The fact is, is that the majority of folks who are over-consuming fast fashion are people with disposable incomes, and they are spending 500 to £1,000 a month.

That's a lot of money. I spend nowhere near that amount on clothes. You're listening to Doing It Right with me, Pandora Sykes, a podcast where I talk to experts about the myths, anxieties and trends of modern life.

There's no such thing as the right life, but

what might we be getting wrong? In this series, series three, I'll be exploring sleep,

the science of emotions and fast fashion, and I'll be asking my guests questions like,

is baby brain a real thing? Is everything we've been told about

skincare wrong? And why aren't we talking more about dementia? This is a podcast that asks,

what can we do to live life better? Not just for ourselves, but for everyone. Have you ever wondered what greenwashing is?

You know that fast fashion is bad for the planet, but you're hazy on the details.

Like, where do the clothes go that the charity shop doesn't want?

If so, this episode is for you.

I've been wanting to do an episode on the many myths of fast fashion since I wrote an essay

titled Get the Look for my 2020 essay collection, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?

Which this podcast series first spun off from.

And Venetia Le Manor, a presenter and podcaster campaigning against fast fashion and advocating for more mindful consumption

is the ideal guest to explore this issue with. She regularly organises protests against fast

fashion brands, lobbying for fashion brands to pay fair wages to their workers, and her Instagram

account is a vital trove of statistics about what really lies behind that

sustainable clothing tag. Venisha and I discuss overproduction. She says that brands need to produce

95% less clothing than they are currently. Why luxury is as bad as the high street at underpaying

their workers, 80% of whom earn under a living wage,

the stigma of second hand and how we can make it more inclusive, and why this isn't an

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