Slowing Down Fast Fashion with Venetia Falconer
Get Your Glow Back
Madeleine Shaw
4.8 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The affordability of clothing coupled with #ootd culture has led many of us to think that we need new clothes every time we leave the house, but does the cheap price tag reflect the real cost of these items? To learn more about fast fashion, what it is and why it matters I am joined by my ever inspiring friend, sustainability activist Venetia Falconer for a candid conversation that I am so excited to share with you. I can't wait to hear what you think. For show notes visit madeleineshaw.com/episode24
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Get Your Globe Up podcast, a wellness podcast for Getting Your Glowback. |
| 0:07.8 | This is episode 24 with Venetia Falkner. |
| 0:11.1 | Venetia is a producer, presenter and creator of the amazing Talking Taste Buds podcast. |
| 0:17.1 | She is not only the most wonderful woman in the world, she's also a very good friend of mine. |
| 0:22.6 | She is a passionate advocate of mindful consumption and slow fashion. |
| 0:27.0 | We taught a lot about the fashion industry, really separating fact from fiction when it comes to choosing sustainable items, the importance of choosing thoughtfully. |
| 0:36.7 | We also talk about Venetia's struggle with anxiety and the |
| 0:39.6 | things that have really helped her. It was a really eye-opening podcast for me, so I hope you get |
| 0:45.1 | out of it as much as I did. Right, let's bring on the beautiful, the wonderful Venetia. |
| 0:52.5 | Welcome Venetia to the podcast. |
| 0:56.4 | Hello! Thanks having me on, babe. |
| 1:01.6 | This is my first ever friend or best best friend on the podcast. |
| 1:07.1 | I hope it will not disappoint. I hope the fact that we're friends makes it means it's like cool and cash as opposed to like annoying and personal joky. Do you know what I mean? |
| 1:12.6 | Yeah, I don't know. I feel like there'll be a few personal jokes thrown in there. But just to put in |
| 1:17.0 | perspective, Benisha and I met when we were about 14, but we came the best of friends when we were about |
| 1:22.2 | 16. Now, if you follow either of us, you'll know we're quite into healthy living. However, that wasn't the case. |
| 1:29.0 | We party very hard. |
| 1:31.0 | We went clubbing Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. |
| 1:33.6 | Sometimes, Tuesday, Wednesday. |
| 1:36.6 | Sunday as well. |
| 1:38.1 | However, we've stayed the best of friends and have kind of evolved together into new and different ways of living our lives probably for the |
| 1:46.3 | better. 100%. Yeah, we weren't the healthiest in our teens. But you know what? I'm so grateful that we |
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