Who best to get advice about shopping than a former retailer. What's This Place? goes behind the Clicks and Mortar of small businesses at the forefront of the DeGrowth movement to discuss shopping, retailing, caring for and rehoming all your inventory. What’s This Place? Let’s go inside and find out.

  1. Who is Lou de Beauregard?

    03/30/2024

    Who is Lou de Beauregard?

    Join me as I share the unexpected odyssey of a blouse that was more than mere fabric—it unfurls the story of my first Poshmark sale, a rare Lou de Beauregard piece and the emotional whirlwind that followed its mysterious disappearance. This episode isn't just about garments and goodbyes; it's a journey through the shared paths of memory and the acts of forgiveness that help us navigate our losses. Enjoying the podcast? I am fiercely independent, and rely on listeners like you to hel...

    20 min
  2. What is Poshmark?

    03/18/2024

    What is Poshmark?

    For the 3rd season of What's This Place? Podcast, I'm gonna tell some stories and spill some tea (or some neon pink dye) on fashion .What have Lucky Sevens got to do with launching a Poshmark Account?!Yer gonna need to go inside to find out :)Enjoying the podcast? I am fiercely independent, and rely on listeners like you to help me stick around.Can you share the episode on social media, or write a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review in Apple podcasts?! I would be so grateful.

    18 min
  3. Day 2 No New Clothes

    08/28/2023

    Day 2 No New Clothes

    Ever thought about the journey your favouritest piece of clothing? Hold onto your needles and threads, because we're about to explore the world of mending and repairing! Try to spot my very first invisible mending job on a damaged cashmere sweater, and join me as I journey into the realm of visible mending with Elysha from Worth Mending. We dive into the benefits of mending services in retail stores and how it could be a game changer in the fashion industry.But this is not just about stitchin...

    9 min
  4. What Is #NoNewClothes?

    08/23/2023

    What Is #NoNewClothes?

    Am I about to become a nudist?!Noooo!#NoNewClothes is a is a challenge just like pouring ice water over your head or eating a spoon of cinnamon except way less cold and dangerous!Can I do it?!!Can I go without buying ANY NEW TEXTILES for 90 days?!!Let's go inside to find out!Hey, I'm Miranda Black, the DeGrowth Diva and this summer I set out on the No New Clothes challenge - a 90-day commitment to abstain from buying new clothes. In this episode, I share my unexpected revelations, and the ste...

    9 min
  5. From 0 to 8000 Preloved Pieces in Less Than 2 Years? Who IS Caitlin Martella?!

    08/22/2023

    From 0 to 8000 Preloved Pieces in Less Than 2 Years? Who IS Caitlin Martella?!

    Caitlin Martella had never been a second hand shopper prior to starting her second hand business. In fact, She had a lot of pre-conceptions about what thrifting meant and decided long ago that it was not for her. Like me when I ran my store, she had never even heard of the circular economy and now…well, I’m going to let her describe how she ended up on this path.So, who is Caitlin Martella and what is Curated Cubs?In this episode we talk about the Circular Economy (click to get mo...

    36 min
  6. What Is Pain DeGrowth?

    08/15/2023

    What Is Pain DeGrowth?

    Medication and surgery works for all sorts of different diseases. But they frequently do not work to cure chronic pain...and I know this very well because I have been living with chronic pain for well over a year and nothing doctors gave me worked.So I have been on a pretty intense journey to heal myself and I've discovered a number of non-drug non-surgery ways to significantly reduce the amount of pain I feel in a given day. They work for me. And from what I can tell, they work for hundreds ...

    25 min
  7. What is "Grow-With-Me" Clothing? With Lindsay Down from Pure Colour Baby

    03/09/2023

    What is "Grow-With-Me" Clothing? With Lindsay Down from Pure Colour Baby

    Everyone thinks that December is peak "fat pants" month. But I'm going to suggest that March could give December fat pants are run for their money.In December you're still coasting on the last remains of summer energy: going for walks or riding your bike to work. But then January. And God, February! The bike has been locked up for weeks. Summer energy is a distant memory. And all that hibernation stuff that I talked about in the chat GPT episo...

    32 min
  8. How NOT to Business Like Elon Musk with Jesi Whelan

    02/24/2023

    How NOT to Business Like Elon Musk with Jesi Whelan

    Every business creates waste but imagine turning that waste into a NEW business?That's what Jesi Whelan did with her kids clothing company, Phoenix Pre-Worn. The clothing that's too torn or stained to be sold gets used in her second business she started with Samantha Hulst from June Bird.Together they teamed up to create a craft subscription box using textile waste from kids clothing called Canary Kids Club.Jesi talks about the misconception she had about Big E Entrepreneurism...it's no...

    31 min
See All (33)

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

I’m Miranda Black, the DeGrowth Diva. In this podcast I talk about my real life Degrowth journey with retailers, businesses and fashion influencers. How do we reduce our carbon footprint in retail? What alternatives are there...what are some easy solutions we can realistically apply to our lives without sacrificing style?Turns out, there are tons of lower carbon choices right here in Canada. Shopping is hard. Acquiring and ethically disposing all our STUFF has never been so complex and fraught with issues from sustainable fashion to garment worker justice to shopping local to zero waste! Who best to get advice about shopping than a former retailer. What's This Place? goes behind the Clicks and Mortar of small businesses at the forefront of the DeGrowth movement to discuss shopping, retailing, caring for and rehoming all your inventory. What’s This Place? Let’s go inside and find out.

Information

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.
Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada