Conversation with Jordana Guimarães, Founder, Fashinnovation
Jordana Guimarães makes a second appearance on the podcast, this time focusing on the opportunity the fashion and retail industries have to build community. She advocates for cross-discipline collaboration to to find innovative ways to solve current social issues.
Conversation with Timo Rissanen, Associate Professor, UTS
Timo Rissanen challenges listeners with innovative ways to think more sustainability about the fashion system, including design and retail. He focuses on the role that consumers play in this complex system and discusses the intrinsic connection between sustainability and social justice.
Fashion & Racism, A Conversation with Sabrina Lynch, Integrated Marketing Specialist
Producer Joshua Williams joins host Christopher Lacy to share in a special conversation with Sabrina Lynch, an integrated marketing and communication specialist about the issue of race and fashion, specifically as it relates to black people. This episode includes frank discussion about the systemic racism inherent in fashion, the commoditization of black culture and the lack of black voices in the industry, and concludes with a challenge for fashion brands to listen, reflect and act for equity and inclusion.
Bonus Episode: Communities of Scale
In this bonus episode, Christopher Lacy, Joshua Williams and Dr. Niz Safrudin share perspectives on the Covid-19 pandemic and how it’s effected our personal and work lives. We discuss the opportunities that may emerge from this crisis, with a hope that businesses will think more humanistically and instead of rushing to build economies of scale, consider creating communities of scale.
Listen Now.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.