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
Threads of Change: Puja MJ on Community and The Slow Fashion Movement
In this episode of The Ethical Stitch, host Michelle Alleyne sits down with Puja MJ, a bold sustainability advocate and climate justice leader from Mumbai. Their conversation dives into the Slow Fashion Movement and its powerful 90-day challenge that invites people to step away from buying new clothes and reimagine their relationship with fashion.
Puja brings the perspective of the Global South to the forefront, reminding us that the sustainability conversation is incomplete without the voices of those most affected by climate and labor realities. She shares how grassroots movements and community-centered action are shaping the future of fashion, and why education in fashion schools is key to sparking long-term change.
This episode is a reminder that real transformation often begins with individual choices—and when those choices connect into collective action, they can shift an entire industry.
Takeaways:
Puja MJ emphasizes the importance of community in the Slow Fashion Movement.
The 90-day challenge encourages individuals to rethink their consumption habits.
Sustainability conversations must include voices from the Global South.
Education on sustainability should be integrated into fashion curricula.
Grassroots movements can create significant impact in the fashion industry.
The Slow Fashion Movement is volunteer-powered and fueled by passion.
Real change happens through daily choices and community conversations.
The narrative around sustainability should focus on people, planet, and profit.
Degrowth is a necessary concept for sustainable fashion practices.
Social media can be a tool for positive change in fashion consumption.
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Stay smart. Stay stylish. Stay stitched in.