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Wear Abouts

Hosted by Manchester Fashion Institute · arts · EN-GB

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Wear Abouts is a podcast from Manchester Fashion Institute that explores why fashion matters and how it fits into everyone’s lives. Hosted, produced, edited and scored by current students from across Manchester Metropolitan University, the show invites some of the fashion industry’s foremost voices to break down the issues, innovations and ideas that emerge from our relationship with clothing. Follow Wear Abouts on Instagram at: instagram.com/wearabouts_pod Follow Manchester Fashion Institute at: instagram.com/mcrfashioninstute or visit us at: fashioninstitute.mmu.ac.uk

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Contact path

Public web form

Booking probability

28%

Guest openness

Selective

80/100
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Questions about Wear Abouts

What is Wear Abouts about?

Wear Abouts is a podcast from Manchester Fashion Institute that explores why fashion matters and how it fits into everyone’s lives. Hosted, produced, edited and scored by current students from across Manchester Metropolitan University, the show invites some of the fashion industry’s foremost voices to break down the issues, innovations and ideas that emerge from our relationship with clothing.

Who hosts Wear Abouts?

Wear Abouts is hosted by Manchester Fashion Institute. The show has published 15 episodes to date.

What has Wear Abouts covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Producing Inclusive Fashion Events with Strutty B*tch" (2 June 2026, 38 minutes), "Bonus Episode: MFI Showcase 2026" (15 May 2026, 26 minutes), and "Powering Sustainable Fashion with CircKit's Joe Darwen and Annabel Lindsay" (4 May 2026, 37 minutes).

How often does Wear Abouts publish?

Wear Abouts publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 15 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Wear Abouts?

Booking probability for Wear Abouts is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Wear Abouts requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Wear Abouts's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Wear Abouts?

The strongest fits for Wear Abouts are Design Services. Wear Abouts has an arts audience.

About the host

Manchester Fashion Institute hosts Wear Abouts, an arts podcast with 15 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #6

    Producing Inclusive Fashion Events with Strutty B*tch

    Jun 2, 202638 minS2

    <p>So here it is, our final episode of season two, and some might say that we've saved the best until last. Strutty B*tch sashayed onto our radar as the lead of an amazing collaborative project, in which MFI students...

  • Wear Abouts

    Bonus Episode: MFI Showcase 2026

    May 15, 202626 minS2

    <p>We're back this week with a special episode previewing our Manchester Fashion Institute Showcase, taking place on Tuesday, 19th May. It's one of the best days of the year at MFI, and this year, we want to give you a...

  • Episode #5

    Powering Sustainable Fashion with CircKit's Joe Darwen and Annabel Lindsay

    May 4, 202637 minS2

    <p>The fashion industry generates a gargantuan amount of waste year-on-year, with billions of garments going straight to landfill. </p><p>Manchester-based start-up CircKit wants to help solve that problem and in the...

  • Episode #4

    Jess O'Riley and James Robinson on setting up Making Room

    Apr 20, 202644 minS2

    <p>This week, we welcome two of our recent graduates back on campus so they can catch us up on their game-changing project that's bringing garment production back to Manchester. </p><p>Jess O'Riley (@j.o.studioo) and...

  • Episode #3

    MellowClo Founder Ted Lloyd on Building a Hit Fashion Brand

    Apr 6, 202640 minS2

    <p>We're buzzing with this week's guest as our first Manchester Fashion Institute alumnus of the season joins us just as his brand goes stratospheric. </p><p>Ted Lloyd started the brand that would become MellowClo while...

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  • Episode #2

    Adanola's Laura Ward on the Art of Fashion Marketing

    Mar 23, 202639 minS2

    <p>This week, we welcome Laura to the show. She's currently Senior Brand Marketing Manager at Adanola and before that was Marketing Director at Aries. Driving the narrative for two of the biggest contemporary fashion...

  • Episode #1

    Women Behind the Camera with Morgan Barfield

    Mar 9, 202642 minS2

    <p><b>Wear Abouts is back!</b> This season, we're kicking things off with one of our favourite fashion photographers, Morgan Barfield. Her stunning work for brands like Hoka, Keen, Welter Experiment and Sums brilliantly...

  • Wear Abouts

    Wear Abouts Season Two launches on Monday!

    Mar 6, 20265 minS2

    <p>Your favourite show about why fashion matters and how it fits into everyone's lives is back for a new season, with a new team just in time for Spring. </p><p>Our hosts, Cat and May, are here to introduce themselves...

  • Episode #6

    Product Innovation and Design with Jalaj Hora

    Apr 7, 202544 minS1

    <p>As the Global Vice President of Product Innovation and Customer Creation at Nike, Jalaj Hora sat at the cutting edge of digital technologies in fashion design and manufacturing. From that perspective, he worked on...

  • Episode #5

    Designing for Disability with Ellie Louise Brown

    Mar 24, 202541 minS1

    <p>University is often a journey of ups and downs and plenty of us get in some scrapes along the way. When Ellie Louise Brown fell over the "tiniest step" and badly broke her ankle during her time at Manchester Fashion...

  • Episode #4

    Caring and Repairing with Sneaker Pharm* Founder Vinnie Tao

    Mar 10, 202544 minS1

    <p>Luxury shoes have long been resoleable and considered an investment piece that, properly cared for, can last a lifetime. Trainers (or sneakers if you prefer) have been the dominant segment in the footwear sector for...

  • Episode #3

    Building an Inclusive Fashion Industry with Daniel Peters

    Feb 24, 202540 minS1

    <p>The fashion industry can seem hard to gauge from the outside in terms of diversity. In some respects, it seems one of the most inclusive, open, creative industries, with intersectional representation throughout. On...

  • Episode #2

    How Robotics Can Empower Small Fashion Brands with Susan Postlethwaite

    Feb 10, 202542 minS1

    <p>Susan Postlethwaite is Professor of Fashion Technologies at Manchester Fashion Institute and the Director of the Robotics Living Lab a £3.9million AHRC-funded project that has brought cutting-edge robotic technology...

  • Episode #1

    Responsible and Slow Fashion with Jordan Bunker

    Jan 27, 202537 minS1

    <p>In our first episode, we're joined by Manchester-based menswear influencer Jordan Bunker. His mission is to make his audience think more consciously about their relationship with clothing. <br/><br/>Fast fashion and...

  • Wear Abouts

    Introducing: Wear Abouts

    Jan 20, 202510 minS1

    <p>Fashion is an enduring part of our lives. Whether you live for it, or just dress yourself in the morning as a practical necessity, it's woven into our every day. <br/><br/>In this new podcast from students at...

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