Please note: This episode was recorded on the road, so the audio may sound a little different from our usual in-studio recordings.Clothes are worn by everyone, yet the fashion industry is built on systems of exploitation and exclusion. Co-founder of Fashion Revolution, Orsola de Castro, exposes the industry's dark history, from the chemical-laden disaster of distressed denim to the human misery hidden in the price tag of fast fashion. She argues that the system isn't broken, it was designed this way for profit. She shares anecdotes about anatomically ridiculous jeans and champions the simple, revolutionary act of mending and repairing to strengthen the bond with our clothes and keep them out of waste streams around the world.
Orsola is a world-leading advocate for sustainable fashion. She is a designer, author, and lifelong mender. Her career started as a designer with the pioneering upcycling label From Somewhere, and has collaborated with Jigsaw, Topshop and Speedo. She co-founded
Fashion Revolution and is the author of
Loved Clothes Last. Orsola is an Associate Lecturer at UAL, and a Central Saint Martins Visiting Fellow.
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