Jane Milburn, natural fibre champion

My guest this episode is Jane Milburn.

I met Jane a few years ago when she worked as a communicator in the health space. Since then she has had a complete change of career and is now a strong advocate for slow clothing and upcycling.

In 2014 Jane embarked on a 365-day Sew it Again campaign to bring together her wide-ranging career and life experiences in a meaningful way. As with the rising interest in home cooking and food growing for health and wellbeing, Jane believes there is a pressing need to rethink our approach to clothing for sustainability. Jane’s model includes empowering individuals to reimagine and recreate their own wardrobe collection by resewing at home.

Jane is part of the Fashion Revolution bringing awareness to where clothes come from and the resources from which they are made.

The global consumption of apparel fibre has doubled in the last 20 years @janemilburn Click To Tweet

You can find Jane at Textile Beat and Sew It Again.

You can connect with Jane on twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

You can listen to this episode via the link above, on iTunes or Stitcher or via the podcast app on your smartphone.

Buying quality items once is the way to go @janemilburn Click To Tweet

What we discussed:

• being authentic
• removing toxins from your life – substances and people
• links between breast cancer and alcohol
• an overload of sugar in our diets today
• being alcohol free
• determining values
• living sustainably
• upcycling clothes
• wearing natural fabrics and fibres vs synthetic
• discount stores and the volume of clothes
• slow clothing
• op-shop bargains
• pressure to wear fashionable clothes in season
• slow clothing manifesto
• working out what suits our body shape
• what happens when we donate to charity
• the true impact of cheap clothes
• eco-dying

About 15% of clothes we donate to charity are actually sold as clothes @janemilburn Click To Tweet

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