Pre-Loved Podcast with Emily Stochl

S8 Ep23 LEXY SILVERSTEIN: a sustainable fashion creator - on quitting fast fashion, and petitioning her fashion merchandising program to drop partnerships with ultra fast fashion.


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On today’s show, we’re chatting with Lexy Silverstein, a sustainable fashion creator and advocate. Once a frequent shopper of fast fashion, Lexy's personal quitting fast fashion journey towards adds authenticity to her sustainability advocacy. She says she aims to inspire significant, impactful changes in the industry by educating and engaging people in the process.

Lexy recently got her degree  fashion merchandising and marketing  at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles, and while she was there, she led a student protest and petition, calling on FIDM to drop it’s partnership with the ultra fast fashion brand, SHEIN.

We chat about all this and more on today’s show – let’s dive right into it!

DISCUSSED IN THE EPISODE:

  • [4:07] As a lifelong fashion-lover, Lexy found herself obsessed with fast fashion as a teen.
  • [14:20] On her journey to quit fast fashion, Lexy discovered a love of thrifting.
  • [17:30] At first, it was a slippery slope because she didn’t know how to stop overconsuming, even at the thrift store.
  • [24:08] Lexy led a student protest and petition, calling on FIDM to drop its partnership with the ultra fast fashion brand, SHEIN.
  • [37:30] How to win people over with positivity and humor.
  • [43:38] Lexy’s personal style and favorite thrift stories

EPISODE MENTIONS: 

  • @lexysilverstein
  • Lexy’s blog eLEXYfy
  • Lexy’ podcast The Place for Fashion
  • Wolf & Badger
  • FIDM and SHEIN Change.org petition
  • Vogue Business story on the protest
  • BJonesStyle
  • Pickwick Vintage
  • @madisonxwild
  • NATALIA TREVINO AMARO
  • The Devil Wears Vintage ebook

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