47: Ethical and sustainable fashion 101 (solo series) - a podcast by Sara Weinreb

Today’s episode is all about ethical and sustainable fashion. I discuss my experience with transitioning to ethical fashion and starting an ethical fashion business. I explain how to evaluate which items are ethically and sustainably made, why ethical fashion was a mindset shift and how it helped me live a more intentional life and save money.

In this episode, I discuss:

• The difference between sustainable and ethical fashion

• My journey with ethical fashion and starting my business

• How I saved money by transitioning to only buying ethical fashion

• Why ethical fashion is a mindset shift

• How to avoid impulse shopping

• What story do your clothes (and material items) tell?

• Why you should start with what you have

• Sustainable materials and how to evaluate them

• Why shopping small and local is so important

Mentioned in this episode:

• Resources to evaluate ethical brands: Good on you

• Articles I have written on ethical fashion: Clothing swaps, how my life changed with ethical fashion, the importance of shopping small, why we need to know where our clothes are made

• Learn about sustainable fabrics

• Some of my favorite brands: Sotela, Miakoda

• Episode 30 with Livia Firth on ethical fashion

• Sign up for my new newsletter, Sara… lately (bottom of my website!)

• I am hosting Design Thinking 101 virtual webinars for $11! Tickets and details here.

All the deets:

• Find all the previous episodes of Medium Well on my website.

• Tag me (@saraweinreb) on Instagram with your favorite takeaways from the episode and how you will use design thinking in your work.

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