Podcasts about fashion is your business

Career advertising entrepreneur Tim Ringel discusses how he thinks about connecting to audiences via advertising strategy for his clients. Platforms, segments, performance marketing vs brand, optimizing for holistic advertising success. This show that you've learned to love and watch grow, Fashion Is Your Business…is rebranding soon. We will have an expanded focus beyond fashion, and with new hosts, Alesia Lanzo, Simeon Siegal, along with Pavan Bahl.  Here's why: The landscape of brand and innovation has evolved tremendously since first launching, and we will now focus more broadly on how innovative brands develop direct engagement & successful relationships with their customers.  We hope you enjoy the new vibe, starting September this show will rebrand as Direct to Community Podcast, presented by Bellwether Culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded Jan 2022. How Athletic Greens has bootstrapped to $100M in revenue, and now plans their approach after recently raising $115M on $1.2B valuation!  This show that you've learned to love and watch grow, Fashion Is Your Business…is rebranding soon. We will have an expanded focus beyond fashion, and with new hosts, Alesia Lanzo, Simeon Siegal, along with Pavan Bahl.  Here's why: The landscape of brand and innovation has evolved tremendously since first launching, and we will now focus more broadly on how innovative brands develop direct engagement & successful relationships with their customers.  We hope you enjoy the new vibe, starting September this show will rebrand as Direct to Community Podcast, presented by Bellwether Culture.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As someone says goodbye to "Fashion Is Your Business", the original hosts Marc, Pavan, and Rob reflect on six-and-a-half years of FIYB, including: how it started, international travels, memorable guests, live audience experiences, behind the scenes tales, when they realized the show was really a hit, the origins of guest snacks on the show, how the podcast impacted government, entrepreneurs, and inspired a business, and much more. Plus, what's next? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some time ago while we on location at Shoptalk, we invited NewStore CEO Stephan Schambach  onto the show. NewStore is a mobile platform that enables retailers to run their physical stores on an iPhone. Recently on another MouthMedia podcast, Retail is Your Business, Stephen joined Marc Raco and Rebecca Fitts to discuss his new report that assessed nearly 200 brands – while many retailers have done a good job of implementing services during COVID to make the customer experience more convenient and safe, like BOPIS and curbside pickup, online storefronts and physical locations are not truly integrated. Therefore, they have “paper mache” omnichannel capabilities that will soon fail as they aren’t long-term solutions. We thoughts this useful discussion would be of value to our Fashion Is Your Business listeners, so here’s that conversation, right here on FIYB. Enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Managing director of Cleo Capital and contributing editor at Marie Claire Magazine Sarah Kunst has served as a senior advisor at Bumble where she focused on their corporate VC arm Bumble Fund and on the board of the Michigan State University Foundation endowment. Sarah joins "Fashion Is Your Business" podcast and guest host Simeon Siegel to explore how the need for change is driving innovation. Sarah has been named a Future Innovator by Vanity Fair, Forbes Magazine 30 under 30 and a top 25 innovator in tech by Cool Hunting. She has been recognized for her work in Business Insider as a 30 under 30 Woman in Tech and Top African-American in Tech & Pitchbook Top Black VC To Watch and honored as a top woman in VC by the Wall St. Journal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marc Raco is filmmaker-turned-TV/film-actor that pivoted to podcasting. He has personally hosted/produced  over 1,000 podcast interviews on three continents, and also hosts the podcasts “Funny People Talking’ and “Fashion Is Your Business”. Marc is the Co-Founder of Mouth Media Network, a leader in B-to-B podcasts and audio solutions for internal communication, consumer experience, and target engagement.     In this episode, Marc shares how to use media to generate more investors and recognition. 

Marc is an award winning filmmaker and accomplished film and TV actor turned podcast host and producer, and eventually podcast network cofounder, and now CEO. He currently produces more than a dozen business focused podcasts for NYC based MouthMedia Network, which has interviewed more than a thousand guests, partnered with many of the most notable conference and trade shows, and recorded on three continents. He also hosts the podcasts Fashion Is Your Business and Funny People Talking, and cohosts the recently launched Naked Entrepreneur podcast. Marc has also recorded more than 70 musical pieces, was a volunteer auxiliary police officer, and is a Kentucky Colonel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/original-salescast/message

Next-level customer experience is a goal for many brands. But creating innovative spaces for those next level customer experience is something else. Transforming retail physical platforms to become more impactful is high on most retailers' agendas. Though creating spaces that are unforgettable and that offer a seamless on- and off-line experience takes innovation and some out of the box ingenuity. Former Optus Director of Retail Design Ben Hawkins joins "Fashion Is Your Business" podcast and host Marc Raco on location in front of a live audience at Online Retailer 2019 to discuss the opportunities and mindset required for a new paradigm of retail store design, and what that has to do with one of the largest telecommunications companies in Australia.

Daymond John, entrepreneur, investor, founder of FUBU, star of Shark Tank, author of  “The Power of Broke” and "Power Shift"  sits down 1:1 with Pavan Bahl in a special edition of “Fashion Is Your Business LIVE” originally recorded in February 2017 and produced by MouthMedia Network. This is an in depth story of Daymond's professional journey, as he explains it.

Shelly Socol, Co-founder of 1R,  co-founded a leading ecommerce agency experienced in creative design and technical solutions for lifestyle, fashion and beauty brands, including L’Oreal, Trish McEvoy, Mara Hoffman, Farm Rio, Marc Cross, Le Sportsac, ABC Carpet & Home.  It's all at the intersection of brand, business and consumer, and lives by the belief that creativity powers commerce, growing a business, and establishing an understanding of what clients need and how to get them there. Shelly's strong background in fashion and online retail, including previously as Creative Director of Accessories at Theory, where she oversaw the design, production and launch of the brand’s accessories collection, makes her an invaluable resource on all aspects of ecommerce -- guiding clients on creative, sales, merchandising, brand extension, marketing and public relations. Shelly offers insights into all of this on "Fashion Is Your Business" podcast, as well as the guidance she’s offering during  the current COVID-19 crisis.

Mazdack Rassi, Co-Founder and Creative Director of MILK Studios (standing at the crossroads of the fashion, music, photography and film worlds), and Co-Founder of MADE Fashion Week, joins Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez and Marc Raco, along with the entire MouthMedia team, as guests of Ben and Jack’s Steakhouse in New York City for the 100th episode of Fashion Is Your Business.

The 2020 global consumer is likely to change, and that change is likely unpredictable. And in a tumultuous environment of constant change it’s imperative to gain clarity on the emerging forces. While there are obvious trends arising there are also unpredictable behavioral shifts expected that will have meaningful impact on the online and offline retail market place.  Mark Teperson,  Chief Digital officer for Accent Group Limited (a regional leader in the retail and distribution of performance and lifestyle footwear, with over 420 stores across 10 different retail banners and exclusive distribution rights for 10 international brands across Australia and New Zealand such as The Athlete’s Foot, Skechers, Dr. Martens, Timberland, Sperry Top-Sider) joins Marc Raco for a discussion on the next wave of digital evolution and how to prepare. This 300th episode of Fashion Is Your Business was recorded on location in front of a live audience at Online Retailer in Sydney, Australia.

Welcome to Conscious Millionaire, The High Performance Podcast with your Host, JV Crum III... Marc Raco oversees MouthMedia Networks podcast development & production and co-hosts Fashion Is Your Business podcast. He is a decorated media producer and actor, writer, composer, co-led The Hope Is Project, a photographic venture about hope, wrote an article series on hopes power and nature, was an NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer, and proclaimed a Kentucky Colonel. Are you a coach, consultant, business owner or leader who is tired of feeling stuck or you just don't know which step to take next? Get in the High Performer Lane by downloading JV's new High Performer Formula with the exact steps for your to play at the top of your game. Download it by clicking here now. Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other coaches, consultants, or business owners find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 1,000 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries, this is the podcast for coaches, consultants and service-providers who want to get more clients, make more money, and create a bigger difference and impact. Named by Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts for 2017!

Welcome to Conscious Millionaire, The High Performance Podcast with your Host, JV Crum III... Marc Raco oversees MouthMedia Networks podcast development & production and co-hosts Fashion Is Your Business podcast. He is a decorated media producer and actor, writer, composer, co-led The Hope Is Project, a photographic venture about hope, wrote an article series on hopes power and nature, was an NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer, and proclaimed a Kentucky Colonel. Are you a coach, consultant, business owner or leader who is tired of feeling stuck or you just don't know which step to take next? Get in the High Performer Lane by downloading JV's new High Performer Formula with the exact steps for your to play at the top of your game. Download it by clicking here now. Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other coaches, consultants, or business owners find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 1,000 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries, this is the podcast for coaches, consultants and service-providers who want to get more clients, make more money, and create a bigger difference and impact. Named by Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts for 2017!

Sam Payrovi set out to change the world of fashion and retail. By building the first retailer specialized to sell custom and made-to-order goods, CONSORTIUM would deliver to consumers exactly what they want in their apparel and accessories - the ability to design their own products. Now, CONSORTIUM is building the technology to help any retailer sell customizable products and reap the many benefits of this "lean retail" model. In early 2017, Sam was interviewed by Fashion Is Your Business, the preeminent podcast for fashion and retail technology. Listen to how the concept became the company it is today, and you'll have a preview of what this new series will be about: a blend of the personalities using customization and technology to reshape retail, and a dose of startup grind. --- Live recording: Fashion Institute Technology, NYC during Fashinvest (now WWD) Host: Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez, Mark Raco, Fashion Is Your Business (@fashionbizshow) Guest: Sam Payrovi, Founder-CEO, CONSORTIUM (@shopconsortium) --- Discussed in this episode: #BESPOKE, #BRAND, #CUSTOM, #CUSTOMIZATION, #CUSTOMIZE, #FASHINVEST, #FASHIONTECH, #INTERVIEW, #LIFESTYLE, #PODCAST, #RETAIL, #SAINTLYBAGS, #SAMPAYROVI #Nike #NikeID #Timbuk2 #ShoesofPrey #Consortium #CSTM #Saintly #Martenero #Retail #RetailTechnology #LeanRetail #MadeToOrder #Startup #brands #retailers --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shopconsortium/support

Sam Payrovi set out to change the world of fashion and retail. By building the first retailer specialized to sell custom and made-to-order goods, CONSORTIUM would deliver to customers exactly what they want in their apparel and accessories. Now, CONSORTIUM is building the technology to help any retailer sell customizable products, and reap the many benefits of this "lean retail" model. In early 2017, Sam was interviewed by Fashion Is Your Business, the pre-eminent podcast for fashion and retail technology. Listen to how the concept became the company it is today, and you'll have a preview of what this new series will be about: a blend of the personalities using customization and technology to reshape retail, and a dose of startup grind. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shopconsortium/support

Guiding consumer insights to build audiences, optimize marketing campaigns, collect data, and utilize life moments… Eric Bamberger, SVP of Hospitality for IgnitionOne (an award-winning Customer Intelligence Platform enabling marketers to understand, value and engage with their customers in real-time), joins “Fashion Is Your Business” podcast hosts Pavan Bahl and Marc Raco on location at the IgnitionOne Summit in New York.In this episode: Data has always been important to travel and other lifestyle industries Bigger companies operating with legacy systems, making consumer insights difficult Department of hospitality, organizing data, making it effective with clients IgnitionOne has a fundamental understanding of the customer journey First party data – the data a company can personally aggregate from their site, most companies don’t even know what to do with this data much less integrating third party data Connecting with CRM files Starting with cookies, using tags, create a scoring algorithm Processing in real time, which gives a leg up on others Working primarily with enterprise customers, larger hotel chains Reading macrotrends, such as oil and gas mining in Texas relating with a hotel occupancy standpoint, adjusting strategies to react on trend data Messaging vs. using data to drive direct bookings Loyalty is less important, more about saving money IgnitionOne’s proprietary scoring algorithm, custom machine learning algorithm for each customer, get high accuracy prediction on propensity to convert, which then leads to bidding decisions Platform, ads, the spend used defending brands—-generic type key words for searches Everything can be an acquisition channel with the right conversion strategy Ad experiences in personalization Considering trends in social platform use related to driving spend and conversion, and searching for all inventory sources The relevance of apps New data impacts each consumer visit, various sources of info for strategy in connecting uniquely to that person The wins in digital marketing that are possible with real effort

Fashion history is about more than just pretty clothes... We have a special treat for you ---a peek into a new show that we love, and think you’ll love. We all know that Fashion history is about more than just pretty clothes. But did you know that Cardigan and Leotard were men before they were garments? Or that denim is actually named after the city of Nimes in France? Jeans after Genoa Italy? Have you ever wondered just who the real people were behind your favorite brands such as Louis Vuitton and Lanvin? With over 7 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Everyday we all get DRESSED. We think you should join fashion historians April Calahan and Cassidy Zachary each week while they explore the who, what, when of why we wear. So, take it from us at Fashion Is Your Business----listen to DRESSED every week on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! And now, enjoy a full episode of DRESSED! This episode explores how the body type considered ideal shifts over time, and we speak with fashion historian Emma McClendon about her current exhibition The Body: Fashion and Physique. Bios: April Calahan is a Special Collections Associate and Curator of Manuscript Collections at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she also serves as an instructor in the History of Art department. April has lectured on the history of fashion at Dallas Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Parsons School of Design, Yale University and has been a repeat guest on the podcast Stuff You Missed in History Class. She is the author of Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style (Yale University Press, 2015) and the co-author of Fashion and the Art of Pochoir (Thames & Hudson, 2015). Forthcoming works include “Tina Leser: Global Vision” in The Hidden History of American Fashion: Rediscovering 20th-century Women Designers (Bloomsbury, December 2017). April is a founding board member of the New York-based Fashion Studies Alliance. Cassidy Zachary is a fashion historian and author who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she also works in film and TV as a costumer and costume designer. Cassidy’s work on fashion history can be found in numerous publications including the book Fashion and the Art of Pochoir (Thames & Hudson, 2015), co-authored with April Calahan. In addition to having lectured nationally at the Costume Society of America and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she is the founder of the popular fashion history blog and Instagram The Art of Dress, which has more than 150,000 followers.

Marc Raco oversees MouthMedia Networks podcast development & production and co-hosts Fashion Is Your Business podcast. He is a decorated media producer and actor, writer, composer, co-led The Hope Is Project, a photographic venture about hope, wrote an article series on hopes power and nature, was an NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer, and proclaimed a Kentucky Colonel. Are you a coach, consultant, or service-provider who is tired of feeling stuck or you just don't know which step to take next? Get instant access to JV's 7-Figure Formula with the exact steps in the exact order to Make Your First Million. Download it by clicking here now. Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 1,000 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries, this is the podcast for coaches, consultants and service-providers who want to get more clients, make more money, and create a bigger difference and impact. Named by Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts for 2017!

Marc Raco oversees MouthMedia Networks podcast development & production and co-hosts Fashion Is Your Business podcast. He is a decorated media producer and actor, writer, composer, co-led The Hope Is Project, a photographic venture about hope, wrote an article series on hopes power and nature, was an NYPD Auxiliary Police Officer, and proclaimed a Kentucky Colonel. Are you a coach, consultant, or service-provider who is tired of feeling stuck or you just don't know which step to take next? Get instant access to JV's 7-Figure Formula with the exact steps in the exact order to Make Your First Million. Download it by clicking here now. Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 1,000 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries, this is the podcast for coaches, consultants and service-providers who want to get more clients, make more money, and create a bigger difference and impact. Named by Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts for 2017!

Charles Beckwith is the host of American Fashion and Fashion Is Your Business podcast He once ran an online fashion magazine, studied, then dropped out of filmmaking, interned on Dawson’s Creek, and has a network called Mouth Media Network. Phew! We cover all this and more on this fascinating chat. Enjoy! 00:09 - How Charles and I met 02:56 - When he recorded his first podcast 04:16 - How long he had been a filmmaker when he started his podcast 05:16 - The microphone he’s using for this podcast episode 06:01 - How he developed his relationship with Sennheiser 06:55 - Why he feels Sennheiser saw the value of partnering with him and his show 07:48 - Charles explains what fashion technology is 08:37 - Stella McCartney and vegan and environmentally friendly materials 10:58 - The excitement behind wearable tech 11:31 - A company that’s making custom shoes for $250 12:29 - The article he wrote on how the fashion industry could use blockchain tech 13:15 - Syndicated Media’s idea to replace iTunes as the hub of podcast RSS feeds with a blockchain 13:38 - What blockchain technology means 15:13 - Where his love of fashion comes from 15:43 - His most noticeable episodes 17:37 - Why he likes having a panel on his podcast 18:33 - How he’s grown as a host since the start of his show 19:47 - Why he has a love/hate relationship with the show Project Runway 20:15 - Charles explains how he starts every episode of American Fashion 21:30 - What he does with episodes where the conversations weren’t great 22:10 - His network, Mouth Media Network and his first show of the network 24:42 - The podcast player he and his team is developing 28:53 - Whether or not he’s worked on a mobile app before 29:22 - His love of technology, Kevin Kelly from Wired, and the 2600 magazine 30:29 - His piece of fiction in 2600 magazine and his involvement with their conference 31:57 - Mouth Media Network’s different podcasts 32:54 - If he’s ever put a network together before and what he’s learned from creating his network 34:52 - Where he thought he would be at this point in his life 37:01 - His approach to networking and making connections 37:53 - The Stone Soup story 40:55 - When he started to put his skills as a connector to use 42:44 - Something he’s changed his mind about recently 43:05 - The one most misunderstood thing about him 45:14 - What’s got him excited for the upcoming year 47:40 - The podcast conferences he plans on attending this year Full Show Notes: http://podcastjunkies.com/charles-beckwith-interview★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A special holiday message of thanks and warm wishes from hosts Marc, Pavan and Rob of Fashion Is Your Business podcast. Happy Holidays!

Autonomous sewn good worklines for home hoods, footwear and apparel… Pete Santora, Chief Commercial Officer for SOFTWEAR Automation (an Atlanta-based machine vision and robotics startup), joins “Fashion Is Your Business” hosts Pavan Bahl and Marc Raco along with guest host Veronika Harbick (CEO, Co-founder & 3D Knitting Programmer for Thursday Finest) in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. Harbick also offers an announcement about her company. (Santora’s profile)Genesis with DARPA, robots vs. jobs, Made in USA, and finding your wife in Whole Foods Santora reveals the genesis of the company, being started by DARPA, and in accordance with the Berry Amendment, requiring the Department of Defense to give procurement preference to domestically produced, manufactured, or home-grown products. Giving attention to the fact that manufacturers are aging out of seamstresses, the growing need for automation in sewing, and the new the ability to scale the creation of goods, anywhere in the world, not just where you can find labor. How apparel manufacturing is manufacturing, fielding questions about loss of jobs, automation vs. robots, and fighting a cloud of fear about robots. How the majority of labor will not be replaced for decades, robots are just tools, and a real timeline of change and adaptation of new set of tools. The requirement to be in the US for SOFTWEAR, and how that stance is working, and bringing manufacturing here, the challenges of change because of generational people and legacy thinking, and how they can be slow to adapt. The tipping point of sustainability is at hand, and personal concerns vs. corporate concerns. Plus, snack time inspires a story of Santora meeting his wife in Whole Foods, his time as a professional soccer player, consuming bananas to play sports — and a droid makes an appearance in the studio.How the SEWBOTS work, what a brand is, and deconstructing the automation chain Being a ten-year-old startup with 8 years of R and D, focusing on how to survive as a company, using technology to build a company that works no matter the economic climate, and Alli Baba’s gigantic technology fund as an indication that something major taking place. How the SEWBOT technology works, the way it was conceived coming fro professor, the role of Georgia Tech in wearables with the first wearable tech shirt and much of the IP around wearable tech. Accomplishing proof of concept for machine vision, how goods go through entire process fully, allowing on demand and local production. Determining what a brand is these days, what the pieces are. The need to make in America while keeping quality, implanting sustainability and remaining competitive, and losing the guilt of not buying Made in America. Plus, the Sourcing Summit, having the job discovering how the company could fail, and deconstructing the automation chain to make sure brands can make goods the way they want to while keeping it sustainable.Soccer, droids, and why kids should run toward robotics Personal questions with Off the Grid cover remote control airplane assembly, and not getting it to work. Being crushed, joining a robotics club, soccer teams and the profound unbalance of Italy not making the soccer playoffs, women’s soccer vs. men’s soccer, why the U.S. doesn’t have a style, soccer tennis, a robotic film costar, and automation integrating with the lives of kids. Also, running towards robotics, and a desire to meet crazy people.Thursday Finest Plus, a special announcement from Veronika Harbick about a new chapter for Thursday Finest.

Transforming textile waste into pristine new fiber at a molecular level… Stacy Flynn, CEO/Co-founder of EVRNU (fiber technology transforms textile waste into pristine new fiber. Evrnu has invented the only regenerative fiber made from post-consumer textile waste) joins “Fashion Is Your Business” hosts Pavan Bahl, Rob Sanchez, and Marc Raco at the 2017 WEAR Conference in San Francisco. Powered by Sennheiser. (Flynn’s profile)A wake up call, impacting the system’s lynch pin, and a prototype Flynn shares how working in a cloud of pollution gave her a wake up call, realizing a generation of kids who don’t see blue sky, realizing she was linked to the cause of the problem, and how 90% of all clothing is made from clothing or polyester, and we throw away 14 million tons of clothing waste a year in the US alone. She discusses the goal of taking waste and turning it into high quality fiber, impacting the lynch pin of the system, and how the surprising result turned out versatile and beautiful The vision of intervention with minimal disruption, how the first prototype took a t-shirt from solid to liquid to a solid, and the journey of how Target signed on as an early adopter.The holy grail of transformation, early adopters, and micro-manufacturing models Separating cotton and polyester on a molecunetorking lar level, how the holy grail is taking a blended garment, liquefying it, separating it then using the individual components, and new processes vs. repurposing existing processes. How the process is actually shapeshifting material, realigning molecules, and the process of pushing through spinnerette determines the final qualities. Samples, licensing, early adopters Levis, Target and seven more not public, and how marketing campaigns need proof now. The difficult truth that a colored t-shirt requires 700 gallons of water to make, helping brands with sell-through rates and sustainability, and why the ability to network helps now, looking at micro-manufacturing models, with small manufacturers linked together to become power manufacturing chains as a localized, globalized model.Reciprocity, the human spirit, and the Redwoods Finding ways to build business, saving the environment while honoring designs. The three part adopter program, and how reciprocity creates human solidarity. There is no algorithm on the power of the human spirit to solve a really big problem. And Off the Grid Questions covers the Redwoods, a heavy moment, and accidental eyebrow shaving. Hear more MouthMedia Network shows at www.MouthMediaNetwork.com.

Christina Dean (bio), CEO of Redress, joins Marc Raco (host of Fashion Is Your Business podcast) for a Special Report on news that The EcoChic Design Award 2017 has become available in the United States for the first time in its seven year history. The EcoChic Design Award 2017, developed and is organized by Redress, is open to emerging designers and students with less than 3 years’ experience who currently live in Asia, Europe or the USA. According to its website, Redress is an NGO established in Hong Kong in 2007 , “with a mission to promote environmental sustainability in the fashion industry by reducing textile waste, pollution, water and energy consumption. They achieve this by educational sustainable fashion shows, exhibitions, competitions, seminars, research and via their recycled clothing standard. Their profile allows them to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including fashion designers, textile and garment manufacturers, brands and retailers, schools and universities, multilateral organizations, governments, NGOs, financial institutions and media organizations. Working with their partners, Redress aims to enhance, educate and enable the adoption of a more sustainable fashion industry that will help to minimize the negative impact and maximize the positive impact of the fashion industry on society and the environment.”

Hello world! Welcome to a brand new podcast, produced by the same team and in the same style as the popular “Fashion Is Your Business.” Take a deep dive into material science with strategist Rob Sanchez (Open Source Business); materials expert Stephanie Benedetto (Queen of Raw); manufacturing expert and founder of Save the Garment Center, Samanta Cortes (Samanta’s Platform); and image consultant and tailor Mack Mozé (Mozé-Rogue Tailor), along with revolving guest hosts. Produced by MouthMedia™ Network, the show focuses on useful, in-depth interviews with industry notables, serves as a platform for business leaders, and provides commentary about virtually anything in between, making insights into business and technology within the material sciences industry entertaining, meaningful and accessible. In this introduction to the show, Stephanie and Samanta cover the show’s intent and why it is so important today. Please subscribe on iTunes or Google Play, and join us each week as we cover the vast world of materials!