Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty

Host Amanda Lee McCarty (she/they) decodes and demystifies the fashion and retail industries, and takes on topics like consumerism, workers rights, personal style, and why fashion is a case study in capitalism gone awry. Your money is as powerful as your vote! "If you wear clothes, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Elise "If you are human and live in the world, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Individually Wrapped

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Episode 25:  Laundry, Les Miserables, and Raghouses:  Vintage with Christine (part I)

Episode 25: Laundry, Les Miserables, and Raghouses: Vintage with Christine (part I)

Vintage expert and entrepreneur Christine of Ladyhogg Vintage joins us to explain the ins and outs of running a vintage business.   It's a nonstop hustle!  We will talk about the overhead expenses of ...

14 Okt 20201h 29min

Episode 21: More Bad Rompers, 5-7-9, and So Much Disappointment: Sizing with Meredith (part I)

Episode 21: More Bad Rompers, 5-7-9, and So Much Disappointment: Sizing with Meredith (part I)

You know how it goes when you’re shopping.  You go into that store that you shop all the time and you grab your usual size in a few things.  You go in the fitting room and….one thing is too big, one i...

30 Sep 20201h 5min

Episode 18:  Copycats (how fast fashion knocks itself off every day)

Episode 18: Copycats (how fast fashion knocks itself off every day)

This is part one of a three part series with our friend Dani from Picnic.  Before she started her own slow fashion brand, she designed sweaters (knitwear) for several fast fashion brands. We already k...

20 Sep 20201h 20min

Episode 14:  Leisure Suits, Chemistry, and Hemp: Let's talk about fabric

Episode 14: Leisure Suits, Chemistry, and Hemp: Let's talk about fabric

We know that cotton is natural and polyester is synthetic, but what about all of the other names we see on the labels inside our clothing?  What is rayon? How does that relate to Cupro and Tencel?  It...

7 Sep 20201h 44min

Episode 11: Blue Butts, Blue Legs, and Blue Office Chairs:  Denim Part I

Episode 11: Blue Butts, Blue Legs, and Blue Office Chairs: Denim Part I

We dive into the HIGHLY problematic world of the denim industry, with special guest and mega denim expert Michelle. "Am I profiting off of someone else's misery?" Michelle said this during our convers...

23 Aug 20201h 24min

Episode 8:  A Conveyor Belt Pooping Out Clothing (Even more tales of excess inventory)

Episode 8: A Conveyor Belt Pooping Out Clothing (Even more tales of excess inventory)

Brands like Burberry and H+M have come under fire (pun intended) in the past few years for incinerating millions and millions of dollars in unsold inventory.  In fact, this practice of destroying prod...

9 Aug 20201h 41min

Episode 7:  TEN THOUSAND STRAW FEDORAS! (tales of excess inventory)

Episode 7: TEN THOUSAND STRAW FEDORAS! (tales of excess inventory)

Every year 15 billion garments head to the landfill pre-consumer. These are garments that either never made it to the store or were marked down aggressively and still did not sell.  H+M made headlines...

5 Aug 20201h 23min

Episode 3: Cheap, Fast, or Good (You can only pick two)

Episode 3: Cheap, Fast, or Good (You can only pick two)

WTF is Production? That's a job? Learn all about the essential role that Production plays in the world of fashion, with our special guest, production expert Amy. We will talk about the design process,...

22 Jul 20201h 42min

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