The Best Fashion Podcasts, Sustainable & Secondhand Fashion

by Carley Lake | Last Updated:   May 29, 2020

My favorite learning tool is the podcast. I promise I still love books. While I’m running to work…or I’m running to the gym to run on a treadmill…or I’m running through the airport, I survive the rushed commutes by learning how Julie Wainwright started The RealReal and why there’s a lack of size inclusivity in the sustainable fashion community. Check out my top sustainable fashion podcasts!

1. SPIRIT OF 608: FASHION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SUSTAINABILITY + TECH

Journalist, media strategist, podcast producer, and host Lorraine Sanders created one of the best sustainable fashion podcasts. It is at the intersection of fashion, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and tech. If you are interested in starting your own sustainable fashion business listen in.

Learn about entrepreneur’s journeys finding ways to use tech to solve problems in the fashion industry (From Couch Surfing to Winning at Secondhand Style in Silicon Beach with Tracy Dinunzio of Tradesy).

Learn how to perfect your online branding (Five Quick Hacks to Instantly Beautify Your Social Media Photography.

In addition, get inspired by new ideas in fashion production and materials. Listen to episodes like Reinventing Indigo + A Better Future For Denim Through Bio-fashion Entrepreneurship With Tinctorium Co-founders Michelle Zhu And Tammy Hsu.

2. GOOD TOGETHER LIVE

Do you want the 101 on sustainability across clothing, travel, food, and more in a just under 30-minute fashion podcast? Good Together Live provides you with the foundation to start living a more conscious and sustainable life.

Each 30-minute episode is brought to you by two ethical experts. Laura Alexander Wittig and Liza Moiseeva started Brightly. It’s a community to discover new products, learn how to change the planet, and connect with others.

3. WARDROBE CRISIS WITH CLARE PRESS

WARDROBE CRISIS is one of the best sustainable fashion podcasts. It is hosted by former Australian Vogue Sustainability Editor Clare Press. She interviews academics (Podcast 89, Kate Fletcher, Craft Of Use), business leaders (Podcast 85, Michael Kobori – How Sustainable Is Levi’s?), and movement builders (Podcast 78, Natalie Isaacs & 1 Million Women Fight Climate Change). She also discusses issues facing the industry today and how change-makers are finding solutions.

Clare interviews people from across the world and digs deep into key themes like activism, consumerism, identity, and ethics. I always learn something new. In addition, I get inspired to work with others to help find solutions to fashion’s human rights and environmental problems.

4. CONSCIOUS CHATTER WITH KESTREL JENKINS

Kestrel is a storyteller and conscious style maven who believes fashion and ethics can jive, and maybe even thrive together. If you want to know more about the newest brand in sustainable fashion space, hear from industry insiders and influencers, or better understand the happenings in the US-sustainable fashion industry, this is one of the best sustainable fashion podcasts for you.

Check out episodes like Thredup + The Massive Rise Of Resale. Listen to Alice Alexander + Inclusivity For All Bodies. Lastly, don’t miss Influencer Jayde Archives On Proud Outfit Repeating.

I hope you enjoyed the list and learn something new on your next walk/drive/bike/swim to work with the best sustainable fashion podcasts.