The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives A Damn
I think we need to make people care. What does this mean for them.
The clothes in your closet may be affecting your health, polluting your water, and funding a system built on exploitation -- and the fashion industry is counting on you not connecting those dots. The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives a Damn is the podcast that asks the questions fast fashion brands hope you're too busy to ask. Each week, host Lexy Silverstein breaks down the real cost of what we wear -- from toxic chemicals and greenwashing to secondhand shopping, slow fashion, and sustainable style that actually works. Whether you're thrift shopping for the first time or already deep in the conscious consumer world, you'll learn why what you wear matters more than they want you to think. New episodes every week.
The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives A Damn
Not Buying It: Unpacking the Magazine Exposing Fashion’s Spin
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What happens when you take the language of glossy fashion magazines, mix it with culture criticism, and point it straight at the industry’s most eye-watering contradictions? That’s the energy behind Not Buying It — a print + digital magazine that calls out greenwashing, fast fashion hypocrisy, and the marketing spin the mainstream media often lets slide.
In this episode, we speak with the founders behind Not Buying It to explore how they remix the magazines of our girlhoods — complete with hot takes, quizzes, agony aunts, and “Oh Major Greenwashing” moments — to dissect fashion, sustainability, and culture with sass and substance.
We’ll dig into:
- Why they launched a magazine Big Fashion doesn’t want you to read
- How Not Buying It blends satire, real critique, and community storytelling
- What it means to call out culture without cynicism
- The role of independent media in shaping how we think about conscious consumption
Whether you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by sustainability messaging or just tired of surface-level marketing, this conversation will give you a sharper lens — and maybe make you smile while doing it. Press play if you’re ready to expose the green sheen and rethink the stories brands want you to buy.
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