The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne
The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne
🎙 Where fashion meets its conscience—and gets a glow-up.
Welcome to The Ethical Stitch, the unapologetically bold podcast unraveling the truth behind what we wear—and how it's made. Hosted by fashion sustainability expert and industry insider Michelle Alleyne, this weekly series exposes the hidden cost of fast fashion while spotlighting the changemakers, designers, and disruptors who are reshaping style with purpose.
From her front-row seat as a professor at Parsons and FIT to the factory floors of global production hubs, Michelle brings two decades of unfiltered insight, real talk, and solution-focused conversations. Whether you're a curious consumer or a fashion industry insider, this podcast is your go-to for smarter style choices, ethical design thinking, and jaw-dropping truths the labels won't tell you.
🔥 Expect hot takes like:
— “No more polyester.”
— “Stop calling it vegan leather.”
— “Why aren’t your fave designers doing better?”
Plus: actionable tips, behind-the-scenes stories, and interviews with the innovators making sustainability sexy.
If you care about the planet and your closet, pull up a chair.
New episodes drop every week. Follow @michellealleyneofficial and visit michellealleyne.com to learn more.
Because in the future of fashion, ethics aren’t optional—they’re iconic.
The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne
Designing With a Conscience: Casey Dworkin Unpacks It All
In this conversation of The Ethical Stitch with Michelle Alleyne, Casey Dworkin discusses the complexities of creating sustainable fashion, emphasizing the importance of material choices, transparency in design, and the need for a paradigm shift in how sustainability is perceived in the industry. Dworkin shares insights on navigating the challenges of sustainable product design, the significance of next-gen materials, and the role of transparency in building consumer trust. The discussion highlights the importance of intention in fashion and celebrates change agents who are making a difference in the industry.
Takeaways
- Creating sustainable fashion involves balancing aesthetics and environmental impact.
- Material choices significantly affect a product's sustainability and marketability.
- Biodegradability is not the sole metric for evaluating materials in fashion.
- Designing for disassembly can simplify recycling and reduce waste.
- Transparency in the design process builds consumer trust and accountability.
- Sustainability should be integrated into the core of a brand, not just a marketing tactic.
- The fashion industry needs to shift perceptions about the value of products.
- Collaboration and curiosity are essential for innovation in material science.
- Next-gen materials are crucial for reducing the environmental impact of fashion.
- Intention behind design choices is becoming the new luxury in fashion.
Sound Bites
- "It's a stressful game."
- "We need perceptions to shift."
- "Intention is the new luxury."
🌿 The Ethical Stitch
Hosted by Michelle Alleyne
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Stay smart. Stay stylish. Stay stitched in.