Not sure how to answer that question? Today’s guest — fashion psychologist Shakaila Forbes-Bell — is breaking it all down for us. Shakaila wrote the book Big Dress Energy and in this episode she’s talking about how you can harness your own big dress energy and dress for your best self. 

We’re also talking about:

• The chemical warfare we’re up against when shopping
• How we can make more mindful purchasing decisions
• What the endowment effect is and how it can reduce fashion waste
• Plus how you can do a wardrobe ethnography

(P.S. Shakaila was on the show before too in episode 24 discussing the psychology behind what and why we buy!)

About Shakaila Forbes-Bell

Shakaila Forbes-Bell (@shakailaelise) is a fashion psychologist, the founder and editor-in-chief of Fashion Is Psychology (@fashionispsychology), and the best-selling author of Big Dress Energy, a book full of science-based tips on how to curate a mindful wardrobe. She is also the host of the Big Dress Energy podcast!

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And how can fashion move beyond using diversity as a buzzword to create a holistically inclusive and intersectional sustainable fashion future?

In this episode, Stella Hertantyo is interviewing ethical stylist Natalie Shehata to explore all of these questions and more.

(P.S. Stella also interviewed Natalie for a piece on Conscious Fashion Collective about how to become a sustainable stylist!)

About Natalie Shehata

Natalie Shehata (@nattystylist)  is a sustainable and ethical stylist having worked in the fashion industry for 15 years at the intersections of ethical fashion, vintage, second hand, thrift, the social enterprise and not for profit space. 

As the founder and editor of tommie magazine (@tommiemag), ‘the destination for creative Women with a conscience’, she’s a known spokesperson, community builder and non traditional educator using the medium of style to amplify systemic human rights issues within the fashion industry. She is an advocate for democratizing fashion and creates change through color, conversations, community and connection.

Listen to This Episode: 

Tune in to this episode of the Conscious Style Podcast below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

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This is the video version of the full episode! There is a transcript added, so you can turn on closed captioning for accessibility.

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Wearwell

wearwell is your destination for finding vetted sustainable and slow fashion brands that suit your personal style.

Whether your style leans minimalist or maximalist, preppy or rocker chic, classic or bold, or you just love your basics and athleisure, you’ll want to check out online conscious marketplace, wearwell at shopwearwell.com. (You can use the code CONSCIOUS20 for 20% off your first order.)

Conscious Fashion Collective

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You can also sign up for the Conscious Fashion Collective job newsletter to get career opportunities delivered to your inbox, plus upcoming events.

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In today’s episode, I am chatting with Nina Gbor of Eco Styles (@eco.styles) about:

• The process of self knowledge when it comes to personal style, 
• Her personal style formula for finally getting off that fashion trend-mill
• How the ever faster moving trend cycle leads to such immense levels of textile waste, 
• And the realities and multi-layered impacts of waste colonialism.

For all of this and more, tune in to the conversation below.

About Nina Gbor

As the founder of Eco Styles, Nina Gbor is an award-winning sustainability advocate, ethical fashion speaker, writer, educator and climate activist. Her work is derived from research and lived experiences in the global South and global North with focus on equity, social justice and development.

Nina has a master’s in International Development and is a former sustainable fashion tutor in short courses at RMIT University in Melbourne, She coined the phrase “get off the fashion TRENDmill (or fashion treadmill) to address fashion overconsumption. It’s the notion that individuality and self-knowledge should be the premise for consuming clothing, not fashion trends.

Listen to This Episode: 

Tune in to this episode of the Conscious Style Podcast below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

P.S. Here’s the ABC Documentary on secondhand clothes in Ghana mentioned in this episode

Watch the Video 

This is the video version of the full episode! There is a transcript added, so you can turn on closed captioning for accessibility.

Episode Sponsors:

Wearwell

wearwell is your destination for finding vetted sustainable and slow fashion brands that suit your personal style.

Whether your style leans minimalist or maximalist, preppy or rocker chic, classic or bold, or you just love your basics and athleisure, you’ll want to check out online conscious marketplace, wearwell at shopwearwell.com. (You can use the code CONSCIOUS20 for 20% off your first order.)

Conscious Fashion Collective Job Board

Want to start or grow a career in sustainable fashion? Find your next career opportunity on Conscious Fashion Collective’s Job Board. (Or if you are hiring, submit your job opening!)

You can also sign up for the Conscious Fashion Collective job newsletter to get career opportunities delivered to your inbox, plus upcoming events.

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What is the state of the trend cycle in the age of microtrends, niche trends, and ultra fast fashion? 

What is the relationship between trends and finding your personal style? 

What is the role of a trend forecaster? And what are the misconceptions surrounding trend forecasting?

In this episode, Stella Hertnatyo is interviewing fashion analyst and trend forecaster Mandy Lee — who you might know as @oldloserinbrooklyn on social media — to explore all of this, and more.

About Mandy

Mandy Lee is a fashion analyst, trend forecaster, and writer based in New York City. Mandy provides educational and thought provoking content around personal style, fashion commentary, runway critique, and trend research that has helped shape fashion conversation on TikTok. She writes a newsletter called Cyclical and can be found on Instagram and TikTok at @oldloserinbrooklyn.

Listen to This Episode: 

Tune in to this episode of the Conscious Style Podcast below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

Watch the Video 

This is the video version of the full episode! There is a transcript added, so you can turn on closed captioning for accessibility.

Links From This Episode:

Who What Wear Article

Episode with Shakaila Forbes-Bell

Episode with Alyssa Beltempo

Episode Sponsors:

Wearwell

wearwell is your destination for finding vetted sustainable and slow fashion brands that suit your personal style.

Whether your style leans minimalist or maximalist, preppy or rocker chic, classic or bold, or you just love your basics and athleisure, you’ll want to check out online conscious marketplace, wearwell at shopwearwell.com. (You can use the code CONSCIOUS20 for 20% off your first order.)

Conscious Fashion Collective Job Board

Want to start or grow a career in sustainable fashion? Find your next career opportunity on Conscious Fashion Collective’s Job Board. (Or if you are hiring, submit your job opening!)

You can also sign up for the Conscious Fashion Collective job newsletter to get career opportunities delivered to your inbox, plus upcoming events.

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In this interview, I talk with Sophie Strauss (@sophiestraussstyling) — a sustainably-minded stylist “for regular people” about how to do a responsible closet audit.

Before we get to that, Sophie and I also talked about all things personal style. Because personal style is interconnected with a slow fashion journey — but it can be confusing to know how we should even go about finding our personal style.

• What even is personal style in the first place? 
• Do you need to have a go-to uniform? 
• Can we still participate in trends if we’re dressing for our personal style? 
• And what happens when we want to experiment with our style?

We’re talking about all of this and more in the interview below!

Listen to This Episode: 

Tune in to this episode of the Conscious Style Podcast below, via Apple Podcasts, on Spotify or any other podcast app.

Watch the Video 

This is the video version of the full episode, which includes closed captioning for accessibility.

Episode Sponsors:

Wearwell

wearwell is your destination for finding vetted sustainable and slow fashion brands that suit your personal style.

Whether your style leans minimalist or maximalist, preppy or rocker chic, classic or bold, or you just love your basics and athleisure, you’ll want to check out online conscious marketplace, wearwell at shopwearwell.com. (You can use the code CONSCIOUS20 for 20% off your first order.)

Conscious Fashion Collective Job Board

Want to start or grow a career in sustainable fashion? Find your next career opportunity on Conscious Fashion Collective’s Job Board. (Or if you are hiring, submit your job opening!)

You can also sign up for the Conscious Fashion Collective job newsletter to get career opportunities delivered to your inbox, plus upcoming events.

Links From This Episode

Suay Sew Shop

Sustainable Fashion Legislation to Know

Statistic: The RealReal’s Sell through rates are 94-99%

The FABRIC Act

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In this interview with soul stylist Kerry Wilde, we’re exploring topics like:

• What embodiment is and how it relates to what we wear
• How we can determine our soul style and start dressing for our soul style
• The interconnections between beauty, body image, and the fashion industry

About Kerry Wilde

Kerry Wilde is a leader of slow fashion, women’s empowerment and soul style. 

Kerry has over 20 years experience in the fashion industry and 18 years as a holistic practitioner. Her body of work meets at the intersection of spirituality, sustainability and style. She believes that the future of fashion is in returning to a culture of authentic beauty and liberated self-expression.

Listen to This Episode: 

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The episode was uploaded with a transcript, so there is closed captioning available for accessibility.

Links From This Episode:

Kerry Wilde’s website

Kerry Wilde’s Instagram

“The Beauty Myth” by Naomi Wolf (used)*

Victoria’s Secret docu-series on Hulu*

*affiliate links

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