The Fashion Pulpit

By The Fashion Pulpit

This podcast seeks to understand the meaning attached to our clothing; create space for our thoughts to ferment and dream of a healthier and more equitable fashion system. In each episode, we invite g... more

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September 19, 2022 Episode 09: The End-of-Life We Refuse to Talk About
Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZMr83kOTuZd7zFbM44mm-iMobuIT1AXbAEcfAcbcYDY/edit?usp=sharing
TIMESTAMPS
Examining disposal habits (01:25)
Where is “away”? (05:55)
Textile-to-textile recycling technology severely lacking (12:32)
Next steps (18:24)
Download the report here: https://bit.ly/iow_report_2022
Article on the ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ policy and why it’s insufficient in tackling textile waste by Stella Hartyanto: https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/extended-producer-responsibility-textiles/
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Sources mentioned
Straits Times article on Salvation Army collection points https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/salvation-army-sees-spike-in-donations-amid-festive-season-appeals-for-items-in-good-condition
Dead White Man’s Clothes https://atmos.earth/ghana-kantamanto-clothing-waste-problem/
Trend mania V ox article https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23065462/trends-death-subcultures-style
Fast Company’s ‘Why ‘recycled’ clothes are so difficult to recycle’ https://www.fastcompany.com/90763958/why-recycled-clothes-are-so-hard-to-recycle?utm_source=pocket_mylist
BBC’s ‘Why clothes are so hard to recycle’ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200710-why-clothes-are-so-hard-to-recycle
Difference between recycling, upcycling, downcycling and resaling https://ecocult.com/circular-fashion-recycle-upcycle-downcycle-resale-definition/
Atmos’ ‘From Attire to Ashes: Clothing Waste in the Atacama Desert’
https://atmos.earth/atacama-desert-chile-unwanted-clothing-waste/
The Atlantic’s ‘Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?’
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/08/what-to-do-with-old-clothing-donation-waste/671043/
NTU press release https://www.ntu.edu.sg/docs/default-source/corporate-ntu/hub-news/ntu-singapore-and-rge-launch-sgd6-million-joint-research-centre-to-tackle-textile-waste.pdf?sfvrsn=d11821d6_1
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September 01, 2022 Episode 08: The Power of Wear(ing your clothes) + A Personal Update
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npKcVFRD35HxuCfCVRDzAYHZgqu8UHD7AVJuexa1cRI/edit?usp=sharing
TIMESTAMPS
TFP's update (1:20)
Inside Our Wardrobe study report (4:23)
Download the report here: https://bit.ly/iow_report_2022
Moving vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFYYYU4rjg
Sources mentioned:
Stories Clothes Tell: Investigating Clothing as Objects of Love https://lcf-smc-show-21.co.uk/postgraduate/curation-theory-and-writing/stories-clothes-tell-investigating-clothing-as-objects-of-love
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
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January 27, 2022 Episode 07: Closed for Business - What does this mean for Sustainable Fashion? ft. Justo Justo
Rachel Tan (you might know her as @nocarrierpls or the Founder of Justo Justo), candidly speaks about her previous online personas/identities weaved into the way Justo Justo manifested into a clothing resale business. This episode (and the previous), sheds light on the emotional labour it takes when running a sustainable fashion business. Listen to Episode 6 for Chu’s journey with Shop Bettr, the first part of this 2-part series on local fashion businesses that are no longer in operation.
P/s: Please accompany your listening experience with the transcript (linked below!) for better comprehension of what’s been discussed.
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TIMESTAMPS
Intro (1:25)
Justo Justo’s timeline in retrospect (6:20)
The struggles running Justo Justo (10:05)
How Justo Justo was resisting the status quo of standard business practices (17:09)
The rising visibility of the local thrift culture (25:30)
Imminent systems change feels insurmountable (36:17)
What Justo Justo symbolises (54:14)
Conclusion (57:21)
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LINKS AND SOURCES MENTIONED
Aja Barber @ajabarber
Vogue article on Consumed by Aja Barber https://www.vogue.com/article/aja-barber-consumed
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
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January 13, 2022 Episode 06: Closed for Business - What does this mean for Sustainable Fashion? ft. Shop Bettr
Welcome to our first episode of 2022! In this episode and the next, we deep dive into the start and end of local sustainable fashion businesses with their founders. Chu Wong, our guest for this episode, discusses how she managed relationships with respective brand partners whilst juggling financial precariousness of a new brand. This, on top of reconciling with the business’ misalignment with her personal values and identity. This episode (and the next), sheds light on the emotional labour it takes when running a sustainable fashion business.
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TIMESTAMPS
Intro (0:41)
Shop Bettr’s journey from start to end (6:57)
The dissonance- running a sustainable fashion business (10:52)
The difficult decision of closing down the business (16:33)
Does a ‘sustainable fashion business’ exist? (18:44)
Shop Bettr symbolises a support network (25:24)
How can we fix a flawed system? (30:40)
Conclusion (37:48)
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
For The Wild podcast Episode 265 on Healing the Fashion Industrial Complex https://forthewild.world/listen/shamira-covington-on-healing-the-fashion-industrial-complex-265
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Connect with Chu:
Instagram @xchuw
Website https://www.chuwong.com/
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
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December 23, 2021 Episode 05: What Can Smallness Look Like? On Clothes-wearing & Grounded Action
I had a really good time speaking to Esther in this episode, chatting about our personal experiences and relationships with consumption and ways of relating to wear and clothing. It was a very refreshing conversation, and I think, an accurate representation of how I see and relate to the work that I do. This episode is special because I think there isn’t a specific call to action. I hope we just sit in these thoughts and let them ferment before we start thinking about our relationship with clothes. I hope you enjoy this raw, honest and open conversation between 2 clothes wearers, one that doesn’t have definitions or answers—only our perspective of the world through how we see and reimagine it.
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Intro (0:43)
The relationship with ‘Wear’ (5:29)
‘Smallness’ v.s. ‘Bigness’ (12:43)
The ‘Wear We Are’ Telegram channel (18:07)
The ‘Wear We Live’ directory for local small and secondhand businesses (25:20)
Working and healing through ‘fashion’ personally and collectively (37:58)
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LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED
Esther’s blog post, ‘small is beautiful: https://raah.blog/2021/07/05/small-is-beautiful/
Wear We Live https://wearwelive.space/
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Connect with Esther:
Instagram @wear__we__are
Wear We Live @wearwelive.sg
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
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December 09, 2021 Episode 04: Who Does the ‘Made In Singapore’ Label Serve?
This episode is one of many living questions. We question the fervent need to define ‘Singapore Fashion’ and discuss how we can participate in the system beyond wear, ownership and consumption. Weiqi emphasises the need for industry-level introspection and discourse in order for our local industry to recognise that its ongoing practices and ways of working are unsustainable. Singapore Fashion needs accountability, not definitions.
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Intro (0:43)
What is fashion? (7:58)
Can we define Singapore fashion? (11:22)
The potential of fashion as a medium that everyone participates in (19:45)
How care can be embellished in everyday wear (22:20)
The relationship between Fashion Media and its readers (28:50)
Seeing Fashion in different spaces outside of consumption (33:02)
Singapore Fashion needs industry-level introspection (49:48)
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LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED
Vogue SG street style article: https://vogue.sg/lasalle-college-of-the-arts-fashion-students-street-style-singapore/
HerWorld article: https://www.herworld.com/fashion/singapore-really-fashion-capital-or-just-shopping-one/
Prestige article: https://www.prestigeonline.com/sg/style/fashion/singapore-designers-change-fashion-industry/
Weiqi’s articles:
Performing Femininity: Aprons, Capes and School Uniforms https://www.asianfilmarchive.org/performing-femininity-aprons-capes-and-school-uniforms/
Meet the Singaporean designers changing the way we dress, design and age https://vogue.sg/singapore-adaptive-fashion-werable-will-and-well-claudia-poh-elisa-lim/
Queering Through Dress: ‘Dress/Address’ at Grey Projects https://www.fashionandmarket.net/news-and-reviews/queering-through-dress-dressaddress-at-grey-projects
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Connect with Weiqi:
Instagram @coqillage
Work & Research @fashionondisplay

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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
Contact them at [email protected]

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1h 13min
November 25, 2021 Episode 03: The Fermentation of Materials and Ourselves(!)
In this episode, Fashion Educator and Bio-Materials Researcher Kae Hana, sits down with us to discuss their process of experimenting with growing their own vegan leather with SCOBY. From that, our conversation evolved into speaking about the nuances of the sustainability movement, how sustainability principles have diluted into marketing speak under capitalism, and the fermentation of, you guessed it, the SCOBY, and, ourselves.
LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED
Find out more about Hana and their students’ work here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAEgBIAa9-Q/TWQgMzFtim2iSl7r6EG6Qg/view?utm_content=DAEgBIAa9-Q&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton
Learn more about biomaterials here: https://fashionforgood.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Understanding-Bio-Material-Innovations-Report.pdf
Email Hana at [email protected] to collaborate!
Ocean Purpose Project: https://www.oceanpurposeproject.com/bioplastics
Book mentioned: Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
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Connect with Hana:
Instagram @kae_hana
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]

re:wear is produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
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November 11, 2021 Episode 02: Growing (Old) With Our Clothes
In this episode, we speak to Daniela Monasterios-Tan, fashion lecturer, researcher and curator based in Singapore, and Erliana of FIN Crafted Goods about the journey we share with our clothes. As we concluded that wear & tear is an inevitable part of wearing our clothes, we speak about ways we can better care for our clothes through mending and repairing. Daniela shares about what 8 years of wear and care looks like on a pair of jeans, Erliana speaks about the story of a late father’s Hawaiian shirt collection, and I speak about the relationship I have with my clothes.
LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED
(In)visible Mending project, Daniela Monasterios-Tan:

https://www.danielamonasteriostan.com/invisible-mending.html
(In)visible Mending Exhibition Proposal, Daniela Monasterios-Tan: https://issuu.com/danielamonasteriostan/docs/final_ma_portfolio_mon15467878
Book: Repair: The Impulse to Restore in a Fragile World, Elizabeth V. Spelman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8862476-repair
The Visible Mending Programme, Tom of Holland
https://tomofholland.com/
Article: My Favourite Thing, Charlie Porter for More or Less Mag https://www.moreorlessmag.com/articles/my-favourite-thing/
Watch the FIN x Fashion Revolution Week 2021 video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN9bAW9nqLY/
Learn more about different types of fabrics and how to care for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajYztvzmpSg
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Connect with Dani:
Instagram @a_dna_lie
Podcast @inthevitrine
Research @a_stubborn_bloom
Connect with Erliana:
Instagram @fincraftedgoods
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/J7k6c5ZX_Xg
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
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October 28, 2021 Episode 01: What Does 'Faster Than Fast' Look Like? Breaking Down the SHEIN Supply Chain
In the first episode of the re:wear series, we speak about the evolution of SHEIN, what they were in their past life, and question what makes them so incredibly popular today. Najah Onn, founder of @fashinfidelity, breaks down the complex processes of garment production behind-the-scenes, the history of clothes making, and speaks about how big data facilitates tech companies at commodifying fashion for profit. Najah also shares snippets of how her grandmother inspires her in understanding the value of fashion. This episode is a good one, and you wouldn’t want to miss it!
Factual correction:
SHEIN first launched as a site that sold wedding dresses and were known as SHEINSIDE in 2008, not 2018.
LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED
A Guide to the Perfect Wardrobe.. (is there such a thing?): https://www.fashinfidelity.com/blog/a-guide-to-the-perfect-wardrobe-is-there-such-a-thing
VOX: Shein is the future of fast fashion. Is that a good thing?
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22573682/shein-future-of-fast-fashion-explained
GITNB: Why are massive Shein hauls so popular on TikTok?
https://greenisthenewblack.com/shein-ultra-fast-fashion-consumerism-tiktok-influencer/
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Connect with Najah:
Instagram @fashinfidelity
https://www.fashinfidelity.com/
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/v5_tedBuoNM
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co
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1h 13min
October 14, 2021 Teaser: Sitting Down with Raye Padit
Welcome to re:wear @ The Fashion Pulpit! This new series aims to re-introduce a new language around the way we speak about clothes. In each episode, we will be exploring what it means to be a part of the fashion system and how we can be more intentional in the ways we forge a personal relationship with our clothes.
In this episode, we sit down with Raye Padit, founder of The Fashion Pulpit. We catch up with each other about how we are, how we are feeling about TFP turning 3, and share what care means to us. We also introduce the re:wear glossary, as a tool to build sustainable fashion literacy in Singapore.
This podcast series is created in partnership with Podcastmate.co

SOURCES MENTIONED:
“It’s not the pearls that make the necklace, it’s the string.” Loved Clothes Last (2021), Orsola de Castro
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
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Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources)
The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop
Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/pgrVcpbzy-g (live on 16 Oct, 8pm)
Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit
Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to [email protected]
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21min

FAQs about The Fashion Pulpit:

How many episodes does The Fashion Pulpit have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.