Talking Tastebuds with Lydia Morrow: Sustainable Fashion and Size Inclusivity

All The Small Things

Venetia La Manna

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Lydia Morrow is a self-taught sustainable and ethical fashion designer, specialising in underwear for all sizes and genders. She studied Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art, Lydia began making underwear as she couldn’t find bras that were stylish in her size. She refers to it as “outside of the male gaze” and began showcasing it via her instagram account.

In this episode we talk about: her joint hyper-mobility disability, size and gender inclusivity in fashion, her issues with calling for slower consumption from people in low income households, her tips for shopping sustainably for all body types, keeping costs and waste low when producing garments, body neutrality, how to get into sewing as a beginner.

FIND LYDIA

Website: https://www.whatlydiamade.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatlydiamade/

FIND ME:

https://www.instagram.com/venetiafalconer/

USEFUL ARTICLES

I’m Plus-Size & Making My Own Clothes Helped Me Reclaim My Wardrobe: https://r29.co/2ZqMqMH

Ethical Shopping For Plus Size Bods (March 2019)

http://www.therevivalcollective.com/simple-tips-ethical-shopping-for-plus-size-bods-guest-post-by-lydia-morrow-founder-of-what-lydia-made/

5 Independent UK Plus Size Brands That Are Changing The Fatshion Game (July 2019)

https://www.bustle.com/p/5-independent-uk-plus-size-brands-that-are-changing-the-fatshion-game-18186370

The Term Plus Size Debate: https://www.glamour.com/story/term-plus-sized-debate

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Laura Thomas on Intuitive Eating and Body Neutrality: https://apple.co/2zPObYG

Swatee Deepak 'Fashion is a Feminist Issue': https://apple.co/3fWMhGB

Aja Barber: On Planet and Privilege: https://apple.co/3cKdJVP

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1:04.4	taste buds to get 10% of your first purchase. Thanks very much to Vivo life. Welcome back to Talking Taste Bud Season 6. I'm Venetia Lamaner and in this series I chat to
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1:25.3	like you and me to live a conscious and full life.
1:28.1	Lydia Morrow is a self-taught sustainable and ethical fashion designer, specializing in underwear for all sizes and genders.
1:35.6	She studied painting and printmaking at Glasgow School of Art and began making underwear
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