Sourdough

How feminist is the fashion industry?


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A feminist critique of the fashion industry is about much more than just body positivity. In this episode, I talk to longtime fashion model, Nimue Smit, about the fashion industry and what about it has to change. Nimue talks about the work she's doing to raise environmentalist concerns, the groundbreaking initiative she helped spearhead, the 'Model Mafia', where she worked alongside prominent models like Cameron Russell to raise industry standards and to support others in their activism. She also talks about the 'Models' Health Pledge' and the work that still needs to be done to ensure models can lead fulfilling careers. We ask why the fashion industry is so far behind other industries in responding to social movements.
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SourdoughBy Marieke Bigg