In episode 63, Kestrel welcomes Arianne Engelberg, the Creative Director of The New Denim Project to the show. An innovative product line out of Iris Textiles in Guatemala, The New Denim Project makes textiles and products from upcycled pre-consumer denim waste. Arianne shares stories of the evolution of her family's factory over the years - her grandparents originally started it back in the 1950s. Also, Arianne explains more in detail the process behind the upcycled textiles they have developed...
May 24, 2017•35 min•Season 2Ep. 63
In episode 62, Kestrel welcomes guests Ian Rosenberger, the founder and CEO of Thread , and Zachary Angelini, the Environmental Stewardship Manager at Timberland . Ian and Zack share some of the stories behind the Thread x Timberland collaboration, which is made of Thread’s Ground to Good™ fabric, harvested from plastic bottles littering the streets and landfills of Haiti. Kestrel also asks Zack to share his mindset on Timberland's approach to sustainability, especially considering the company's...
May 17, 2017•31 min•Season 2Ep. 62
In episode 61, Kestrel welcomes Dechel McKillian, founder of Galerie.LA and former stylist for the Black Eyed Peas and Lil Wayne to the show. They talk all things personal style and curation, and explore how sustainability fits into these approaches. With a background in psychobiology, Dechel shares her thoughts on how technology and fast fashion are influencing a general loss of personal style, and that the homogenization of culture is potentially influencing us to lose our own identities to on...
May 10, 2017•34 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In this week's episode, Kestrel welcomes two guests to the show: Jason Kibbey, the CEO of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Alden Wicker, writer and founder of EcoCult . The idea for this show exploded for Kestrel after she read an article Alden wrote for Racked : “We Have No Idea How Bad Fashion Actually Is For The Environment” . It struck a chord with her -- and many other people who have been using the same unverified fact over and over again in our conversations: the global fashion indus...
May 03, 2017•44 min•Season 2Ep. 60
In episode 59, Kestrel had the opportunity to visit the Patagonia Headquarters in Ventura, CA to record an in-person interview with 2 key players in the Patagonia game. Helena Barbour is the Senior Director of Global Sportswear at Patagonia, and Thuy Nguyen is the Manager of Social Responsibility and Special Programs. The two have played a large role in building out Patagonia's Fair Trade initiative - in conjunction with Fair Trade USA - in recent years. In light of Fashion Revolution Day this y...
Apr 23, 2017•33 min•Season 2Ep. 59
In episode 58, Kestrel welcomes on Cynthia Powers, the Facilitating Manager of Eileen Fisher’s clothing take back program, Fisher Found , as well as Teslin Doud, who was part of Eileen Fisher’s Social Innovators Project, helping develop some of the company’s circular design components. Kestrel asks Cynthia and Teslin about Fisher Found’s origins, intention and goals. In addition, Cynthia and Teslin share more insight on the meaning behind the program’s three Rs: Reworn, Renewed, and Remade. The ...
Apr 19, 2017•38 min•Season 2Ep. 58
In episode 57, Kestrel welcomes Liza Moiseeva to the show. Liza is the co-founder of GlobeIn , a social business dedicated to supporting remote artisans from around the world. Their primary product is a monthly Artisan Box subscription, where every product fights poverty through job creation and fair wages. Kestrel and Liza discuss the importance of storytelling when it comes to artisan and fair trade products, and Liza shares her insight on how she thinks the "subscription box" could be changin...
Apr 12, 2017•37 min•Season 2Ep. 57
In episode 56, Kestrel welcomes on Lona Alia, founder and CEO of Style Lend , an online marketplace that hosts hundreds of designer styles that users can rent for a fraction of the cost and return after a week's time. Called the "AirBnB for clothes" by TechCrunch, Style Lend is working on shaking up the online rental fashion scene by giving women access to other women's impressive closets. In this chat, Kestrel asks Lona how she addresses the difficulties of having enough inventory for renters, ...
Apr 05, 2017•28 min•Season 2Ep. 56
In episode 55, Kestrel welcomes Summer Rayne Oakes to the show. Known as “the first eco model”, Summer's experiences and knowledge go far beyond her notable look. With an education focused on ecology and entomology (the study of insects), she has worked in 2 distinct realms of the sustainability conversation: food and fashion. Kestrel asks Summer for insight on what the fashion world could potentially learn from the food world, and vice versa. They discuss regenerative agriculture, the politics ...
Mar 28, 2017•57 min•Season 2Ep. 55
In episode 54, Kestrel connects with Sandra Capponi, the Co-Founder & Head of Development for Good On You, an app that helps you find fashion that has a positive impact on people, the planet and animals. Nowadays, there’s literally an app for everything. In this chat, Sandra shares insight on how she believes that apps can make an impact, and how giving people access to information can empower them to make better decisions. Kestrel asks Sandra about the sharing of information and how apps ca...
Mar 21, 2017•29 min•Season 2Ep. 54
In episode 53, our first episode of Season 2, Kestrel connect with natural dye guru Kathy Hattori. As the founder of Botanical Colors , Kathy works to bring natural dyeing processes to larger scale production facilities, and also collaborates with designers on small batch dye projects. In this chat, Kathy breaks down the big differences between conventional and natural dyes, and the scaleability of the latter. Also, Kestrel and Kathy talk about "brilliance of dyes," and how this can be interpret...
Mar 14, 2017•36 min•Season 2Ep. 53
In this week's episode, Kestrel has the chance to welcome on one of her notable "Instagram-turned-real-life" connections: Whitney Bauck, an assistant editor at Fashionista . On her personal blog, Unwrinkling , Whitney explores the intersection of fashion, faith and ethics. In this chat, Whitney shares insight on what led her into the ethical fashion conversation. It's interesting to hear how she has embraced her role at Fashionista not only to write about style, but also to bring ethics, supply ...
Mar 08, 2017•41 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Episode 51 | YOUTH FASHION SUMMIT + THE NEXT GENERATION
Mar 01, 2017•43 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Episode 50 | THINK DIRTY + THE SEARCH FOR CLEAN BEAUTY
Feb 22, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Episode 49 | FABSCRAP + REUSING TEXTILE WASTE
Feb 15, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Episode 48 | PANAH + MADE IN AFRICA
Feb 07, 2017•44 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Episode 47 | TIMO RISSANEN + ZERO WASTE DESIGN
Feb 01, 2017•43 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Episode 46 | THREAD CARAVAN + ARTISAN ADVENTURES
Jan 25, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Episode 45 | JASMIN MALIK CHUA, ECOUTERRE + AN INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE
Jan 18, 2017•28 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Episode 44 | ANDREW MORGAN + THE TRUE COST
Jan 11, 2017•38 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Episode 43 | SOKO, VIRTUAL SUPPLY CHAINS + CONNECTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Jan 04, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Episode 42 | SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FASHION CURRICULUM
Dec 27, 2016•35 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Episode 41 | HODA KATEBI + FASHION ACTIVISM
Dec 21, 2016•37 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Episode 40 | MARCI ZAROFF + FARM TO CLOSET
Dec 13, 2016•39 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Episode 39 | YOUTUBE, COMPASSION FASHION + INFLUENCE
Dec 07, 2016•36 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Episode 38 | EXPEDITION 196, PEACE + SUSTAINABILITY VIA TRAVEL
Nov 29, 2016•29 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Episode 37 | PUSHING THE SUSTAINABLE FASHION CONVERSATION
Nov 22, 2016•40 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Episode 36 | SPIRIT OF 608, TECH + THE FUTURE OF FASHION
Nov 16, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Episode 35 | FASHIONKIND, LUXURY + SUSTAINABILITY
Nov 08, 2016•54 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Episode 34 | STELA 9 + CULTURAL PRESERVATION
Nov 01, 2016•54 min•Season 1Ep. 34
