Episode 174: Sewing As A Part of Slow Fashion with Zoe of Check Your Thread (part 2)

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty

Amanda is joined by Zoe Edwards, host of Check Your Thread. This is part two of their conversation. Zoe gives us advice on how we can sew more sustainably. And Amanda explains "fast fashion 3.0" and Cider.

Get connected with Zoe:
Check Your Thread
Introduction to Garment Fabrics (by Zoe)
Zoe's personal sewing blog

Instagram: @checkyourthread

Additional reading:
"How Cider became TikTok’s go to brand, despite ‘cultural appropriation’ and ‘stolen’ designs," Lydia Venn, The Tab.
"Don’t Bother Looking for the Next Shein," Avery Booker, Jing Daily.
"The Search for the Next Shein," Chavie Lieber, Business of Fashion.
"Knitwear is slow, the knockoffs come fast," Mansee Khurana, The Verge.
"Gen Zers are in love with Cider, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed competitor to Shein," Lakshmi Varanasi, Insider.
"a16z-backed Shein challenger Cider is growing rapidly," Rita Liao, Tech Crunch.

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