The Fashion Pulpit

THE POWER OF SWAPPING podcast— Season 2, Episode 7 🎙️What shapes the way we show up in the world?For Episode 7, we sit down with Arie, a marketer, strategist, trainer, and thoughtful communicator whose career has spanned marketing, merchandising, retail, media, and sales.What struck us most about Arie is her curiosity. Her willingness to keep learning, evolving, and asking better questions. Whether she's building teams, developing strategies, or navigating personal growth, she approaches life with intention and a deep belief in the power of positive environments.In this conversation, we explore the relationship between values, growth, and the choices we make every day. We talk about building confidence, staying aligned with what matters, and how the small decisions we make, whether in our careers, our wardrobes, or our communities, can compound over time.A thoughtful conversation about purpose, progress, and becoming the person you want to be.🎧 Episode 7 is now live.Come sit with us for a while.

This episode is one of many living questions. We question the fervent need to define ‘Singapore Fashion’ and discuss how we can participate in the system beyond wear, ownership and consumption. Weiqi emphasises the need for industry-level introspection and discourse in order for our local industry to recognise that its ongoing practices and ways of working are unsustainable. Singapore Fashion needs accountability, not definitions. -------- Intro (0:43) What is fashion? (7:58) Can we define Singapore fashion? (11:22) The potential of fashion as a medium that everyone participates in (19:45) How care can be embellished in everyday wear (22:20) The relationship between Fashion Media and its readers (28:50) Seeing Fashion in different spaces outside of consumption (33:02) Singapore Fashion needs industry-level introspection (49:48) -------- LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED Vogue SG street style article: https://vogue.sg/lasalle-college-of-the-arts-fashion-students-street-style-singapore/ HerWorld article: https://www.herworld.com/fashion/singapore-really-fashion-capital-or-just-shopping-one/ Prestige article: https://www.prestigeonline.com/sg/style/fashion/singapore-designers-change-fashion-industry/ Weiqi’s articles: Performing Femininity: Aprons, Capes and School Uniforms https://www.asianfilmarchive.org/performing-femininity-aprons-capes-and-school-uniforms/ Meet the Singaporean designers changing the way we dress, design and age https://vogue.sg/singapore-adaptive-fashion-werable-will-and-well-claudia-poh-elisa-lim/ Queering Through Dress: ‘Dress/Address’ at Grey Projects https://www.fashionandmarket.net/news-and-reviews/queering-through-dress-dressaddress-at-grey-projects -------- Connect with Weiqi: Instagram @coqillage Work & Research @fashionondisplay -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrd0ONQuPijPm5TF4qte1w Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

In this episode, we speak to Daniela Monasterios-Tan, fashion lecturer, researcher and curator based in Singapore, and Erliana of FIN Crafted Goods about the journey we share with our clothes. As we concluded that wear & tear is an inevitable part of wearing our clothes, we speak about ways we can better care for our clothes through mending and repairing. Daniela shares about what 8 years of wear and care looks like on a pair of jeans, Erliana speaks about the story of a late father’s Hawaiian shirt collection, and I speak about the relationship I have with my clothes. LINKS & SOURCES MENTIONED (In)visible Mending project, Daniela Monasterios-Tan: https://www.danielamonasteriostan.com/invisible-mending.html (In)visible Mending Exhibition Proposal, Daniela Monasterios-Tan: https://issuu.com/danielamonasteriostan/docs/final_ma_portfolio_mon15467878 Book: Repair: The Impulse to Restore in a Fragile World, Elizabeth V. Spelman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8862476-repair The Visible Mending Programme, Tom of Holland https://tomofholland.com/ Article: My Favourite Thing, Charlie Porter for More or Less Mag https://www.moreorlessmag.com/articles/my-favourite-thing/ Watch the FIN x Fashion Revolution Week 2021 video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN9bAW9nqLY/ Learn more about different types of fabrics and how to care for them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajYztvzmpSg -------- Connect with Dani: Instagram @a_dna_lie  Podcast @inthevitrine  Research @a_stubborn_bloom Connect with Erliana: Instagram @fincraftedgoods -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/J7k6c5ZX_Xg Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com Produced by PodcastMate @podcastmate.co Contact them at nash@podcastmate.co

Welcome to re:wear @ The Fashion Pulpit! This new series aims to re-introduce a new language around the way we speak about clothes. In each episode, we will be exploring what it means to be a part of the fashion system and how we can be more intentional in the ways we forge a personal relationship with our clothes. In this episode, we sit down with Raye Padit, founder of The Fashion Pulpit. We catch up with each other about how we are, how we are feeling about TFP turning 3, and share what care means to us. We also introduce the re:wear glossary, as a tool to build sustainable fashion literacy in Singapore. This podcast series is created in partnership with Podcastmate.co SOURCES MENTIONED: “It’s not the pearls that make the necklace, it’s the string.” Loved Clothes Last (2021), Orsola de Castro The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop -------- Find more information at rewearpodcast.carrd.co (transcript, additional resources) The re:wear glossary: https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarymobile | https://tinyurl.com/rewearglossarydesktop Watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/pgrVcpbzy-g (live on 16 Oct, 8pm) Follow us on Instagram @thefashionpulpit Send enquiries, feedback and constructive criticism to xingyun@thefashionpulpit.com

New episode of our podcast series: The Power of Swapping! This time, we are taking you to Tokyo as we have a fruitful and fun conversation with Diya of Swap Stories! Tune in to know more about Diya’s journey and swap communities in Japan!

Another week, another podcast! Going international with our very special guest Jessica Teal, founder of Swap till you drop Bangkok!   We’re so excited and happy to see so the swap movement grow in so many countries! Tune in to know more about the power of swapping as this movement goes global. The challenges, the fun, the revolutionary journey, it’s all here!

“To me, the power of swapping is to allow you to enjoy fashion, while saving the planet, saving humanity and saving your wallet.” - Ally Li of YYC Clothing Swap Tune in to listen to our insightful conversation and the opportunities and challenges on clothing swaps!

Have you ever wondered what another swapper’s sustainable fashion journey is like? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Tune in as we gather some of our amazing swappers and talk about each others journey towards swapping and adopting a sustainable fashion lifestyle; a light- hearted, fun and insightful conversation as swapping allows us to forge friendships. We hope you’re inspired and empowered to embrace secondhand and a sustainable lifestyle and well, build more friendships!