Small business musings - With Niamh Carr and Gary Newbold (#123)
Today I bring back Niamh Carr of NemCee and Gary Newbold of English Utopia for a catch-up on how they are getting on. The idea was to have an open and frank chat about aspects of the fashion business ...
9 Kesä 20231h 54min
The Cabourn way - With Nigel Cabourn, designer (#122)
It's been a long time coming, but this week finally sees iconic British designer Nigel Cabourn guest Garmology for a wide-ranging and openhearted chat about why he really got into fashion design, his ...
18 Touko 20231h 40min
Improving by mending - With Eva Kittelsen, mending acivist (#121)
This week's guest is Eva Kittelsen, author and visible mending activist, sewing bee contestant, fashion and textile designer and entrepreneur. We talk about her starting out in the fashion industry, h...
11 Touko 20231h 34min
Going archival - With Dr Kat Jungnickel, Politics of Patents (#120)
This week's guest is Dr Kat Jungnickel, sociologist (from Goldsmiths, University of London), cyclist, tweed enthusiast and keen investigator of historical clothing patents. We talk about how the popul...
4 Touko 20231h 14min
A likeable cut of the jib - With Guy Hill, Dashing Tweeds (#119)
This week's guest is Guy Hills, bon vivant and founder of Dashing Tweeds, makers of innovative tweed and dashing outfits thereof. We get into the joy of tailoring, menswear history, why tweed is a top...
27 Huhti 20231h 47min
Get ahead with a hat - With Allon Zloof, Tom Smarte (#118)
This week's guest is Allon Zloof, a fourth-generation hatmaker with the family-owned Tom Smarte. We talk about different styles, a bit of history, where hats are at today, changes in the hatmaking ind...
13 Huhti 20231h 24min
Off the main street - With Kelly Dawson and Scott Ogden, Dawson Denim (#117)
Today we are off to the British seaside to meet Kelly Dawson and Scott Ogden of Dawson Denim, a small maker of quality jeans. We talk about how Kelly became increasingly disenchanted with her career i...
6 Huhti 20231h 28min
Design for repairability - With Rosanna Watson, Snowdonia Gear Repair (#116)
In this episode, Rosanna Watson of Snowdonia Gear Repair drops in to talk about the boom in outdoor gear, designing for repairability, greenwashing in the outdoor industry, the problem with "sustainab...
30 Maalis 20231h 33min
