American Fashion Podcast — exploring innovation and sustainability across the industry

Fair trade Juliette. Fashion sustainability expert Juliette Donatelli talks local and global fashion issues. Lots of brands to check out in our references section below. Photos from the Reem Acra Bridal show accompany this episode.

references:

* Fashion and Sustainability (book)

* spades + siLK

* Suzanne Rae

* Everlane

* Dirty Librarian Chains

* Tabii Just

* Study NY (Tara St. James)

* Maiyet

* Suno

* An Industry in Denial: Fashion’s Struggle with Compliance (Business of Fashion)

* The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice)

* The What's Underneath Project (spades + siLK)

* Style.com's favorite street-style snaps from Tokyo fashion week

* StyleWylde

* Joe Versus The Volcano (IMDB)

* Loren (denim repair)

* Victor de Souza headwear launch (lookonline.com)

Reem Acra Bridal runway photos by Charles Beckwith

To find more episodes of the series or search for a specific guest, refer to our Episode List page. If you would like to be a guest on the show, there is a Be A Guest page. You can find press coverage of the show on our Press page. There is also a Media Kit if you're interested in partnering with us or sponsoring the series. Our email address is [email protected] and our voicemail line is 646-979-8709. You can find American Fashion Podcast on Facebook, on Instagram @americanfashionshow and on Twitter @afpod.

Fair trade Juliette. Fashion sustainability expert Juliette Donatelli talks local and global fashion issues. Lots of brands to check out in our references section below. Photos from the Reem Acra Bridal show accompany this episode.

references:

* Fashion and Sustainability (book)

* spades + siLK

* Suzanne Rae

* Everlane

* Dirty Librarian Chains

* Tabii Just

* Study NY (Tara St. James)

* Maiyet

* Suno

* An Industry in Denial: Fashion’s Struggle with Compliance (Business of Fashion)

* The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice)

* The What's Underneath Project (spades + siLK)

* Style.com's favorite street-style snaps from Tokyo fashion week

* StyleWylde

* Joe Versus The Volcano (IMDB)

* Loren (denim repair)

* Victor de Souza headwear launch (lookonline.com)

Reem Acra Bridal runway photos by Charles Beckwith

To find more episodes of the series or search for a specific guest, refer to our Episode List page. If you would like to be a guest on the show, there is a Be A Guest page. You can find press coverage of the show on our Press page. There is also a Media Kit if you're interested in partnering with us or sponsoring the series. Our email address is [email protected] and our voicemail line is 646-979-8709. You can find American Fashion Podcast on Facebook, on Instagram @americanfashionshow and on Twitter @afpod.

Fair trade Juliette. Fashion sustainability expert Juliette Donatelli talks local and global fashion issues. Lots of brands to check out in our references section below. Photos from the Reem Acra Bridal show accompany this episode.

references:

* Fashion and Sustainability (book)

* spades + siLK

* Suzanne Rae

* Everlane

* Dirty Librarian Chains

* Tabii Just

* Study NY (Tara St. James)

* Maiyet

* Suno

* An Industry in Denial: Fashion’s Struggle with Compliance (Business of Fashion)

* The High Cost of Cheap Clothes (Vice)

* The What’s Underneath Project (spades + siLK)

* Style.com’s favorite street-style snaps from Tokyo fashion week

* StyleWylde

* Joe Versus The Volcano (IMDB)

* Loren (denim repair)

* Victor de Souza headwear launch (lookonline.com)

Reem Acra Bridal runway photos by Charles Beckwith

 

The dark bow tie rises. Special guest, costume designer Lisa Padovani, known for her work on television shows such as Boardwalk Empire, Gotham, and the Mad Men pilot, as well as feature films like I'm Not There, The Notorious Bettie Page, Factory Girl, and The Departed. After the interview, the hosts dive into a pile of recent WWD issues and discuss current events in the fashion industry.

references:

* behind the scenes costumes video for Boardwalk Empire

* Martin Greenfield

* Blade Runner

* Sandy Powell

* Dramaturge (definition)

* Smaller Bloomingdale's Sets Tone for Expansion

* Nordstrom Said Eyeing Downtown NYC

* Barneys New York Gets a Facelift in Beverly Hills

* Delpozo

* Sally LaPointe

* Kaelen

* Rachel Antonoff

* Kaytee Papusza

* Portland Apparel Lab

* Amazon to Open Manhattan Pop-up Store

* Oscar de la Renta Confirms Peter Copping Appointment

The dark bow tie rises. Special guest, costume designer Lisa Padovani, known for her work on television shows such as Boardwalk Empire, Gotham, and the Mad Men pilot, as well as feature films like I'm Not There, The Notorious Bettie Page, Factory Girl, and The Departed. After the interview, the hosts dive into a pile of recent WWD issues and discuss current events in the fashion industry.

references:

* behind the scenes costumes video for Boardwalk Empire

* Martin Greenfield

* Blade Runner

* Sandy Powell

* Dramaturge (definition)

* Smaller Bloomingdale's Sets Tone for Expansion

* Nordstrom Said Eyeing Downtown NYC

* Barneys New York Gets a Facelift in Beverly Hills

* Delpozo

* Sally LaPointe

* Kaelen

* Rachel Antonoff

* Kaytee Papusza

* Portland Apparel Lab

* Amazon to Open Manhattan Pop-up Store

* Oscar de la Renta Confirms Peter Copping Appointment

The dark bow tie rises. Special guest, costume designer Lisa Padovani, known for her work on television shows such as Boardwalk Empire, Gotham, and the Mad Men pilot, as well as feature films like I’m Not There, The Notorious Bettie Page, Factory Girl, and The Departed. After the interview, the hosts dive into a pile of recent WWD issues and discuss current events in the fashion industry.

references:

* behind the scenes costumes video for Boardwalk Empire

* Martin Greenfield

* Blade Runner

* Sandy Powell

* Dramaturge (definition)

* Smaller Bloomingdale’s Sets Tone for Expansion

* Nordstrom Said Eyeing Downtown NYC

* Barneys New York Gets a Facelift in Beverly Hills

* Delpozo

* Sally LaPointe

* Kaelen

* Rachel Antonoff

* Kaytee Papusza

* Portland Apparel Lab

* Amazon to Open Manhattan Pop-up Store

* Oscar de la Renta Confirms Peter Copping Appointment

What happened to Barneys? Seth talks about his recent visit to a new garment factory in New Jersey with international ties. Lisa turns to PBS for inspiration after a bad day shopping on Madison Avenue.

references:

* DRESSING AMERICA: Tales from the Garment Center (documentary)

* Alexander McQueen

* John Galliano Joins Maison Martin Margiela

What happened to Barneys? Seth talks about his recent visit to a new garment factory in New Jersey with international ties. Lisa turns to PBS for inspiration after a bad day shopping on Madison Avenue.

references:

* DRESSING AMERICA: Tales from the Garment Center (documentary)

* Alexander McQueen

* John Galliano Joins Maison Martin Margiela

What happened to Barneys? Seth talks about his recent visit to a new garment factory in New Jersey with international ties. Lisa turns to PBS for inspiration after a bad day shopping on Madison Avenue.

references:

* DRESSING AMERICA: Tales from the Garment Center (documentary)

* Alexander McQueen

* John Galliano Joins Maison Martin Margiela

Taking Liberty. Manufacture New York moves its headquarters into the (cavernous and echoing) facility where it will eventually build a massive 160,000 square foot manufacturing innovation center. The gang discusses why collaborative factories make sense for small and medium-sized fashion brands, the dangers of taking venture capital and relying on apps and services from startup companies that could close or change in an afternoon, and a Made In USA web site where t-shirt graphics are crowd-sourced from one of the strangest communities on the Internet.

references:

* The Fashion Law: Forever 21 Sues Other Brands for Copying

* OS Fashion: A Revolution Paused

* Fast Company: Inside The Fashion Incubator That’s Hacking Global Manufacturing

* Aral Balkan: Ello isn't as indie as you might think it is.

* Archive.org: The Wayback Machine

* 4chan makes t-shirts: thatshirtwascash.com