Join us for a joyful chat about self-expression, inclusivity and building a sustainable fashion brand using deadstock with Oge Ajibe & Cris Herrera.

In this insightful episode, Hannes Schoenegger, the CEO and Co-Founder of Bananatex® and QWSTION shares his insight on what the future of fashion could look like and what changes we need to see to get there. We also discussed the amazing capabilities of Bananatex® fabrics, the world's first biodegradable waterproof fabric made from banana plants. This fibre is not only biodegradable, but it's also fully circular. Scroll to the end for a video on the journey of this fabric, from cultivation to production and everything in between.

Today we're talking to Carrie Davies, the founder and designer at ONE Essentials, a circular underwear brand based in the UK that has done the work to prove that circular fashion is possible. As you'll learn in the episode, their underwear is made with non-toxic, recycled, organic AND biodegradable elastane - you know the stretchy part in underwear that typically take ages to degrade? Yes, they've addressed that issue. We hope you enjoy this episode,

Let's break down what pre-consumer textile waste is with Irina from FABCYCLE. We talk about the challenges in the industry with recycling and repurposing both post and pre-consumer textile waste and the systems that we need to see for circularity to be attainable in fashion.