Skip the Greenwashing: What to Look for in Sustainable Fashion
When you’re trying to live more sustainably, fashion can be hard to navigate. The industry is ripe with greenwashing that masks exploitative practices for people and planet. But sustainable fashion is an expansive, exciting world of circularity, repair, and trustworthy, responsible brands.
On this episode (our season 2 finale!), we’re coming face-to-face with the cost conversation when it comes to sustainable fashion, getting real about overconsumption, envisioning a practical future for the industry with fashion expert Samata Pattinson, and finding out what sustainable fashion means to you. Plus, we’re talking to Commons’ Carbon Strategy Manager Sophie Janaskie about what to look for in a sustainable brand.
➡️ If you’re struggling to find sustainable fashion brands that you can trust, we got you. The Commons team has researched and rated hundreds of fashion brands so you can skip the greenwashing. Check it out here.
Here are some of the people you'll hear from in this episode:
Episode Credits
- Listener contributions: Alexa Rivera, Cindy, Danielle Bird, Faith Winston, Liv, Obehi Ehimen, Verity
- Editing and engineer: Evan Goodchild
- Hosting and production: Katelan Cunningham
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Citations and Further Reading
- Shein's Average Shopper Spends $100 a Month on Clothes, Considers Herself Environmentally Conscious, Business Insider
- Fashionopolis : Dana Thomas : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming, Internet Archive
- Textiles: Material-Specific Data, US EPA
- Fashion on climate, McKinsey