Podcast appearances and mentions of lela orr

In this week's episode, listen in on a conversation with Lela Orr, former contestant of Project Runway season 17, about starting her zero waste brand before it was popularized and what competing on reality TV is really like. FOLLOW LELA: personal IG brand IG (Ferrah) website TikTok FOLLOW UNFILTERED FASHION TALKS: IG YouTube TikTok FOLLOW NATALIA: YouTube IG TikTok FOLLOW NTA (brand): IG TikTok Shop  

Today Lela Orr from Season 17 of Project Runway breaks down sustainable fashion and just how detrimental our fashion choices could be on the environment. Lela drops so much knowledge on how to refine our closet and develop our personal style, all while being better on the environment. We also get the behind the scenes of one of the longest running reality television shows and how Lela overcame imposter syndrome to take her chances on Project Runway and eventually create her own luxury Sustainable Fashion line Ferrah. Share this one with a fashion lover, someone who wants to be better on the environment, or anyone you love! Intro: Sydney shares advice on a listener's question: "How to deal with being single when all of your friends are dating" Special thank you to the sponsors of today's episode! Afterglow: Sign up today at xoafterglow.com and get 14 days free with the code SHARE14  Share the episode on instagram and reach out to us: Host: @sydneylotuaco @somethingtosharepodcast Guest: @lelachristina Lela on TikTok Shop Ferrah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of An Extra Dose Podcast, we are chatting with Lela Orr, the designer behind eco-luxury and zero-waste brand, Ferrah. She was also a contestant on the very popular show, Project Runway. We are talking about how she got into fashion, what it was really like being on a reality tv show,  where she draws her inspiration from, and more.   Find more about Lela here:  Ferrah Website | Ferrah IG | Lela IG      Similar listening: The Struggle Of Work-Life Balance | Running An Online Business With Sis Kiss | Tips On Starting An Online Business      Follow us on our blog- https://www.adoubledose.com Instagram: @alexis.belbel | @samanthabelbel doubledoseblog@gmail.com

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they dress or style something. Fashion is an art form of self-expression. But just because fashion is enjoyable doesn’t mean that we should allow it to harm others or our planet. My guest this week is Lela Orr. That’s right, Lela Orr from the most recent season of Project Runway! Join me to hear how Lela is making a positive impact with fashion through her eco-luxury clothing brand Farrah. You’ll also hear some behind the scenes about Project Runway and how Lela came to design something for the one, the only, Beyoncé! 2:29 – The Lela 101 Lela grew up in Dallas, Texas and Monroe, Louisiana. She is an ethically conscious vegetarian with a passion for zero waste.  Lela’s mom and grandmother were her muses for fashion. Not only was her grandmother’s style transformative in leading Lela to design, she also learned from both women about the value of reusing and repurposing old clothing. The roots of Lela’s brand, Ferrah, sprouted when Lela was in college and learned about the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013. She knew then that the fashion industry is too creative and forward-thinking to allow the neglect of the people who make our clothes. She knew the industry could and should do better.  Lela wanted her brand to be high-end and luxury, but as sustainable as possible. She repurposed all of the scraps from her designs and worked with zero-waste patterning. She believes more brands need to define what being “green” and sustainable means to them. For Lela and Farrah, zero-waste is the core of the brand. It takes longer, but it also forces greater creativity while reducing waste at the same time. 13:55 – Project Runway Lela grew up a huge fan of the TV show Project Runway and was inspired early on by the show and the success of contestants like Christian Siriano. When the show moved to Bravo TV to cast for a new season, Lela submitted her information with gentle encouragement from a good friend. The show kept contacting her and eventually she landed a spot as a contestant! Lela was encouraged that her season of the show had more sustainably-minded designers and contestants compared to seasons in the past. 16:40 – Fixing Fashion Damage Lela began learning more about microplastics that pollute our water when we wash synthetic fibers in our laundry and only works with natural fibers and dies. Other brands like H&M are working to be more sustainable in their fashion chain with initiatives that allow people to bring their clothes (any brand) to be repurposed in exchange for a discount off their purchase. People want to know the stories behind their clothes, and Ferrah doesn’t want their customers to have to rebuy them a year down the road. That’s why Ferrah uses the best materials and offers them at a higher price point. 23:00 – Eco-Luxury Lela coined the term eco-luxury with her mentor when she realized there were many brands that were luxury and eco-friendly, but not many with the combination of the two. Eco-luxury is environmentally friendly but made with luxury textiles for gowns and statement-making occasion wear. At the same time, Ferrah falls under the category of minimalism with pieces that are easy to throw on but make you feel glamourous. 25:11 – Designing For Beyoncé Beyoncé’s team is all about finding and working with emerging designers, and while Lela was working as a design apprentice for Charles Harbison who was hired Beyoncé’s team to create a few custom pieces for Beyoncé to wear to upcoming events.  Lela worked with Harbison to source fabric and design details to create a red custom jumpsuit that Beyoncé ended up wearing to a huge televised event. Farrah’s first celebrity client piece will premiere in January, so be sure to stay tuned to see what it is and who it’s for!  29:54 – Getting To Know Our Guest Hear what Lela’s favorite TV show was growing up, her guilty pleasure, behind the scenes of life on a reality show, and what she would do differently if no one was watching. Of course, you’ve got to stay tuned to hear what it means to Lela to run a business with purpose!

Today we sit down with Lela Orr to talk about her run on Project Runway and the fashion industry's major waste problem. Lela talks about how her goal to develop a zero waste, sustainable fashion business led her to co-founding Ferrah.If you want to know more about Lela, follow her on Instagram @lelachristiana! Also, be sure to follow @ferrahofficial for eco-luxury fashion!We're so excited and honored to be moderating a panel at The Fearless Conference this year! If you're going to be at The Fearless Conference tomorrow on Friday, July 12, come see us! If you still need to get tickets for the conference, you can visit fearlessdfw.com and use the code HERTALK15 for 15% off!If you liked this episode please remember to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts! Thanks for tuning in! :)Support the show (http://hertalkpod.com)

If you've ever let who you think you are hold you back, then this week's episode is for you (stop doing that by the way). For example, say you're an introvert in Dallas building a small, luxury sustainable fashion brand with zero waste design principles. You might assume, like this week's guest did, that you're not the kind of person who should go on TV at all, much less a hit reality show like Bravo's Project Runway. But if you did that, well, you might be absolutely wrong. Take it from Lela Orr, who was quietly growing her brand Ferrah from her Texas home base and, for years, balked whens friends told her to try out for the show. A self-described chill girl with a no-drama attitude, she thought producers would pass on her application -- but she eventually decided to try out. And wouldn't you know it, turns out she fit right into the show and found an excellent new platform for her growing brand and its ethical values. Meet this week's guest, Lela Orr, Founder of Ferrah. Sign up for the PressDope weekly email to get DIY PR tips and The Dope List of media opps, calls for pitches, FEST events and more ways to raise your visibility.

Lela Orr is the Founder of Ferrah Clothing, an Eco-Luxury brand for Women by Women. Lela is a fashion designer in DFW. She is the founder of Ferrah Clothing, an eco-luxury brand for women by women. They are a no waste company. Everything they have is either used or given away to be used for anything else. Whatever they have, they find a use for it. Lela and I met up at Merit Coffee in Highland Park and talked about Ferrah, how she founded the brand, sustainable fashion, how much waste the fashion industry produces, and how we as consumers can be a part of the solution. Read the full blog post here: https://www.ketchsmith.com/podcast RATE and REVIEW HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-people-podcast/id1335201813?mt=2 TRADE COFFEE http://trdcfe.me/ketchsmith CODE: ketchsmith 50% OFF COFFEE + PEOPLE MERCH: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ketch+smith https://www.ketchsmith.com Music: Drifter by Hippie Sabotage

Lela Orr from Project Runway joins Elena on this week's MiscELENAeous episode to talk about sustainable fashion and laugh at Elena's below average jokes because she's polite. The girls cover Lela's time on reality tv and dive deep into her zero waste initiative. You will laugh and even learn a few things.Sponsor:NoomVisit https://noom.com/ELENA to start your trial today. 

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Project Runway’s fan favorite and Dallas-based Lela Orr is going places. She co-founded her sustainable clothing line, Ferrah, and is designing up a storm for how real women want to dress. Success With Style podcast series hosts Rob Giardinelli and Lance Avery Morgan catch up with her in Dallas about behind-the-scenes happenings on Project Runway, her future career and how to make fashion more sustainable. Photo of Lela Orr courtesy of Bravo TV

A true Southern girl, Lela Orr brings her eco-luxury aesthetic to this season of Project Runway. After graduating from Parsons School of Design, she pursued a career as a designer and has owned her own brand, Ferrah, for the past three years. Lela founded Ferrah on the premise of being eco-luxury, and, as of 2018 the line is cruelty-free with zero waste. Lela has been using all-natural fabrics and dyeing processes since realizing how wasteful the fashion industry can be. She first became interested in fashion after going through international Vogue magazines while growing up with her grandmother. Realizing that fashion is more than clothes and more like wearable art, Lela followed her passion to pursue a life designing. Whether she is listening to Rihanna or Patsy Cline in her studio or drawing inspiration from important women in her life like her grandmother, Lela can't believe she gets to make a living doing what she loves. Connect with Lela: https://www.ferrah.co/ https://www.instagram.com/ferrahofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/lelachristiana/ https://www.facebook.com/ferrahofficial/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-girl-gang-podcast/message