Venetia La Manna on Sustainable Fashion

Good Influence

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Arts

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🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t. This week we’re talking about sustainable fashion; how our habits might need to change, the importance of remembering who makes our clothes and the most sustainable outfits. Venetia La Manna is a broadcaster and fair fashion campaigner. Earlier this year she co-founded Remember Who Made Them, a digital campaign and podcast series with aims to re-energise a new solidarity economy in fashion. She also uses her own history of fast fashion consumption to teach others about the industry and how to approach your wardrobe in a more sustainable way. If you want to learn more, here's where to find Venetia, and her recommendations: Instagram: @venetialamanna Twitter: @venetialamanna Youtube: Venetia La Manna Website: www.venetialamanna.com Something to read: Elizabeth Kline’s article ‘The Twilight of the Ethical Consumer’ Something to watch: Netflix’s The Patriot Act with Hassan Minaj ‘The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion’ Something to listen to: Venetia’s Podcast ‘Remember Who Made Them’ Also mentioned: Dead White Man’s Clothes @theorispresent on Instagram Get involved and join in the conversation: Follow @gemmastyles and send in your messages and questions to [email protected] ---- This Podcast is kindly supported by French beauty brand, L'Occitane. You can get 10% off all purchases online and in-store, as well as FREE delivery on all online orders with the code GOODINFLUENCE. Code valid until 4th January 2021

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C to another episode of Good Influent.
0:30.0	This is the podcast where each week you and I meet a guest who will help us pay attention to something we should know about as well as answer some of your questions.
0:38.0	This week we're talking about sustainable fashion, how our habits might need to change, the most sustainable type of outfit, and the importance of remembering who made our clothes.
0:51.0	Joining me this week is Venetia Lamana.
0:54.0	Venetia is a broadcaster and fair fashion campaigner.
0:58.0	Earlier this year she co-founded Remember Who Made Them, a digital campaign and podcast series with aims to reenergize a new solidarity economy in fashion.
1:06.0	Describing herself as a recovering hypocrite, she uses her own history of fast fashion consumption and ongoing education to teach other people about the
1:14.2	inner workings of the fashion industry and how to create a more sustainable wardrobe.
1:18.0	I think this is the first time I've sat and recorded one of these wearing jeans and it's not going well for me so far.
1:26.0	Jines for in 2020 I'm wearing jeans as well and it feels like a big step.
1:32.0	Feels like you've dressed up a bit for the day. Yeah exactly. I mean this is a
1:36.5	pajama top but I was about to ask you as that a pajama top because I really like it. Yeah it's pajamas. I would also be really here for the energy if you were just
1:44.0	recording a podcast in your pajamas because that's exactly what I would like to do. I might do that anyway.
1:50.3	Well, how I thought I'd balance it some jeans, because I could get away with a
1:54.4	pyjama top if I'm wearing jeans as well.
1:57.0	It's a great top.
2:01.0	If you could start, I guess, by just telling us a little bit about yourself and how
2:06.7	sustainable fashion came to be something that you're known for. So I am, well I actually started my career in TV and I was behind the camera for a long while and then I stepped in front of the camera and at the time I was a huge lover of fast fashion and I never wanted to be seen in the same outfit twice.
2:30.0	In fact I thought as a TV presenter I couldn't be seen in their same outfit twice.
2:34.7	And then I started hosting digital content and was like, gosh this is exciting.
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