Season 6: Episode 4
Threads of Change: Dissecting the Fashion World
Summary: In this episode, UAlbany students Arely Gonzalez, Alexa Crespo, and Asia Harris have a roundtable style discussion about the fashion industry, including important topics such as self-expression, trends, and sustainability. Each of the women go in depth about their own individual relationships with fashion and open to a broader conversation about the fashion industry’s societal impact. They further talk about social media’s impact on trends and fast fashion, and fast fashion’s impact on the environment. They touch on topics such as ethics in shopping, capitalistic overconsumption, and the fate of the fashion industry at large. Their collective perspective as college students contributes greatly to the conversation.
Warning Explicit Language
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Our relationships with fashion and self-expression
3:26 Plus size fashion and inclusivity
7:25 The fateful battle: short legs vs bell bottoms
9:20 Social media, fashion trends, and body image
14:00 Trend participation and individuality
16:50 Internal and external perceptions of self
18:35 Gen Z’s relationship with fashion
21:15 TikTok’s negative impact: fast fashion and overconsumption
24:06 Stop throwing out your clothes!!
25:44 Ethical and environmentally conscious shopping
36:58 The college student dilemma
42:02 The future of the fashion industry
45:36 Signing off
Contributors:
Arely Gonzalez Hernandez (Co-host/editor), Asia Harris (Co-host/Marketing), Alexa Crespo (Co-host/Editor), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 6, Episode 2 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer.
Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio.
Email Carmen Serrano: cserrano4@albany.edu
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