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
1% For The Planet: Rethinking Corporate Responsibility with Kate Williams
In this episode, Michelle Alleyne sits down with Kate Williams for a grounded, eye-opening conversation about what real sustainability looks like when businesses choose to lead with intention. Together, they trace the origins and evolution of 1% For The Planet and unpack how a simple commitment to giving back has grown into a global model for collective responsibility.
Michelle and Kate dig into the brands that are doing it right, the ones proving that ethics and aesthetics don’t have to compete. They talk candidly about the practical steps small and midsize businesses can take right now, the power of community in driving environmental change, and why hope is not naïve but necessary.
This is an invitation to rethink how we shop, how we create, and how we show up for the planet every day. By the end, listeners will feel not just informed, but mobilized, ready to support the businesses building a healthier future and inspired to take meaningful action in their own lives.
🌿 The Ethical Stitch
Hosted by Michelle Alleyne
Follow us for more threads of truth:
📱 Instagram: @theethicalstitch | @michellealleyneofficial
🌍 Website: michellealleyne.com
🎙️ New episodes drop weekly.
Stay smart. Stay stylish. Stay stitched in.