Athleisure

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Yoga pants, baby! Athleisure is a fashion trend that features comfortable, flattering, and aesthetically pleasing athletic clothing designed to be worn all day. And while many of us turned to athleisure during the pandemic and never went back, athleisure has a dirty little secret: petroleum-based fibers. On today's show former Athleta senior fashion designer Nancy Taylor outlines what needs to happen systemically to make the the fashion industry circular; she also introduces bio-based textile innovations in the athleisure space we all should be paying attention to. Here's a preview: [6:00] From a fashion designer's perspective, here's why athleisure is so darn amazing [12:00] What's the fashion industry's biggest problem: is it that too many products are being produced, or is that consumers simply consuming too much? [18:00] Bio-based synthetics, oh my! Here are some exciting innovations happening right now in the textile space [23:00] Are items made from recycled materials of lesser quality? [28:00] Don't forget about natural fibers and semi-synthetics when exercising! Here are the best Resources mentioned: époque évolution Lolë Send me your eco-tips! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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1:00.8	Well, hello my friends and welcome back.
1:05.6	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 448 of sustainable
1:11.1	minimalist.
1:12.4	This is a show about eco-friendly and intentional living.
1:16.5	And on today's show we are talking about my absolute favorite thing.
1:20.4	Besides coffee, besides my children course, that goes with that saying. My third
1:26.2	favorite thing is ath leisure. Yes, oh my gosh, the yoga pants, the stretchy shirts, just so comfortable. the I'll be honest I very rarely wear anything other than
1:44.8	Athleture these days and while athletesure as a whole has become a fashion must have for so many women.
1:54.8	It is not, unfortunately, without its environmental problems.
1:59.6	First of all, there's the fast fashion model the constant turnover of products there's and that by the way
2:07.2	plagues the entire fashion industry but with ath leisure in particular we have to discuss the fact that the fibers that make up
2:16.7	our stretchy and water-resistant and wicking, legging sports bras, shirts, puffer coats, and more.
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