In the final episode of Season 2 of The Manic Metallic Podcast, Liberty discusses both her and Manic Metallic's desire for more collaboration and less competition in fashion. She also drops a special surprise for Manic Metallic's podcast listeners in this episode, so make sure that you tune in to this one!

REFERENCES

Fashion Revolution https://www.fashionrevolution.org/

Remake Our World https://remake.world/

Slow Factory Foundation https://slowfactory.earth/

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At Manic Metallic, we believe that fashion is an art, discipline, and societal force for change. I (Liberty), your host, have been pondering recently how Manic Metallic can help others in a more direct and tangible way.

In other words, how can Manic Metallic use fashion as a force for societal change aside from being part of the fashion discourse with our unique voice (which is very important in its own right)?

Listen to this episode to see what we've got in mind to help both those that currently own a fashion company and those hoping to own one.

Plus, learn more ways that you can support Manic Metallic and The Manic Metallic Podcast.

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In this short episode, our host shows a bit of thanks and gratitude to fashion and the fashion industry in honor of Thanksgiving.

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What is going on with social media right now? Have Elon and Mark (Musk and Zuckerberg both gone collectively mad? (Spoiler alert: yes, and in different ways)

In Episode 36 of The Manic Metallic Podcast, we discuss the crisis in social media land and how that affects the fashion industry. Plus, we discuss what we are doing to plan for Manic Metallic's future and how we will keep connecting with our audience - and the plan is not social media-centric.

REFERENCES:

NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136659617/tech-layoffs-amazon-meta-twitter 

CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/15/how-to-use-mastodon-twitter-alternative.html#:~:text=But%20Mastodon%20isn't%20a,friends%20a%20little%20bit%20harder.

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Why do we keep having the same conversations about sustainability in fashion, yet we continue to make no real progress?

In this episode, host Liberty Imhoff brings up the issue of sustainability and makes the case that we all know what needs to happen to affect positive change in the environment.

REFERENCES

Manic Metallic https://manicmetallic.com/editorials/what-happened-to-the-fashion-industrys-stated-desire-to-slow-down/ 

EcoWatch https://www.ecowatch.com/chile-desert-fast-fashion-2655551898.html 

ABC News Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-parts-ghana-into-toxic-landfill/100358702 

Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/tiktok-popularity/

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In this episode, host Liberty Imhoff discusses why reading and writing both still matter to the fashion industry.

She starts off by talking about her love of both books and the written word, then progresses to a few of her favorite fashion books and fashion journalists before getting into a broader industry discussion about the state of reading and writing in the fashion world.

(Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, Manic Metallic will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.)

REFERENCES

Manic Metallic's "The Plight Of The Fashion Journalist": https://manicmetallic.com/editorials/the-plight-of-the-fashion-journalist/

BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano https://amzn.to/3sYRVzs

Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes https://amzn.to/3DzaSxx

The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History https://amzn.to/3DtoEle

The Price of Illusion: A Memoir https://amzn.to/3U33tO1

Fashion Climbing: A Memoir with Photographs https://amzn.to/3NNSnKN

Anna: The Biography https://amzn.to/3G0Dzqj

Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion https://amzn.to/3sUTP4a

The Chiffon Trenches: A Memoir https://amzn.to/3hbefU3

The Vanity Fair Diaries: Power, Wealth, Celebrity, and Dreams: My Years at the Magazine That Defined a Decade https://amzn.to/3T6Fv3f

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In this episode, we're gonna talk about me coming down with an illness during the New York Fashion Week's Spring/Summer 2023 collections back in September - and my thoughts on both how sustainability ties in with health and why you need to put yourself and your health first.

(Also, apologies for any noise in the background in this episode!)

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This week, we're piloting a new structure for the podcast where our typical three podcast episodes per week are wrapped into the same weekly episode. We’d have three separate segments of the show, with our usual topics represented.

The first segment would cover the three things that we’re excited or curious about this week, the second segment would cover whatever present-focused topic that I want to discuss (whether that be our current article, a news story, etc.), and the third segment would be our popular “Who Is….?” series.

This week, we're excited/curious about these three things:

• Sarabande Foundation's upcoming showroom in Paris
• The photo app BeReal
• The Pinterest app Shuffles

We're going to be discussing Manic Metallic's latest article, “How Did We Get To The Point Of Naming Every Fashion Trend ‘-Core’?”.

And for our "Who Is....?" segment, we're going to be discussing fashion designer Byron Lars.

Let us know what you think of the new format!

REFERENCES:

Three Things Exciting Manic Metallic:

Sarabande Foundation https://sarabandefoundation.org/en-us 

WWD (Sarabande): https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/sarabande-foundation-alexander-mcqueen-paris-fashion-week-1235307964/ 

BeReal https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/magazine/bereal-app.html 

TechCrunch (Shuffles) https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/24/shuffles-pinterests-invite-only-collage-making-app-is-blowing-up-on-tiktok-heres-how-to-get-in/ 

Article Discussion: “How Did We Get To The Point Of Naming Every Fashion Trend ‘-Core’?”

Manic Metallic Article https://manicmetallic.com/sustainability-wing/how-did-we-get-to-the-point-of-naming-every-fashion-trend-core%ef%bf%bc/ 

Aesthetics Wiki https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthetics_Wiki# 

K-HOLE http://khole.net/issues/youth-mode/ 

Sourcing Journal https://sourcingjournal.com/denim/denim-trends/fashion-cores-staples-trends-cottagecore-normcore-gorpcore-edited-trendalytics-337148/ 

“Who Is….Byron Lars?”

The Historymakers https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/byron-lars

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/style/fashion-byron-lars-is-still-here.html

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/07/style/the-sweet-smile-of-success.html?searchResultPosition=17

In Earnest https://inearnestofficial.com/

Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/byron-lars-his-life-in-fashion-and-new-line-in-earnest

WWD https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/byron-lars-pratt-fgi-honors-pandemic-1235157482/

Investopedia (C.O.D. definition) https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cashondelivery.asp 

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This week's Three Things Exciting Manic Metallic In Fashion edition is a bit different.

Instead of looking at things that excite us about the external world of fashion, we're looking inward as a company and talking about a few things that excite us about what we've been doing at Manic Metallic and why.

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This week for our “Who Is….?” episode, we get into a designer that, in many ways, could be seen as the embodiment of the 1990s. But yet, there’s a lot contemporary about his way of operating. We’re going to talk about native Texan Todd Oldham.

REFERENCES

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/fashion/todd-oldhams-life-after-fashion.html 

New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/10/style/todd-oldham-this-years-it.html 

L’Officiel https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/todd-oldham-interview-fashion-designer 

Dallas Observer https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/will-the-clothes-make-the-man-6401976?showFullText=true 

Studio International https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/todd-oldham-i-wasn-t-very-fashionable 

Todd Oldham Studio https://www.toddoldhamstudio.com/ 

New York Magazine https://www.curbed.com/article/todd-oldham-house-poconos-tour.html 

Todd Oldham Maker Shop https://toddoldhammakershop.com/shop/clothing?page=1&sort=featured 

Cerutti & Co https://www.ceruttiandco.com/photographers/todd-oldham/bio 

Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/all-todd-all-time-183508 

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Oldham 

RISD Museum https://risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/all-everything 

RISD Museum https://risdmuseum.org/sites/default/files/museumplus/308194.pdf 

Wexner Center For The Arts https://wexarts.org/exhibitions/all-everything-todd-oldham-fashion

L-7 Designs, Inc. v. Old Navy, LLC https://casetext.com/case/l-7-designs-inc-v-old-navy-2 

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