Hosted by Source · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 26 episodes
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Welcome to Source's podcast - Honest, Not Perfect - the podcast for sustainability pros in retail focusing on progress, not perfection. We’re all about real talk on making retail greener, making sourcing more ethical and keeping the industry to account. Suzanne Ellingham, Event Director at Source and Jack Stratten from Insider Trends have partnered up to talk to the industry’s big thinkers and disruptors on the stories, strategies, and solutions shaping the future of responsible retail
Source hosts Honest, Not Perfect, a arts show with 26 episodes published.
Fashion's Future: Circularity, Craft & the Human Touch What does it take to create a truly circular fashion industry without losing sight of the people behind it? In this episode of Honest, Not Perfect , Christina Dean,
Fashion's Future: Circularity, Craft & the Human Touch What does it take to create a truly circular fashion industry without losing sight of the people behind it? In this episode of Honest, Not Perfect, Christina Dean, F
Everyone agrees circularity is the future of fashion. The harder question is whether the industry is making enough progress to get there. In this episode of the Honest, Not Perfect podcast, Lindsay McKerchar, Miranda Bec
Recorded live at Source Fashion, we sit down with three leading voices from across the fashion industry: Safia Minney, Jasmin Malik Chua and Matthias Knappe. Together, these conversations explore the challenges and oppor
Policy, Pressure & the Future of Fashion Retail This week, we’re live onsite with Joe Mountain to unpack the growing pressure facing fashion brands as sustainability moves from ambition to accountability. From evolving l
In this onsite episode, James Sleater of Buffalo Systems joins Suzanne Ellingham to explore how circularity, durability and repair can and should be a commercial reality for fashion. From designing products that last, to
Recorded live at Source Fashion Jan 2026, Kresse Wesling (Elvis & Kresse) unpacks the uncomfortable truths behind sustainable fashion. From EPR and circularity to wage parity and supply chain realities, this conversation
The hard truths of building circularity at scale In this episode, we sit down with Christina Dean , Founder of Redress and The R Collective , to unpack the uncomfortable truths behind scaling circularity in fashion. This
Ep 19: Ethical fashion, fair living wages & reducing overconsumption In this episode, Sophie Lane joins us to unpack the model behind SOKO Kenya - a brand rooted in fair living wages, transparent supply chains, and respo
In this episode, we sit down with Matt Dehaty - former Buying Director at Nike and Gymshark, to unpack what it really takes to lead product, build winning teams, and create culture-shifting apparel at global scale. Matt
Three conversations, three angles on fashion’s future: Isabelle Meira's founder opens up about the realities of scaling a purpose-led swimwear brand, Ross Barry from Reskinned dives into how resale can help retailers tac
We speak with Mark Sumner (WRAP) on what it really takes to rethink the fashion system , and with Marguerite Le Rolland (Euromonitor International) on how to predict the unpredictable through commodities pricing. Togethe
A live, onsite special - Aminah Hanif talks to some of the speakers from Source Fashion July 2025 on circularity, identity and inclusion in fashion. Berni Yates from CSM, Bay Garnett Second-hand Fashion Pioneer and Helen
Scaling with purpose The founder of Adversatile Artists - a small ethical business on a mission to grow without compromising its values - discusses the challenges of scaling sustainably, balancing creativity with commerc
The building blocks of retail resilience Live from Source Fashion, retail commentator Mark Faithfull explores what is fuelling true resilience in retail. Covering AI, consumer behaviour and innovation - Mark gives sage a
Live from Source Fashion July 2025, Nick shares all on takeback schemes to resale models, and from designing with end-of-life in mind to driving mindset shifts in consumers. We unpack how small brands like Neem can influ
Inside the fashion system with Products of Change From shifting KPIs and influencing change at the leadership level, to building cross-sector collaboration and redesigning systems for long-term sustainability, Helena sha
Bay Garnett joins us to explore the emotional, cultural and environmental power of secondhand fashion. From her early love of thrifting to how resale is reshaping our values, Bay shares where she believes secondhand fits
Thread by thread - rethinking fashion's value with Mark Sumner, Policy Lead, WRAP Sustainability expert Mark Sumner unpacks how transparency, identity, and circularity can reshape fashion’s future - from supply chains to
The preloved fashion revolution Ross Barry, co-founder of Reskinned, traces the brand’s origin, the long-standing British knack for textile reuse, and the generational pivot toward planet-friend, second-hand style
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