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Jun 2022
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Trailer: Is fashion fit for the future? ...

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There’s no turning away from today’s reality: the demand for sustainability has come for the fashion industry.

Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker are here to talk about it.

Hot Buttons features weekly observations and lively debate about the future of the fashion industry as it reckons with its impact on the climate, natural resources, and worker rights. The show is not just about reducing emissions in the supply chain – it’s about the culture of fashion, the high-stakes decisions inside the industry, and how we rethink the very idea of growth. 

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