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40) What It's Really Like Working for Fast Fashion | with Amanda McCarty of Clotheshorse
40) What It's Really Like Working for Fast Fashion | with Amanda McCarty of Clotheshorse
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Apr 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Amanda McCarty, the host of Clotheshorse and an experienced buyer in the fast fashion industry, is giving us an inside look at the practices used by the fast fashion industry and revealing the realities of working for fast fashion corporations.You'll hear about:How overproduction is part of fast fashion's business modelWhy most deals today are really just a delusionWhat drove the dramatic drop in quality of fashionWhat the toxic environment is like many fast fashion corporate officesHow Amazon is taking the fashion world by storm (but not in a good way...)And why small business is the futureHit play to hear Amanda pull back the curtain on the fast fashion industry! FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT:https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/amanda-mccarty-clotheshorse LINKS MENTIONED:#PayUp MovementThe Rana Plaza factory collapse (Article)The Amazon That Customers Don’t See (Article)EP22 Aja Barber on Colonialism, Consumerism, and Changing the Fashion Industry (Podcast) CONNECT WITH AMANDA & CLOTHESHORSE:WebsiteInstagram - @clotheshorsepodcastEmailClotheshorse Podcast CONNECT WITH ELIZABETH & CONSCIOUS STYLE:WebsiteInstagramPinterestYouTube SUBSCRIBE TO THE CONSCIOUS EDIThttps://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/edit
Released:
Apr 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
03) What is Slow Fashion?: This episode is an introduction to some of the major concepts of slow fashion such as small-batch production, timeless designs, buying less, and caring for our clothes; the history of mass-produced fashion and how we got where we are today, why slow fashion is so important and fast fashion is so harmful; how slow fashion is interconnected with, but differs from, sustainable fashion and ethical fashion; and more! by Conscious Style Podcast