The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives A Damn
I think we need to make people care. What does this mean for them.
The clothes in your closet may be affecting your health, polluting your water, and funding a system built on exploitation -- and the fashion industry is counting on you not connecting those dots. The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives a Damn is the podcast that asks the questions fast fashion brands hope you're too busy to ask. Each week, host Lexy Silverstein breaks down the real cost of what we wear -- from toxic chemicals and greenwashing to secondhand shopping, slow fashion, and sustainable style that actually works. Whether you're thrift shopping for the first time or already deep in the conscious consumer world, you'll learn why what you wear matters more than they want you to think. New episodes every week.
The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives A Damn
Rethinking Materials with Caroline Zimbalist
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This week, Lexy sits down with Caroline Zimbalist, a New York-based biomaterial artist and designer creating sculptural clothing, jewelry, and objects from handmade bioplastics. Her work sits at the intersection of fashion, art, and sustainability, using natural materials like seaweed-derived ingredients and cornstarch to imagine what fashion could look like beyond petroleum-based synthetics.
In this episode, Lexy and Caroline talk about why materials matter, what it means to create clothing that feels more like wearable art, and how experimental designers can help push the fashion industry toward new possibilities. They also get into the reality of biomaterials, why they’re exciting, where they still have limitations, and how pieces worn by artists like Chappell Roan have helped bring more attention to this work.
If you’ve ever wondered what the future of sustainable fashion could actually look like, this conversation is for you.
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