The Fashion Pulpit

THE POWER OF SWAPPING podcast — Season 2, Episode 8 🎙️ And just like that, we've come to the final episode of Season 2. To close this season, we're joined by Lumin Hew; sustainable fashion advocate and founder of Fashion Parade, a youth-led community dedicated to making conscious fashion accessible, engaging, and empowering for the next generation. What began as a personal passion project...

THE POWER OF SWAPPING podcast— Season 2, Episode 7 🎙️ What shapes the way we show up in the world? For Episode 7, we sit down with Arie, a marketer, strategist, trainer, and thoughtful communicator whose career has spanned marketing, merchandising, retail, media, and sales. What struck us most about Arie is her curiosity. Her willingness to keep learning, evolving, and asking better questions. Whe...

POWER OF SWAPPING — Season 2, Episode 6 🎙️ Can sustainability be practical, accessible, and part of everyday decisions, not just something reserved for experts? For Episode 6, we sit down with Audrey Yang, sustainability consultant and founder of Thought Partner Eco. After building a successful career in the creative industry, Audrey made the courageous decision to pivot her work towards climate a...

Can fashion teach us how to build better futures? For Episode 5 of Power of Swapping Season 2, we’re honoured to be joined by Sarah Ichioka: American-British urbanist, strategist, writer, and founder of Desire Lines, a cross-disciplinary practice helping communities and organisations imagine more regenerative futures. Based in Singapore, Sarah has become a leading voice in regenerative design and...

What does it mean to truly step into your own story? For Episode 4 of Power of Swapping Season 2, we sit down with Ratna — TEDx speaker, facilitator, and personal branding coach who helps individuals uncover their inner gem and show up fully in their lives and work. Ratna’s journey hasn’t been linear. From navigating imposter syndrome and burnout to redefining success on her own terms, her work to...

POWER OF SWAPPING — Season 2, Episode 3 🎙️ This week on the podcast, we sit down with Durva Simone Bose — branding and content strategist, photographer, and a thoughtful voice in the ethical fashion space. Durva comes from a background in fashion and textiles, and over the years she has worked closely with sustainable brands, helping them shape stories and visual narratives that communicate their...

POWER OF SWAPPING — Season 2, Episode 12 🎙️ Some stories are extra special — and Amber’s is one of them. Amber first walked into The Fashion Pulpit at just 14, volunteering during her school holidays. What started as curiosity quickly grew into commitment — she became a regular swapper from our early Liang Court days, and eventually, one of the strongest voices of circular fashion within her own c...

POWER OF SWAPPING — Season 2, Episode 1 🎙️For our very first episode back, we’re deeply honoured to be joined by Dr. Sun Sun Lim. Dr Sun Sun is a Lee Kong Chian Professor of Communication and Technology and Vice President (Partnerships and Engagement) at Singapore Management University. She’s a prolific scholar, a public servant, a thought leader on technology, ethics and social inclusion—and some...

Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZMr83kOTuZd7zFbM44mm-iMobuIT1AXbAEcfAcbcYDY/edit?usp=sharing TIMESTAMPS Examining disposal habits (01:25) Where is “away”? (05:55) Textile-to-textile recycling technology severely lacking (12:32) Next steps (18:24) Download the report here: https://bit.ly/iow_report_2022 Article on the ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ policy and why it’s insuf...

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1npKcVFRD35HxuCfCVRDzAYHZgqu8UHD7AVJuexa1cRI/edit?usp=sharing TIMESTAMPS TFP's update (1:20) Inside Our Wardrobe study report (4:23) Download the report here: https://bit.ly/iow_report_2022 Moving vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFYYYU4rjg Sources mentioned: Stories Clothes Tell: Investigating Clothing as Objects of Love https://lcf-smc-show-21...

Rachel Tan (you might know her as @nocarrierpls or the Founder of Justo Justo), candidly speaks about her previous online personas/identities weaved into the way Justo Justo manifested into a clothing resale business. This episode (and the previous), sheds light on the emotional labour it takes when running a sustainable fashion business. Listen to Episode 6 for Chu’s journey with Shop Bettr, the...

Welcome to our first episode of 2022! In this episode and the next, we deep dive into the start and end of local sustainable fashion businesses with their founders. Chu Wong, our guest for this episode, discusses how she managed relationships with respective brand partners whilst juggling financial precariousness of a new brand. This, on top of reconciling with the business’ misalignment with her...

I had a really good time speaking to Esther in this episode, chatting about our personal experiences and relationships with consumption and ways of relating to wear and clothing. It was a very refreshing conversation, and I think, an accurate representation of how I see and relate to the work that I do. This episode is special because I think there isn’t a specific call to action. I hope we just s...

This episode is one of many living questions. We question the fervent need to define ‘Singapore Fashion’ and discuss how we can participate in the system beyond wear, ownership and consumption. Weiqi emphasises the need for industry-level introspection and discourse in order for our local industry to recognise that its ongoing practices and ways of working are unsustainable. Singapore Fashion need...

In this episode, Fashion Educator and Bio-Materials Researcher Kae Hana, sits down with us to discuss their process of experimenting with growing their own vegan leather with SCOBY. From that, our conversation evolved into speaking about the nuances of the sustainability movement, how sustainability principles have diluted into marketing speak under capitalism, and the fermentation of, you guessed...

In this episode, we speak to Daniela Monasterios-Tan, fashion lecturer, researcher and curator based in Singapore, and Erliana of FIN Crafted Goods about the journey we share with our clothes. As we concluded that wear & tear is an inevitable part of wearing our clothes, we speak about ways we can better care for our clothes through mending and repairing. Daniela shares about what 8 years of w...

In the first episode of the re:wear series, we speak about the evolution of SHEIN, what they were in their past life, and question what makes them so incredibly popular today. Najah Onn, founder of @fashinfidelity, breaks down the complex processes of garment production behind-the-scenes, the history of clothes making, and speaks about how big data facilitates tech companies at commodifying fashio...

Welcome to re:wear @ The Fashion Pulpit ! This new series aims to re-introduce a new language around the way we speak about clothes. In each episode, we will be exploring what it means to be a part of the fashion system and how we can be more intentional in the ways we forge a personal relationship with our clothes. In this episode, we sit down with Raye Padit, founder of The Fashion Pulpit. We ca...

In this episode join us on a journey to Netherlands as we sit down with Jily Djodikromo, and discuss her amazing story of how she started swapping and how it lead her to be a founder of Swopster!

New episode of our podcast series: The Power of Swapping! This time, we are taking you to Tokyo as we have a fruitful and fun conversation with Diya of Swap Stories! Tune in to know more about Diya’s journey and swap communities in Japan!

Celebrating another amazing episode of The Power of Swapping! For this episode, we are taking you to Nepal to explore the swapping community with Dora Aljoofri, founding member of Global Swap Nepal! Talking through her journey, sharing amazing highlights and an awakening transformation was surely inspiring. Curious to know more? Tune in and let us know what was most impactful to you!

Another week, another podcast! Going international with our very special guest Jessica Teal, founder of Swap till you drop Bangkok!   We’re so excited and happy to see so the swap movement grow in so many countries! Tune in to know more about the power of swapping as this movement goes global. The challenges, the fun, the revolutionary journey, it’s all here!

Tune in to a very special episode with Layana of Swap- A- Porter as we exchange amazing insights on swapping, her virtual swap business model and the mission to show people all the untapped value of preloved clothes. 

“To me, the power of swapping is to allow you to enjoy fashion, while saving the planet, saving humanity and saving your wallet.” - Ally Li of YYC Clothing Swap Tune in to listen to our insightful conversation and the opportunities and challenges on clothing swaps!

Virtually travelled all the way to Los Angeles USA to understand different swap cultures! We hope this inspires you to see the difference we are all contributing to from all around the world- we were definitely encouraged! Tune in to find out more.