EP43: Sustainability in a fast (fashion) world - Fashion Takes Action

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Today I Learned

There are many ways to reduce your fashion footprint, beyond the 3R’s of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Meet: the 7R’s of Fashion.

Founders

Kelly Drennan

LAUNCHED

2007

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Problem

The short of it is: we buy too much clothing – in fact 60% more today than we did 20 years ago, and we keep our clothes for half as long. This overconsumption, fueled by fast fashion, has led to a significant increase in the number of textiles showing up in our landfills

Solution

Fashion Takes Action (FTA) is Canada’s first non-profit fashion industry organization focused on sustainability. Since 2007, FTA has worked with more than 800 apparel businesses and entrepreneurs, participated in over 150 events, collaborated with academics, NGOs and various industry stakeholders to push sustainability into the world of fashion.

Episode Brief

Kelly Drennan, Founder of Fashion Takes Action, joins us on this week’s episode to discuss:

  • Getting her start in 2007

  • Running a “carbon-neutral fashion show”

  • Sustainability in a fast-fashion world

  • The effect of COVID on the industry and progress

  • VR fashion shows

  • The most interesting trends and startups she’s seeing across the ecosystem

Credits

HOST

Peter Levin

PRODUCTION

Dan Mahoney

MUSIC

Eddie Knuckles

Peter Levin