NATURSPIRED® PODCAST BY CRIS HERRERA
SUSTAINABLE FASHION
The Naturspired® Podcast is driven by a passion to educate and inspire individuals, industry professionals and fashion brands alike to rethink what fashion is supposed to mean and how we connect with it as a society. It’s built to help you learn, engage and act with curiosity. Episodes come out monthly and show notes can be found here! You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Amazon Music or wherever you get your daily dose of tunes.
EP.30 / The Pros and Cons of Secondhand Fashion: With The Vintage Seeker
We're joined by Kristina Urquhart from the Vintage Seeker to discuss the pros and cons of the secondhand fashion market and how it can not only repurpose current fashion waste, but be an igniting force of innovation for the fashion industry. Listen to The Pros and Cons of Secondhand Fashion with The Vintage Seaker on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!
EP.29/ What The Fashion Education System Is Gravely Lacking
Learn about core issues in the fashion education system that are hindering industry progress, fashion sustainability and innovation. We also cover unsustainable teaching practices, outdated teaching methods, over-packed curriculums and more. We also discuss solutions that could revolutionize the way fashion is taught and consequently produced in a way that nurtures innovation and sustainability.
EP.28/ The Power of Positivity In Creating Systemic Change
Learn about the power of positivity in creating systematic change in the fashion industry. In this episode we talk about how to address the issues in fashion by inspiring action from a place of positivity, excitement and joy, and discover how we might create a fashion industry that thrives on change.
EP.27/ Fighting Against Greenwashing In Fashion: With The Changing Markets Foundation
This episode covers some of the important work the Changing Markets Foundation has been doing with their latest campaign: greenwash.com. We talk about the need for legislative action and brand accountability in fashion, as well as ways you can get involved in leading this change. We also discuss major industry developments, lawsuit and discuss how campaigning is connected to legal accountability.
EP.26/ The Importance of Joy and Inclusivity In Fashion: With Oge Ajibe
Join us for a joyful chat about self-expression, inclusivity and building a sustainable fashion brand using deadstock with Oge Ajibe & Cris Herrera.
EP.25/ What Is Neuromarketing And How Does It Affect Our Fashion Purchases?
In this episode, we expand on what neuromarketing/consumer neuroscience is and how it connects to fashion. We also point out why it's an important tool for shifting the fashion industry from the inside out.
EP.24/ The First Biodegradable Waterproof Fabric From Banana Plants: Bananatex®
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.
EP.23/ What the SHEIN Stats Say About Fast Fashion
SHEIN is the worst contributor to fast fashion, trumping their other fast fashion rivals in mass by launching over 9000 new products every day producing over 30 B-BILLION dollars a year in disposable clothes. With all this said, doesn't it make you think - how is this possible? And what do these statistics say about fast fashion and the way we're moving as an industry? What's going on and how is this even legal? Well, let's dive in and find out.
EP.22/ Fashion Circularity From The Base Layer With Circular Brand, ONE Essentials
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,
EP.21/ 4 Transparency Practices That Could Change Fashion
Today we're highlighting 4 practices that fashion brands and innovators have created and implemented in their businesses to improve transparency, and traceability and build successful fashion businesses with sustainability at the focus. Let’s dig in!
EP.20/ Who Is In Charge of Ending Greenwashing In Fashion?
Today's episode expands on which entities should be in charge of ending greenwashing in fashion. Is it the consumer, the brand, the policymaker, or all three? We also discuss the New York Fashion Act and other legislative movements that are making transparency in fashion possible. Episode Host: Cris Herrera
EP.17/ Circularity & Pre-Consumer Textile Waste With FABCYCLE
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.
EP.15/ How To Build a Simple Business That Works For You
Many entrepreneurs face overcomplicating things when first launching and growing a business. We get so lost in misguided growth (most of the time fueled by hustle culture) that we fail to really think about what works for us and our business.
Today we’re breaking down how to build a simple (yet effective) business that works for you.
EP.14/ Why Transparency Is So Important For Fashion + The Fashion Act
What is the New York Fashion Act and what could it mean for the fashion industry? Today's episode expands more on this topic and shares why transparency is so important for fashion.
EP.06/ The Link Between Sustainability And Business Performance
In this article, we'll explore the link between sustainability and business performance and expand on statistics, research and real-life examples where companies that prioritize profits with purpose have built successful and maintainable models that outperformed their competition. We’ll discuss the connection between the real issues in the fashion industry that typically take an activist lens, and explain how acting on these issues is not only “a good thing to do” but is also essential for the future success of the industry and our individual businesses.
EP.02/ Brand Impact & Responsibility In The Fashion Industry
Today we're talking about brand impact and responsibility in the fashion industry and exploring how interconnected brands are with consumer purchasing decisions, how they impact the supply chain and what can be done to improve the industry from a government/policy level, brand level and consumer level.