14: Caroline Priebe | Fast Fashion and How to Style Sustainably

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Science, Self-improvement, Documentary, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Education

5.0 • 22 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today we get to talk about fashion -- fast fashion and a more responsible alternative -- a slower and perhaps more deliberate, eco-friendly fashion. To dive into this topic we are joined by Caroline Priebe of the Center for the Advancement of Garment Making.About Our Guest, Caroline Priebe: Caroline Priebe is an experienced designer and sustainable fashion expert. She is the Founder and Director of Sustainability at The Center for the Advancement of Garment Making (CAGM). They design innovative, circular and regenerative business models that benefit all people, planet and profit. They work with industry influencers including: Permanent Collection, Outlier, Umber & Ochre, Rudi Gernreich and Display Copy. About The Sustainable Leadership MasterclassThe Sustainable Leadership Masterclass is an 8-week live, virtual masterclass covering topics including, systems thinking, circular design and business models, regenerative fashion, textile sourcing, technology and identifying your personal mission. The knowledge learned will equip you with the knowledge you need to envision, think, design, communicate and embed real solutions in your current role, as an entrepreneur or a consultant. Sustainability is not a trend, it's a revolution and we need all hands on deck. Class begins May 17th, 2021. Care more Be better listeners can use code DESIGNBETTER at checkout through May 10th to receive a $100 discount. JOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:🌴 Subscribe to our newsletter, and we'll plant a tree in your honor! https://caremorebebetter.com🌲 Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen, and we'll plant another tree Follow us on social media:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@caremorebebetter TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@caremorebebetterInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/CareMoreBeBetter/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CareMoreBeBetter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/caremorebebetter

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0:00.0	Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.
0:10.0	Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.
0:15.2	You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today.
0:20.1	Here's your host, Karina Belizey.
0:24.0	Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends.
0:26.0	I'm your host, Karina Belizzi, an activist and cause marketer who's passionate about social impact and sustainability.
0:32.1	I'd like to invite all of you to join us on Clubhouse for vibrant discussions of the topics we cover on this show. You can also
0:39.0	visit us on social platforms at Care More Be Better. If you like what we're doing, you can support the show
0:44.1	by sharing it with friends and keep it ad-free by donating directly on our site. Just visit Caremorebebetter.com.
0:51.0	Today we get to talk about fashion, fast fashion, and a slower and more deliberate, eco-friendly fashion.
0:57.5	To dive into this topic, I'm joined by Caroline Preeby of the Center for the Advancement of Garment Making.
1:04.1	Caroline, welcome to the show.
1:05.9	Hi, thanks. It's nice to be here.
1:07.8	As we open this discussion, I'd love to invite you to just share your story. Why did you feel so compelled to take on this effort?
1:15.2	It started about 20 years ago. I was actually a new graduate out of business school and working at Donna Karen. It was my first sort of large corporate fashion experience. Having come from a family business, I found it to be really sort of wasteful and
1:30.6	unappealing. I also, as breakups often do, inspire you to look for some more meaning in life. And I
1:38.1	discovered this woman's pioneering work, Linda Gross, who was, I would say, the matriarch of the sustainable fashion
1:45.8	movement in the United States. She started the E-collection with Esprit in the mid-90s, which spawned
1:52.7	the organic fiber certification. It was originally just food and all sorts of interesting
1:58.9	materials beyond organic cotton, but like tensile and
2:02.3	organic linens and whatnot. She was putting together a curriculum at this art school with a
2:08.7	fashion program called CCAC. Now it's just CCA. And I decided to move across the country and study under
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