"Slow Fashion and Place-Based Economies," with Fibershed's Rebecca Burgess
The founder and executive director of Fibershed discusses slow fashion's challenges, and what she learned from a year of wearing only clothing produced within 150 miles of her home.
“We need people to understand the severity and the gravity of chasing cheap and chasing fast.” - Rebecca Burgess
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Fibershed, the organization founded led by Rebecca Burgess, quickly became one of the sustainability movement’s most stunning success stories. Our interview with Burgess is pulled from our archives, and is available to all subscribers at no charge.
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Rebecca Burgess is the executive director of Fibershed, an internationally recognized nonprofit focused on transforming the clothing and textile system—and a longtime partner of The Craftsmanship Initiative. Burgess is also the author of two books, as well as a vocationally trained weaver and natural dyer. She sat down with Craftsmanship to talk about price and privilege when it comes to “slow fashion”; why the world can no longer afford fast fashion; and what she learned from a year of only wearing clothing produced within 150 miles of her home.
We hope you’ll enjoy listening to “Slow Fashion and Place-Based Economies,” with Fibershed’s Rebecca Burgess, interviewed by Chris Egusa in 2021. This interview is available to play or download right here on Substack, on our website, or wherever you like to get your podcasts—including Apple and Spotify.
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