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    In the previous episode, you heard from four incredibly smart people invested in both raising awareness and pushing for change when it comes to the fashion industry as a whole. But what practical steps are needed? In this episode, I'm joined again by Aja Barber, Khémäis Ben Lakhdar, and Esha Chhabra to talk about accountability,[...]
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  • September 27, 2023

In the previous episode, you heard from four incredibly smart people invested in both raising awareness and pushing for change when it comes to the fashion industry as a whole. But what practical steps are needed? In this episode, I'm joined again by Aja Barber, Khémäis Ben Lakhdar, and Esha Chhabra to talk about accountability, transparency, decolonization, brands that are doing things right, and slowing down our own consumption as a means to extract ourselves from the performative cycle of fashion.

Guests

Aja Barber, activist, consultant and author of Consumed 

Khémaïs Ben Lakhdar, fashion historian, lecturer, & PhD candidate at Paris-1 La Sorbonne

Esha Chhabra, journalist and author of Working to Restore

Mentioned in this episode

Vogue Business Story on Post-Purchase Technology

The Ugly History of Beautiful Things book

Decolonizing Fashion

Veja

Nisolo

Terra Thread

Grace Wales Bonner

Jamini 

Habile 

Nona Source

About a Worker

Special thanks to Matthew Jordan for producing and editing this episode.

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