Special Episode: Who's betting on fashion tech?

Equity

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Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Business, Technology

4.2 • 372 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today on Equity, we’re bringing you two bonus conversations all about sustainability in fashion from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. First up you’ll hear our very own Harri Weber sit down with three guests: Jim Ajioka from Colorifix, Beth Esponnette from unspun and Julie Willoughby from Circ. They are all powerhouses in sustainable fashion and they all happened to join Harri on the Sustainability Stage. Watch their full conversation here. In part two, we have a great conversation between TechCrunch’s Morgan Sung and Jemima Bunbury from BLEND, a curated fashion app that is changing the way we shop online. BLEND uses AI-powered personalized recommendations to help customers quickly and easily find products that suit their style, size and budget. Their goal is to prevent impulse purchases, and of course, make it possible to stay trendy and shop sustainably. Here's what our guests are diving into: Fixing the fashion supply chain so all the materials are created in a sustainable way Helping consumers find products that will last Enticing larger brands to shift to sustainable practices Why a holistic approach to sustainable fashion is crucial when trying to eliminate waste in the industry That's all for us today, but we'll catch up again on Monday! For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we
0:15.4	unpacked the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines. My name is Alex
0:19.3	Wilhelm and today we have a very special episode for you.
0:22.7	We are bringing you not one, but two interviews all about sustainability in fashion from Tech Ranch Disrupt
0:28.4	2023.
0:30.7	First up, you'll hear from our very own Harry Weber as she sat down with three guests, Jim
0:35.5	Ajocca, Beth Espinette, and Julie Willoughby. They are all powerhouses in
0:40.5	sustainable fashion and they all happen to join Harry on the sustainability stage.
0:45.5	In today's conversation, they attempt to answer the following question, is sustainable fashion
0:50.5	possible?
0:51.5	And if you want to hear their on-stage interview, we have a link to that in the
0:54.6	description. And be sure to stick around for our second fashion forward conversation with
0:58.6	Morgan sung and Jemima Bunbury from Blend. Let's go.
1:06.6	My name is Harry Weber. I'm a senior reporter at Tech Runge.
1:09.1	I'm here with three innovators in fashion tech and we're going to talk about sustainability in fast fashion.
1:16.5	This is a follow-up from a panel discussion we had on stage at Tech Ranch Disrupt 2023,
1:23.0	where we talked about the same topic, Fast Fashion.
1:25.6	This panel will be posted.
1:28.0	We'll include a link with the podcast.
1:30.0	Be sure to check it out.
1:31.2	Let's take it away.
1:32.1	Beth, could you introduce yourself
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