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
We Know Better Now. What Will We Do in 2026?
In this episode of The Ethical Stitch, host Michelle Alleyne takes a sharp, unfiltered look back at the conversations that shaped 2025, not just in fashion, but across the systems that influence how we design, produce, consume, and dispose of what we make.
From industry disruptors and sustainability strategists to voices challenging business as usual, these conversations go far beyond trend cycles, digging into accountability, transparency, and the uncomfortable truths behind global supply chains, labor, materials, and scale.
Michelle does not simply reflect. She draws a clear line in the sand. As we move into 2026, this episode pushes past awareness and into action, calling for real progress in recycling, circularity, and system level change that reaches fashion, manufacturing, policy, and culture at large.
The message is clear. Ethical practice is not a buzzword or a brand strategy. It is a responsibility. And the choices we make next will define what comes after sustainability as we know it.
Takeaways
The Ethical Stitch aims to create change in the fashion industry.
Conversations with guests have highlighted the importance of accountability.
Sustainability requires long-term thinking and endurance.
Ethics should be reflected in daily business decisions.
Community and mindfulness are essential in the slow fashion movement.
Transparency in sourcing is crucial for consumer trust.
Innovation in materials can redefine luxury in fashion.
Recycling must evolve as a core system in sustainability.
Listeners are encouraged to ask questions and experiment with ethical practices.
The future of fashion depends on bold experimentation and ethical courage.
🌿 The Ethical Stitch
Hosted by Michelle Alleyne
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Stay smart. Stay stylish. Stay stitched in.