In this episode, the host of the wardrobe shift Jessica Ramoshaba had the pleasure of conversing with the founder of her favourite jewelry brand, Amanda Kandawire Khoza. Amanda is a pilot and multifaceted artist. Here is behind the scenes of the making of wearbuyiswa. An inspiring take and divine connection on anyone with a special talent while holding a full-time job. Amanda also shares tips on how to fall in love with your jewelry.
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Our latest segment has started and its called 100 days of sustainable living. The intention is to illustrate how sustinable living can be practiced daily without being a burden.
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Food for thought: How to Determine Your Must-Haves and Nice-to-Haves as a First. Here is something to think about.
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What are some of the motivations that may be driving you to make unnecessary purchases... if at all? Do you believe that all purchases are worth buying as long as they are good? Or only bad purchases are not necessary? In this episode, Jessica created a list of reasons and emotional state of why most women shop. Could this be you? The episode challenges you to study your emotions and reasoning when shopping. This list can be used as a starting point.
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What are your plans to be more sustainable in 2024? This might help.
In conversation with Tania Ali the Founder of Cadrestyle.com. This conversation is for anyone wanting to start a sustainable brand in any form. So much insight on her journey and the manifestation of cadrestyle.com.
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How do you know what to keep or discard when decluttering your wardrobe?
What is your system when it comes to separating with your favourite pieces? The latest environmentally stainable fashion research states that people are wearing less of their clothes than ever before . Why is this the case? Could it be that we are in a rush to clear our wardrobes and bring in something new without first considering what we have. Perhaps we are throwing things that still carry life.
Listen to this episode, compare your process with our host , Jessica's process on what items should you keep or discard? As a stylist, she gives clear and uncommon tips on how to go about decluttering.
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Do you want to focus on rebooting your style this year? Have you set a style goal? Do you know how to activate your style goal into action?
Most of us use vision boards for other areas of our lives. Fashion is one of the areas that is always overlooked. We are convinced eveyone needs a style vision boards for their wardrobe. Once you have set your style goal for the year, you need to use a style vision board as a tool to advance your goal.
Listen to this episode if you would like to get to the root of actioning your style goal. Perhaps this is how you can simply your style?
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Fashion and wellness have become very topical since covid. This episode is explores what is healthy fashion and how does it link with fashion and wellness with Author Alyssa Couture on her latest book called Healthy Fashion.
"We all want more ways to feel and look healthy. Fashion can do just that, and Alyssa Couture is here to show you how. There's so much pain and suffering in the world, but fashion can be the tool to promote and create healing, health, and overall balance and harmony". Amazon
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This episode Jess reflects on some of the style lessons she learned from her recent holiday in Mauritius. She reteriates the importance of not shopping for every occasion such as travel to the power of packing on time and that, it all starts with being open minded to the process.
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In this episode Jessica chats to Belinda Smetana founder of Pumua mzazi, who distribute reusable diapers within her community in Kenya. Her foundation also plays a role in creating income opportunities for families in slums & rural parts of Kenya. Through her personal experience, Belinda decided to bridge the gap and make a difference to alleviate the pressure for other mothers. Belinda describes how tough it is for mothers within her community to afford commercial diapers and how this impacts negatively on the environment.
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Jessica talks about the importance of comfort when selecting and buying clothes. "The pandemic reminded us of the importance of comfortable clothing" she states. Does comfort matter to you? Going forward what styles of clothing would you be seeking? Does comfort mean less stylish to you?
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In this episode, Jess the question; “if there was only one retail store – what would it be?” Jess challenges listeners in this episode to only shop at once place. She tells listeners how to choose their shop and also highlights the benefits of this exercise and how it has helped her over the years.
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Do you buy fashion based on need or want? What is your criteria when? How do you know when something is worth buying, what do you base that on?
This episode, Jessica explores the notion of need vs want when it comes to shopping.
For us to be able to shop smart in order for our wardrobes to be sustainable we need to make certain that we understand our intentions.
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Because fashion does indeed repeat itself, in this episode Jess talks about how to navigate your wardrobe and style in a sustainable and conscious manner.
She describes the importance of buying quality pieces. This episode highlights which specific pieces you need to be buying (because they always come back into fashion), and how to make the gap that we women have in our minds of “I need more clothes because I have nothing to wear” smaller — by offering more smart shopping tips.
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What is your personal style image? Have you thought about what do clothes you buy say about you? Is what you are wearing aligned with who you are inside?
This episode focuses on the link between sustainable mindset towards shopping according to your personal image. We believe that if you were to align these two, most people would have fewer purchases as a result reducing over consumption.
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Lyst is a fashion technology company, and premium shopping app. For over 160 million annual shoppers, they offer the most comprehensive range of products from 17,000 of the world’s leading brands and stores.
In this episode Jessica discusses the Lyst's 2021 Conscious Fashion Report with communications manager, Brenda Otero and Director of Strategy at Lyst, Nomfundo Mphuthi.
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This espisode is dedicated to the women who have shaped the fashion industry in South Africa. We normally give praise to fashion designers but tend to forget about the stylist who in our view are just as powerful in shaping culture.
Today Jessica speaks with Chloe Andrea Welgemoed. She is a stylist, costume designer, and does production. Here at FOUURA, we are a huge fan of her work and are honoured that she has agreed to chat with Jessica today.
But truely at the core this interview, it made Jessica reflect on the stylists that shaped the industry and influenced her to work hard at her craft.
We give honor to the most talented stylists that were behind the scenes of Magazine shoots, music videos and adds.
When it comes to stylists, Chloe took it to the next level. So much so that she showcased the importance of story telling in her looks.
Here is Jessica's conversation with Chloe!
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