Fashion's Future: Circularity, Craft & the Human Touch

What does it take to create a truly circular fashion industry without losing sight of the people behind it?

In this episode of Honest, Not Perfect, Christina Dean, Founder of The R Collective, discusses the realities of driving circularity, leading change and maintaining resilience in the face of fashion's sustainability challenges. Alongside her, handweaver and textile artist Ruby Smith shares the importance of preserving traditional textile crafts, the role of upcycling, and why passing these skills from one generation to the next matters now more than eve

Everyone agrees circularity is the future of fashion. The harder question is whether the industry is making enough progress to get there.

In this episode of the Honest, Not Perfect podcast, Lindsay McKerchar, Miranda Beckett and Rosie Cripps unpack what's happening beyond the buzzwords. A candid conversation on the realities of building a more circular fashion industry.

Recorded live at Source Fashion, we sit down with three leading voices from across the fashion industry: Safia Minney, Jasmin Malik Chua and Matthias Knappe.

Together, these conversations explore the challenges and opportunities shaping fashion today, from sustainability and ethical sourcing to transparency, global trade and the future of responsible business.

Policy, Pressure & the Future of Fashion Retail

This week, we’re live onsite with Joe Mountain to unpack the growing pressure facing fashion brands as sustainability moves from ambition to accountability.

From evolving legislation and green claims scrutiny to the realities of implementing sustainability inside a major retail business, Joe shares what’s actually changing behind the scenes, and why the future of fashion will require far more than good intentions

In this onsite episode, James Sleater of Buffalo Systems joins Suzanne Ellingham to explore how circularity, durability and repair can and should be a commercial reality for fashion.

From designing products that last, to using storytelling as a true point of differentiation, this conversation unpacks what it takes to build credibility and what makes a brand like Buffalo stand the test of time

Recorded live at Source Fashion Jan 2026, Kresse Wesling (Elvis & Kresse) unpacks the uncomfortable truths behind sustainable fashion.

From EPR and circularity to wage parity and supply chain realities, this conversation challenges the gap between ambition and action, and questions whether the industry is truly set up to deliver on its promises.

The hard truths of building circularity at scale

In this episode, we sit down with Christina Dean, Founder of Redress and The R Collective, to unpack the uncomfortable truths behind scaling circularity in fashion. This is not a surface-level sustainability conversation. It’s a grounded, systems-focused discussion on what circular fashion would actually require -operationally, commercially and culturally.

Ep 19: Ethical fashion, fair living wages & reducing overconsumption

In this episode, Sophie Lane joins us to unpack the model behind SOKO Kenya - a brand rooted in fair living wages, transparent supply chains, and responsible production. We explore how SOKO Kenya challenges fast fashion norms by prioritising artisan empowerment, community development, and long-term sustainability over profit-driven overproduction.