fashion historian

Fashion historian and educator Sara Idacavage is exploring the origins of mass-produced clothing and the forces that gave way to the fast fashion industry as it stands today.

Hit play and join us in this important conversation as we explore how history influenced the present-day fashion industry and how we can take notes from decades past to help address current  issues in fashion.

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FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT:

https://www.consciouslifeandstyle.com/history-fast-fashion/

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• (Book) Conscious Closet by Elizabeth Cline
• (Article) “Fashion, its Sacrifice Zone, and Sustainability” by Dr. Sandra Niessen
• (Book) The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
• (Article) "How Sustainable Fashion Education Can Catalyze Change" by Stella Hertantyo

EPISODES MENTIONED:

• EP31: The Reality of the Secondhand Clothing Trade with Nikissi Serumaga 
• EP8: Unpacking Fashion’s Colonial Roots & Modern-Day Realities With Sophia Yang

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Today’s guest is Liberty Gaither. Liberty is the Founder and Editor in Chief of fashion publication, Manic Metallic. Liberty shares about her switch in careers and how she eventually ran her own business. We discuss how the different skills she learned from her previous jobs and her desire for leadership and control in her career lead to the formation of Manic Metallic where she and her team focus on fashion as a discipline and art.

It was cool learning about Liberty’s viewpoint and critique of the fashion environment. The focus on diverse fashion cities and designers and the great respect she takes in her efforts to make the fashion industry stronger is amazing to learn. I love that her job allows her to have experiences that makes her role less daunting. It encourages me to look at my job through the lens of experience and not just a set of tasks. 

Thank you for listening to today’s episode. 

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Teleica Kirkland is a fashion historian, Associate Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies (CHS) at London College of Fashion and a PhD candidate at Goldsmiths University. She is also the founder and Creative Director of the Costume Institute of the African Diaspora (CIAD) an organisation dedicated to researching the history and culture of dress and adornment from the African Diaspora.

We talk Caribbean clothing traditions that could be lost if we are not careful, sustainable fashion, the impact your clothes have in your everyday life and Teleica's mission to unwrap the secrets of our history in fashion.

This interview is full of insight, heart warming personal stories and an inspirational dedication to revealing our diasporic fashion heritage.

Connect with Teleica

Website - www.ciad.org.uk
Facebook - www.facebook.com/CIADuk
Twitter - www.twitter.com/@CIADuk
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSl9jAaQPXf6b6fj9reJvUQ/videos

Teleica's Selections

Stanley and the Turbines - Dumpling  
https://youtu.be/qc5gELS2Ceg

Pluto Shervington - Dat 
https://youtu.be/6FYTL8ydERw

Taurus Riley - Beware
https://youtu.be/TQG7csBIHaw

Protoje - Blood Money
https://youtu.be/etdnIFC4erw

Richie Spice - Brown Skin 
https://youtu.be/XRqVpUxOjTg

Janet Kay - Silly Games
https://youtu.be/qCVR5XR04Mo

Chronixx & Kabaka Pyramid - Mi Alright
https://youtu.be/Z2jhXZEqcb8


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