Mikahila Bloomfield
Footwear & Apparel Product Tester—Podcast Episode 22
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On this episode of the fashion league podcast I speak with my good friend Archana, last name unknown. We discussed how her childhood interest in fashion design lead to an internship in sustainability, which brought her on a journey to a career in Footwear & Apparel Product Testing.
There’s a lot of laughter in this episode, forgive us—we spent 2 years in graduate school together at the University of Delaware, Archana attended my wedding, and we had an adventurous time in India one summer.
I was in India working with the marketing team at Hansiba, which is the fashion brand for the SEWA trade union, which represents thousands of impoverished self-employed women workers.
Archana also talks about her graduate studies at the UD under Marsha Dickson, who is a Board Member of the Fair Labor Association, who’s expertise is in social responsibility and sustainability in the apparel industry.
I just added a metallic gold Telfar bag to my collection—its vegan.
In this episode:
Hansiba (SEWA) - http://www.hansiba.in/
Auroville, India: https://www.auroville.org/
Fair Labor Association: https://www.fairlabor.org/
Telfar Gold Metallic Small Tote: https://shop.telfar.net/collections/collection-of-collections
Faux or Fashion:
Copenhagen Fashion Week - https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/copenhagen-fashion-week-go-ahead-august-1203642533/
Kendell Jenner Fyre Festival Lawsuit Settlement - https://www.wsj.com/articles/kendall-jenner-settles-lawsuit-over-fyre-festival-11589991702
Email: m@fashionleague.io