Performing Our Femininity & Values – Joan Michelson Speaks At Parlay House DC

Electric Ladies Podcast

“Sustainable fashion has … given us more permission to wear our values, to choose what reflects our personalities and our values…We have a lot more choices. We have a lot more agency, we have a lot more resources and authority and influence…We can choose to make our impressions the way that we want to…Think about it, because you're sending a message. You're reflecting who you are with how you put yourself together that day….We make a statement with what we wear. So what statement do you want to make?” Joan Michelson at Parlay House DC

Delia Ephron, sister and collaborator of the late-great screenwriter Nora Ephron, talked about how women “perform their femininity” with what they wear. But because the fashion industry has an enormously detrimental impact on the environment today, more and more women are demanding lower impact clothing to reflect their values. Designers are responding. What does what you wear say about who you are?

Listen to my recent talk at Parlay House DC on women, clothing, values and identity on how what we wear reflects much more than we think – and how we can choose deliberately – in this episode of Electric Ladies Podcast.

You’ll hear about:

• Statistics on the environmental impact of the fashion industry
• Celebrities and designers who are deliberately making clothing with the environment in mind.
• What else your clothing says about you.
• Plus, insightful career advice, such as four questions you can ask yourself:

“What do your clothing choices now reflect about who you are today?...What statement are you making with your clothing choices currently? How do you want your clothing to make you feel? And... What message are you sending?...Self-image, self-confidence or values, creative expression. Let what you wear reflect who you are today and what you value, deliberately, proudly, creatively, but make it a choice of how you want to perform your femininity.” Joan Michelson at Parlay House DC

Read Joan’s Forbes articles here.

You'll also like (some of these were recorded under our previous name, Green Connections Radio):

• Kerry Bannigan, Managing Director, PVBLIC Foundation, Co-Founder of UN Fashion and Lifestyle Network, Founder Conscious Fashion Campaign
• How Fashion’s Marketing Machine can promote sustainability, Joan’s Forbes article
• Laura Jones, Celebrity stylist and Founder of Frontlash magazine, on sustainable fashion trends.
• Amina Razvi, CEO, Sustainable Apparel Coalition (was VP of Membership when this was recorded)
• 7 Career Tips For Women In Sustainable Fashion, Joan’s Forbes article

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