Episode 225: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity Round Table

This is part four in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. Amanda is joined by some rad people doing great work making slow fashion more inclusive:

Itohan Asemota is the founder of HNI Collective, a Philadelphia-based fashion service agency with a focus on size inclusivity and sustainability. Find Itohan on Instagram: @itsitohanhey

Marlee Rosen is a slow fashion personal style coach and the host of Style Me Slowly Podcast, where she features size inclusive, slow fashion brands and designers. Find Marlee on Instagram: @stylemeslowly

Nico Herzetty is the founder and CEO of Phoria, " a platform to help people find what fits their bodies, their style, and their priorities—and how we can support each other in that journey." Find Phoria on Instagram: @phoriafits

Donnelle Jageman is the founder of The Plus Swap and a cofounder of Philly FatCon.  Find Philly FatCon on Instagram:  @phillyfatcon

Maggie Greene (aka the Halloween Queen) is the Chief Everything Officer of Self Magnitude, an ethical microbusiness on a mission to transform how you see yourself by putting the personal in brand and style. Maggie helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and individual contributors of all gender expressions show up as their radically authentic selves, at work and in life, with confidence and without compromising their core values and ethics. 

In this episode we will discuss the following:

• Why so many new fast fashion brands have adopted the SHEIN model specifically to target plus size American women…and why that’s not a good thing...
• Why a lot of slow fashion marketing can feel a lot like regular old fast fashion marketing
• What we can learn from big brands that have totally blown their foray into extended sizing
• How understanding our own personal style can help us slow down our shopping
• And of course, how we can support slow fashion brands that are truly trying to be as inclusive as possible.

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