Statements on Fashion: A Critical Fashion Podcast

Philippa and Katie speak with clothing designer Emily Morabito, founder of the adaptive activewear label Remedy. We spoke about her introduction and movement into adaptive design, the situation of clothing access for disabled people, and her approach to design and sustainability.

 In this week’s episode, creative director, stylist and artist Yanran Xiong (@pistachica) talks about the attributes of temporality, hype and glamour manifest in the fashion industry.

In this episode, Philippa and Katie speak over Zoom in the midst of the pandemic with journalist Sophie Ross. Ross rose to Twitter stardom when she put pieces of what eventually became Arielle Charnas' Covid-19 scandal together. Since then, Ross has continually painted full--and accurate--pictures of the transgressions that are made, and too often ignored, by some of Instagram's most influential influencers. 

Philippa interviews Arianna Lauren, of Quw'utsun' Made, an indigenous beauty brand founded by Lauren. The two discuss her attempt to meet the needs of her community while preserving the traditional knowledge of the Coast Salish Nation, in order to pass it on to the next generations. 

Philippa talks with Vancouver-based designer Tams Grunberg about the development of her sustainable design practice, her new brand TAMS, and how she carved out a community of fashion creatives on Canada's West Coast. 

In the first episode of Season 2, Philippa & Katie speak to writer Emily Kirkpatrick about hierarchy in the fashion industry, the crazy racket of freelancing and the tweet that changed her career path.

Philippa speaks with sustainable contemporary designer Sabinna Rachimova about the process of developing a sustainable brand and her vision of sustainability in fashion.

Katie speaks with fashion scholar, teacher and designer, Joshua Katcher about the history and visual contexts in which animals are appropriated by the fashion industry.  You can buy Joshua's book 'Fashion Animals' on Amazon, and follow him on Instagram at @thediscerningbrute and his brand at @brave_gentleman. 

Philippa and Katie speak with Laurier University PhD candidate Ellis Furman about the shifting ways of dressing as one comes to understand the importance of gender identity and dress with shifting gender identity, the importance of drag, and the perspective of fashion and queerness from the perspective of a fashion outsider. Find out more about Ellis's work here Follow them on Instagram @spinachbitch Follow Fake Femmes on Instagram @fakefemmes (YouTube to come soon!) And as always, subscribe and rate us on iTunes and follow us on Instagram @statementsonfashion! 

Philippa and Katie discuss the journey of self actualization as a non-binary person, the differing experience of living non-binary internationally, and the safe-space of fashion. Find Meme Meng on Instagram @sad_asianmom

Philippa speaks with Gill Linton about the development of digital vintage avant-garde fashion platform Byronesque. They discuss how to translate culture through clothing and the importance of maintaining the analog feeling of vintage pieces through digitization.   This episode was recorded live at Glassbox Gallery (www.glassbox.fr) for the closing of Parsons Paris first year MA Fashion Studies' exhibition "Un-Making the Fashion Digital Image."  Byronesque:  Visit https://www.byronesque.com/ Download the app at https://www.byronesque.com/shop/vintage-personal-shopper-app Follow on Instagram: @byronesquevintage and @shitpicsofgreatclothes  

Katie sits down with Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies and Research Chair of Fashion at Parsons NYC Hazel Clark, to talk about her article "Slow + Fashion: An Oxymoron or a Promise for the Future?", fast fashion, and what a sustainable fashion industry could look like in the future.

Katie and Philippa sit down with fashion assistant, Joel Traptow to gain a firsthand perspective on precarity, instability and the duality of working within the fashion industry. 

Philippa and Katie speak to Professor Giulia Mensitieri about precarious labour in the fashion industry, and her recently published book “Le Plus Beau Métier du Monde”

Philippa & Katie sit down with influencer and co-host of the podcast Fashion No Filter Camille Charrière. The three discuss influencer culture, Slimane’s Celine, how to please your followers (if you should at all), and when to log off. Camille's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/camillecharriere/?hl=en The blog: https://www.camilleovertherainbow.com/ The podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fashion-no-filter/id1183345770?mt=2      

Katie and Philippa update you on what they were doing over the last month, their theses and what you can expect in the second half of Season 1. 

Katie and Philippa travel to London to interview Professor Agnès Rocamora at the London College of Fashion to discuss Professor Rocamora’s work on fashion bloggers, the mediatization of fashion and the way this is evolving with different social media platforms.

Philippa speaks to Vancouver-based model and micro-influencer Lydia Okello about her experience being black, queer and plus-size in the fashion industry. Lydia Okello: Instagram and Twitter @styleisstyle Premme: www.premme.us

Katie Wilkes sits down with Dr. Downing Peters, Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies at Columbia College Chicago. The two discuss Dr. Downing Peters' work, specifically her recent PhD research titled Stoutwear and the Discourses of Disorder: Constructing the Fat, Female Body in American Fashion in the Age of Standardization, 1915-1930.  

Katie Wilkes sits down with Dr. Francesca Granata, Program Director of Fashion Studies at The New School Parsons, to discuss her book Experimental Fashion, Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body, as well as the role and limitations of the grotesque body in fashion. 

For the first mini episode of Statements on Fashion, get to know your co-hosts Katie Wilkes and Philippa Nesbitt and find out what's to come for the rest of the season!