Podcast
Fashion upcycling conversations
The conversations our community needs to have out loud
Hosted by Angie Aguirre / Guest: Eric Vinsonneau
Fashion shows were invented almost two centuries ago with the same purpose they have today - sell the look, move the product; little has changed. Eric Vinsonneau is using his role as a model to disrupt that, and to flip the narrative that sustainability is the limiting factor, when overconsumption is the one that actually limits us.
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Hosted by Angie Aguirre / Guest: Dr. Luca Coscieme
Upcycling runs on the assumption that, because it works with what already exists and rescues materials from incineration and landfill, it is sustainable by design. Dr. Luca Coscieme, from the Hot or Cool Institute, gives us an inspiring, empowering way to think about our impact as upcyclers.
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Hosted by Angie Aguirre / Guest: Katarina Biloglav
Episode 4 with Katarina Biloglav from The Policy Hub in Brussels, in conversation with Angie — an inside look at EU fashion regulation from the upcycler's perspective: what matters, what's just noise, and whether it's time for upcyclers to have a seat at the policy table.
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Hosted by Angie Aguirre / Guest: MIchael Pfeifer
Episode 3 brings Michael Pfeifer, CEO and co-founder of MOOT, into the conversation. Angie talks with him about the shift from design-led to volume-led, and why MOOT deliberately builds its biggest partnerships outside the sustainability world.
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Hosted by Angie Aguirre / Guest: Josefina Coll
Josefina Coll, founder of Josefina Studio Berlin, joins Angie Aguirre to trace how she built a services-based upcycling studio instead of a traditional fashion label. The conversation covers burnout, the economics of teaching versus custom orders, how brands really engage (or don't) with upcycling, and her belief that reinvention — not a fixed business model — is the actual product.
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Hosted by Ana Maria Quijano Wittemann / Guest: Angie Aguirre
Episode 1 introduces COM/VERGE's host, Mariángeles "Angie" Aguirre, founder of tHERAPY Recycle & Exorcise. Co-host AnaMaria walks her through ten years of running an upcycling brand across two continents. The conversation surfaces some of the key questions that will drive this podcast.
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Hosted by Angie Aguirre
Fashion upcycling is a global social, economic and cultural force. This is the podcast built for and with the people making it happen.
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