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
Inside the U.S. Climate Action Summit: The Execution Gap
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This episode is a little different.
Instead of a traditional interview, Michelle Alleyne takes you inside the room at the U.S. Leaders Forum in Washington, D.C., part of the U.S. Climate Action Summit hosted by the Climate Group. This is where policymakers, industry leaders, and decision-makers are not just discussing sustainability, but actively shaping what happens next.
What unfolds is a clear and urgent shift in perspective.
We are no longer facing a technology problem. The tools exist. Renewable energy is advancing. Infrastructure is evolving. The real challenge is execution.
Why are critical clean energy projects taking years, even decades, to move forward
What happens when energy demand is accelerating faster than our systems can respond
And how are industries like fashion and design connected to decisions being made far beyond their immediate scope
Through firsthand observations and conversations both on and off stage, Michelle breaks down what this moment actually feels like and what it reveals about where we are right now.
This episode also introduces a new segment, One Stitch at a Time, where complex systems are unpacked step by step to better understand how they shape the world we create and live in.
Because sustainability is no longer about innovation. It is about alignment. It is about action. And it is about closing the gap between what we know and what we do.
Listen in for a grounded, real-time perspective on climate, infrastructure, and the systems that connect us all.
Stay inquisitive. Stay bold. Stay stitched in.
🌿 The Ethical Stitch
Hosted by Michelle Alleyne
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🌍 Website: michellealleyne.com
🎙️ New episodes drop weekly.
Stay smart. Stay stylish. Stay stitched in.