We are back with a collective action for Pittsburgh! Today, we chat Collaction founder, Ron van den Akker. Collaction coined the term crowdacting: taking action knowing that you are one of many. One crowdacting campaign is Slow Fashion Season.

Tereneh Idia, Idia’Dega

Apr 26th, 2020 23m 11s

Tereneh Idia is a fashion designer and freelance writer. Tereneh was championing sustainable fashion and fair wages for makers with her partnership partnership, Idia’Dega, before it was a trending discussion topic. We hear Tereneh’s thoughts on

Sarika Bajaj, Textile Engineer

Apr 25th, 2020 24m 46s

Sarika Bajaj is a textile engineer and graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University. She is using her talents in engineering and robotics to help tackle a really big problem in fashion: post-consumer garment textile recycling. Click here to c

Julie Chen & Olivia Robinson, Textile Educators at Carnegie Mellon University

Apr 24th, 2020 29m 43s

Today, we chat with leaders in textile education, Julie Chen, Instructor of textiles and sustainability at Carnegie Mellon University and Olivia Robinson, Assistant Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. We discuss the three pillars

Imani Jahaan, Imani Jahaan Vintage

Apr 23rd, 2020 19m 37s

Vintage and secondhand shopping is a way to recycle quality textiles from the past, give them another chapter of life, one that doesn’t send them to a landfill. Imani Jahaan is elevating Pittsburgh’s vintage scene, and simultaneously making sus

Rebecca Harrison & Tia Tumminello, Old Flame Mending

Apr 22nd, 2020 24m 37s

They will fix anything but a broken heart!Rebecca Harrison & Tia Tumminello are the dynamic duo behind Old Flame Mending. They are textile artists who specialize in modernizing and extending the life of our clothes.Instagram / Facebook Curbside

Nisha Blackwell, Knotzland

Apr 21st, 2020 32m 29s

Nisha Blackwell, founder of Knotzland Bowties, has given Pittsburgh a roadmap on how a transparent, sustainable fashion business can survive. Her latest endeavor, mask making, has also illuminated the issues that arise around fashion production

Carry Somers, Fashion Revolution & Sara Longo, Style412

Apr 20th, 2020 27m 10s

In our debut episode, we chat with Carry Somers, co-founder and Global Operations Director of Fashion Revolution, and Sara Longo, Vice President of Style412, about the impact of microplastics in the fashion industry at large and in Pittsburgh.

Join the Revolution!

Apr 10th, 2020 3m 43s

Welcome to Style412 Lab, a podcast about ethical fashion during Fashion Revolution Week, presented by Style412 and hosted by writer, Jessa Gibboney. S412 Fashion Revolution website / Instagram / Facebook#WhatsInMyClothes / #WhoMadeMyClothes /

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