Over one hundred billion garments will be produced this year, but they don’t have to be. Peter Majeranowski says we have all the clothes we need to make all the clothing we’ll ever need, and his company, Circ, has pioneered the technology to prove it. This week on How I Built This Lab, Peter shares how trying to create fuel from tobacco unintentionally led t ... Show More
Aug 3
Serena & Lily: Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter. They Built a $20M Brand—Then One Investor Almost Destroyed It
Many founders think the hardest thing about business is finding customers.It's not.It's surviving success.When Lily Kanter and Serena Dugan launched a luxury baby linen business, they had no manufacturing experience, no inventory, and barely any capital. But after their first cat ... Show More
1h 15m
Dec 2024
Luxury, not landfill — the waste-free future of fashion | Joon Silverstein
Fashion is a huge part of the world's waste problem, but it doesn't have to be. Coachtopia founder Joon Silverstein shows how her company creates new designs from the waste products of another, a circular process that cuts the need for new raw materials — and rethinks what qualif ... Show More
13m 51s
Feb 2022
How Can Fashion Become Truly Circular? | BoF VOICES 2021
The traditional fashion value chain is linear: fibres are grown, harvested, spun into fabric and stitched into garments, which are then distributed to retailers, sold, worn and discarded. <p>“The way we make and use things accounts for 45 percent of greenhouse gases and 90 perce ... Show More
18m 50s
Mar 2025
The future of sustainable textiles with Spinnova
How can textiles be produced more sustainably while remaining economically viable? In this episode of Talking Digital Industries, host Alex Chavez explores a groundbreaking innovation in textile fiber production with Juha Salmela, CTO and co-founder of Spinnova, and Eryn Devola, ... Show More
23m 46s
Oct 2019
#75 “I Want Bro Money Too”
The 2.4 trillion dollar fashion industry is due for a makeover, according to Andrea Madho. She says her company, Lab141, will be the biggest change to the way clothes are made in over a century. But it’s a moonshot and she knows it, now the investors know it too and will have to ... Show More
33m 35s