Always a Fresh Closet: Circular Fashion is the New Way to Get Dressed with Phoebe Tan of Taelor
About this episode
Phoebe Tan discusses her journey in building Taelor, a circular fashion platform, and the transformative impact of circular systems on supply chains.
In this episode, founder Phoebe Tan shares how her background at Amazon and Singapore Airlines led her to build Taelor, a “Netflix for outfits” circular fashion platform focused on busy professional men. She explains Taelor’s two-sided model, where subscribers rent curated outfits and partner brands monetize inventory and gain rich feedback to improve product design. The discussion dives into how circular systems transform traditional supply chains, the AI and data challenges of working with 100+ brands and non-standard sizing, and how reverse logistics and operations are built for scale from day one. Phoebe also highlights the power of unbiased customer feedback, why access-over-ownership and personalization will accelerate circular fashion over the next 5–10 years, and how sharing models can extend far beyond apparel into other categories of underutilized goods.
People in this episode
Guest: Phoebe Tan
Topics covered
- circular fashion
- supply chain
- subscription model
- AI challenges
- customer feedback
- personalization
Keywords
- circular fashion
- Taelor
- subscription service
- reverse logistics
- customer feedback
- personalization
- supply chain
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Taelor, Amazon, Singapore Airlines
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