Special Edition: Li Edelkoort Says the Coronavirus Is a Representation of our Conscience
The Business of Fashion Podcast
The Business of Fashion
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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In the latest special edition of the BoF Podcast, the Dutch trend forecaster says that the coronavirus pandemic is bringing to light what is wrong with society, teaching us to slow down and to change our ways.
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| 0:00.0 | Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are back to launch the next global fashion brand in Making the Cut. |
| 0:05.1 | In this new original series from Amazon, 12 designers from around the world compete for the opportunity to take their brand to the next level. |
| 0:13.5 | New episodes available every Friday. |
| 0:15.8 | Watch Making the Cut, only on Prime Video. |
| 0:34.2 | Maybe this virus was the amazing grace for the planet, because the virus is making us do the things we knew already long time we had to do, the human disaster, an economic disaster, |
| 0:40.6 | but it's possibly the best thing which can happen for ecology. |
| 0:45.7 | I wondered if you had some advice for some of the people out there who have found themselves without work. |
| 0:52.5 | I believe very much in the power of the amateur. |
| 0:56.7 | Everything is up for renewal. |
| 0:59.3 | It's like we come out of a war. |
| 1:01.9 | Our buildings are still standing, but we have to invent everything from scratch. |
| 1:15.0 | Hello, this is Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion. Over the past couple of weeks, I've been connecting with some of the most trusted and smart and |
| 1:21.5 | forward-thinking people in our community. |
| 1:24.9 | And this week is no exception. |
| 1:27.3 | On this week's episode of the BOF podcast, |
| 1:30.0 | I connected with Lee Etlcourt, the famous futurist who gave a barnstorming talk back at Voices |
| 1:36.2 | 2016 and who has made a name for being able to cut through all of the noise and information |
| 1:42.8 | to find the insights of what the future might be like. |
| 1:46.0 | And we need people like Lee even more than ever these days as we are overwhelmed with |
| 1:51.7 | information in an environment that's changing so quickly, seemingly every hour. |
| 1:57.8 | This week on the BOF podcast, Lee talks about the impact of the virus on the planet and the |
| 2:04.0 | people around us, but also on how the fashion industry must adapt and change for these unusual |
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