STATEMENTS: A Critical Fashion Podcast

Philippa and Katie speak with clothing designer Emily Morabito, founder of the adaptive activewear label Remedy. We spoke about her introduction and movement into adaptive design, the situation of clothing access for disabled people, and her approach to design and sustainability.

 In this week’s episode, creative director, stylist and artist Yanran Xiong (@pistachica) talks about the attributes of temporality, hype and glamour manifest in the fashion industry.

In this episode, Philippa and Katie speak over Zoom in the midst of the pandemic with journalist Sophie Ross. Ross rose to Twitter stardom when she put pieces of what eventually became Arielle Charnas' Covid-19 scandal together. Since then, Ross has continually painted full--and accurate--pictures of the transgressions that are made, and too often ignored, by some of Instagram's most influential influencers. 

Philippa interviews Arianna Lauren, founder of the beauty brand Quw'utsun' Made. Arianna and Philippa discuss her attempt to meet the needs of her community while preserving the traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish Nation, in order to share knowledge and pass it on to the next generations. 

Shop Quw'utsun' Made: https://www.quwutsunmade.com/ Follow Arianna on Instagram: @quwutsunmade

Philippa talks with Vancouver-based designer Tams Grunberg about the development of her sustainable design practice, her new brand TAMS, and how she carved out a community of fashion creatives on Canada's West Coast. 

Follow Tams on Instagram: @tamsyen Follow her brand: @tamsbytams Find Times Agency at https://www.timesagency.org

In the first episode of Season 2, Philippa & Katie speak to writer Emily Kirkpatrick about hierarchy in the fashion industry, the crazy racket of freelancing and the tweet that changed her career path.

Follow Emily on Twitter @kirkpate and Instagram @kirkwalker69 Subscribe to her newsletter I <3 Mess

Philippa speaks with sustainable contemporary designer Sabinna Rachimova about the process of developing a sustainable brand and her vision of sustainability in fashion.

Katie speaks with fashion scholar, teacher and designer, Joshua Katcher about the history and visual contexts in which animals are appropriated by the fashion industry. 

You can buy Joshua's book 'Fashion Animals' on Amazon, and follow him on Instagram at @thediscerningbrute and his brand at @brave_gentleman. 

Philippa and Katie speak with Laurier University PhD candidate Ellis Furman about the shifting ways of dressing as one comes to understand the importance of gender identity and dress with shifting gender identity, the importance of drag, and the perspective of fashion and queerness from the perspective of a fashion outsider.

Find out more about Ellis's work here

Follow them on Instagram @spinachbitch

Follow Fake Femmes on Instagram @fakefemmes (YouTube to come soon!)

And as always, subscribe and rate us on iTunes and follow us on Instagram @statementsonfashion! 

Philippa and Katie discuss the journey of self actualization as a non-binary person, the differing experience of living non-binary internationally, and the safe-space of fashion.

Find Meme Meng on Instagram @sad_asianmom