The (Un)Ethical Consumer – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Happy August! 🌸 Welcome back to The (Un)Ethical Consumer podcast with me, your host, Zoë Goetzmann 🎤 (like always) with our next podcast guest eco-friendly designer Emi (@emibiolab) 🌿. With just over 60K followers on TikTok, Emi went viral for her “mermaid bags” - creating unique content and social media content which explores the aquatic mystery & beauty of Venice, Italy. Drawing upon her passions for Art, Fashion & Science, Emi explores bio-material and material alternatives to create her own sustainable, biodegradable designs using algae-yarn, which she crochets to make truly amazing creations 🪡🧵 In this episode, we speak all about her process, content creation, fashion industry issues (or her issues with the fashion industry) & her future goals as a designer. She’s also currently pursuing her MA at IUAV in Visual Arts and Fashion 💫.

Follow Emi Here:

• Instagram: @eemieeemi and @emibiolab (to learn more about her Bio Research/Materials/Courses)
• TikTok: @emibiolab
• Website (to subscribe to her newsletter!): emibiodesigner.com

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• Podcast Instagram: @theunethicalconsumerpodcast
• TUC Podcast Host Instagram: @byzoesera 🎙️

Thank you all so much for listening! 🌱

In this episode, we speak to Megan Shears (Fashion Journalist & PR) who has launched her own blog & platform, “Dollhouse Diaries” - consisting of features and articles about “fashion and beyond.” Recorded on May 6, 2024 ("The First Monday in May"), we delve into all things Met Gala 2024 related: covering topics including the event’s history and its background, this year’s theme and dress code, our outfit predictions, favourite previous Met Gala themes, the future of menswear as well as sustainable (and circular fashion). 

Megan Shears (Links): 

Instagram: @megannrosiex 

Read “Dollhouse Diaries” Here: https://dollhousediaries.com/

Also, make sure to read all her Met Gala 2024 coverage here (written and edited by Megan): 

“Sleeping Beauties: Something I won’t be on Monday night:” https://dollhousediaries.com/2024/05/04/sleeping-beauties-something-i-wont-be-on-monday-night/

“IT’S TIME: My Favourite Designers at the Met Gala 2024:” https://dollhousediaries.com/2024/05/07/its-time-my-favourite-designers-at-the-met-gala-2024

“The Mess of the Met Gala 2024:” https://dollhousediaries.com/2024/05/08/the-mess-of-the-met-gala-2024/

Related Links: 

Met Costume Institute (Instagram): @metcostumeinstitute

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Instagram): @metmuseum

We are super excited to welcome Kristina Ang @kristinamichelleang, the host of one of our other favourite podcasts @lifeofafashionstudentpodcast ✨🤗 Kristina is also an education & sustainable strategies intern at The Council of Fashion Designers in America (CFDA).

Some sustainability/sustainable fashion resources mentioned in this episode:

The Council of Fashion Designers in America (@cfda): have a look at their sustainability glossary + reports, The Re:Generation Innovation Scholar Award (established by Swarovski), ‘Upcycling Artist-Designer’ Nicole McLaughlin (@nicolemclaughlin), Sustainable Outwear Brand/Company, Arc’teryx (@arcteryx) — have a look at their design workshops! Also be sure to read Kristina’s piece in ‘Hyergoods’ on ‘Debunking Common Sustainability Myths’

Some other sustainable resources to share 🤗: 

Fashion Innovation: https://fashinnovation.nyc/

Fashion Revolution (@fashion_rev): https://www.fashionrevolution.org/

Vogue Business (@voguebusiness): https://www.voguebusiness.com/

Good on You (@goodonyou_app); https://goodonyou.eco/

Vashion Blog - https://www.thevashionblogg.com/

and some other ‘slow fashion’ influencers: @thevashionblogg, @theresaaxostyle, @sarafrii

We are so pleased to welcome our second guest, Dilayla Kopuz, Co-Founder, Creative Director and Designer of the brand @imperfectionists_official - a sustainable, unisex clothing brand based in Copenhagen (as well as ethically made in Turkey). We cover so much in this episode: from how to source materials, how to run a brand, what is sustainability? The ethics of NFTs and NFT fashion, the benefits of human connection and the importance of fair wage ✨between genders 👏

Welcome to the first episode of ‘The (Un)Ethical Consumer Podcast,’ a podcast that strives to answer the question: ‘what does it mean to be sustainable?’ as hosted by Zoë Goetzmann. Through a series of interviews with artists, designers, creatives and industry professionals working in both art and fashion, the podcast seeks to create a place and space to break-down the technical processes behind design: ‘how things are made’ etc. Raising questions like: ‘What is ethical, what is not ethical?,’ ‘What is sustainable, what is unsustainable?,’ Through experience working in both the art and fashion, Zoë has come to realise that the best way to do this is sharing the stories that artists and designers have to tell.

Woo Jin Joo (@woojinstudio) is a celebrated emerging artist based in London, UK. She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins and Royal Academy of Arts. She is a material storyteller who’s work is inspired by sustainability as well as the ordinary objects in our daily lives. She is the recipient of the Janome Fine Art Textiles Prize, an Ellen MacArthur Foundation Pioneer, an RA 2021 Summer Exhibition Finalist as well as curator of @creating.in.crisis - a collaborative art project found via Instagram.

Hosted by: Zoë Goetzmann

Edited and Produced by: Marlon Percy

Written and (Co-Produced) by: Zoë Goetzmann

In this episode, we speak to Sarah Wasilak, writer, Associate Director of Commerce at PopSugar and, most importantly, host of the podcast “Dinner for Shoes” (covering all things fashion + style mixed with a food/dinner party vibe). We talk about all sorts of things: accessibility, Gen Z shoppers, Mean Girls: The Musical (Fast Fashion vs. Vintage), the dangers of TikTok shopping, how to style clothes that are both trendy AND affordable, best plays to buy vintage, recycling and of course SHOES! ⁠👠⁠

Sarah Wasilak (Links): 

Instagram: @slwasz, @dinnerforshoes

Watch Her Podcast (on YouTube): "Dinner For Shoes"

Some vintage/thrift platforms we talk about in this episode: The RealReal, Resee, Rebag, Vivrelle, Farfetch Pre-Owned (lots of people don’t know about this!), Vestiaire Collective, Tulerie, ASOS Marketplace, Shrimpton Couture, Depop

This week on the show we interview Audrey Long, founder of the platform ‘xoxoposhipgirl’ - a place where you can find and purchase the most iconic wardrobe pieces from shows like Gossip Girl (obviously!), The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars. With 65.9K followers on Instagram, 110,715 Postmark followers and 22.8K followers on TikTok, Audrey has defined herself (at 17 years old!) as a leading authority / seller in the Gossip Girl Fashion community (truly the ‘Deux Moi’ of GG Fashion). We talk about everything in this episode: how she started her platform, our mutual love for Gossip Girl, the show’s fashion (Audrey pulls a few pieces including Serena’s iconic Vera Wang bridesmaid’s dress #iykyk), ‘Nostalgia Dressing,’ Met Gala Fashion, how Audrey runs her platform and creates her content and why archival fashion is truly a sustainable/Art form (Audrey also spills some secrets on Jennifer Aniston/Rachel from Friends' Wardrobe as well) ☕

Follow Audrey and her shop/platform: https://xoxoposhipgirl.com

Instagram (@xoxoposhipgirl): https://www.instagram.com/p/CzpgM6GNy-l/

This week on The (Un)Ethical Consumer Podcast (#TUC), we welcome Ariana Rebello (IG: @itsarirebello), fashion and media professional as well as host of her own show, Essenza [now streaming on Koko Connect]. We talk about it all on this episode: sustainable fashion, pop culture, celebrity, South Asian fashion, why inclusivity matters when it comes to sustainability, fashion & media landscapes. We also talk about her recent coverage of NFW and Milan Fashion Week (you can catch her episode on MFW October 16!)

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Follow the lovely Ariana: @itsarirebello

Instagram: @essenzashow

Now on kokoconnect.tv

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Website: theunethicalconsumerpodcast.com

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In this episode of the show we're dedicating a mini-sode to the passing of designer and activist Vivienne Westwood. Our guest on the show is designer Abi Guest (@abiguest_). We talk about it all: Vivienne Westwood's design career, her iconic looks, why she inspires us, her 'punk queen' status, her activism, her positive and (often rebellious) affects on the sustainable and sustainable fashion landscape, Hulu's Pistols and Pam & Tommy, and if sustainability and sustainable fashion can be considered as 'punk.' 

RIP to the iconic Dame Vivienne Isobel Westwood DBE RDI 💫

"Buy Less, Choose Well, Make It Last" - Vivienne Westwood

@viviennewestwood

www.viviennewestwood.com

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Host: Zoë Goetzmann (@byzoesera)

This week on the podcast, we speak to Carlota Cotarelo, a designer from Spain now living in the U.K. She recently graduated in the U.K. at University for the Creative Arts - Rochester and showed her designs this past Spring In London. At the moment, she is working on building her own brand. On this episode, we speak all about artisanship, the art of dressmaking, tailoring, the quality of luxury vs fast fashion, the issues with overproduction, how to ‘survive’ fashion school (and the pressures, anxieties that come with it) … how to stay true to yourself and your personal design/aesthetic and style. 

Follow Carlota, her designs, and design making process here:

@carlotacotarelo_cc

@carlotacotarelo

CarlotaCotarelo (Etsy)