Amanda Lee McCarty

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty

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Host Amanda Lee McCarty (she/they) decodes and demystifies the fashion and retail industries, and takes on topics like consumerism, workers rights, personal style, and why fashion is a case study in capitalism gone awry. Your money is as powerful as your vote! "If you wear clothes, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Elise"If you are human and live in the world, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Individually Wrapped

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Amanda Lee McCarty

Episodes

Episode 8: A Conveyor Belt Pooping Out Clothing (Even more tales of excess inventory) 09.08.2020 1:41:05

Brands like Burberry and H+M have come under fire (pun intended) in the past few years for incinerating millions and millions of dollars in unsold inventory. In fact, this practice of destroying product is widespread, practiced by most luxury and mass brands in one way or another. How do they get there? Why is destruction so wide spread? In this episode, Janine joins us again to discuss the pat...

Episode 7: TEN THOUSAND STRAW FEDORAS! (tales of excess inventory) 05.08.2020 1:23:52

Every year 15 billion garments head to the landfill pre-consumer. These are garments that either never made it to the store or were marked down aggressively and still did not sell. H+M made headlines by burning $4.3 billion worth of unsold clothing. How does this happen? Clotheshorse all-star guest Janine is back to unpack this with us. It’s an exciting story, filled with hubris, despair, and...

Episode 3: Cheap, Fast, or Good (You can only pick two) 22.07.2020 1:42:21

WTF is Production? That's a job? Learn all about the essential role that Production plays in the world of fashion, with our special guest, production expert Amy. We will talk about the design process, the concessions brands make to bring in product faster and faster, and how cancellations affect everyone from the people sewing your clothes to the employees in the button factory. And we will find o...

Episode 2: Tiny Satin Ribbon Bows, or Somehow We Talked About Walmart Twice 15.07.2020 1:41:14

It's the thrilling sequel to episode 1! Janine is back to discuss margin--it's a really big deal in the world of making and buying stuff. We will also talk about why sustainable/ethical clothing *should* be more expensive...and then the less exciting reasons that it actually is. And we are going to read some listener comments about the cheap trims and embellishments that drive them crazy! We ar...

Episode 1: Romper Drama and Useless Safety Pins, or It's a Cents Game 12.07.2020 1:13:59

Welcome to our very first episode! Janine joins us from San Francisco via the magic of technology. Her extensive career in merchandise planning at both large retailers and smaller startups makes her the perfect guest for discussing why we pay what we pay for what we buy. We break it all down for you: the sinister synthetic invasion, how the rise of fast fashion changed the entire fashion industr...