🤔 Are you dressing for the person you ARE, the person you FEAR, or the person you WANT to be?
Not even sure how to answer that question?
🎙 Fashion psychologist and best-selling author 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
🛍 How you can do a wardrobe ethnography
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Why Shakaila Wrote Big Dress Energy
2:24 The Book Writing Process
4:45 What Conscious Style Means to Shakaila
6:20 Which Identity Are We Dressing For?
8:35 Exploring Identity Through Clothes
11:40 How Can We Dress For Our Best Selves?
15:45 What We Wear Informs Our Self-Identity
18:40 The Rule To Make Intentional Purchases
24:42 Individuality vs. Conforming
28:10 How To Do A Wardrobe Ethnography
37:47 The Endowment Effect
40:32 Your "Best Self" Is Constantly Evolving
43:40 Shakaila's Vision For A Better Fashion Future
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🎙ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Conscious Style Podcast is an audio and video show all about building a more equitable and sustainable fashion industry. Hosts Elizabeth Joy and Stella Hertantyo interview changemaking guests - from content creators and journalists to designers and slow fashion founders to activists and researchers to explore how we can cultivate a better fashion future.