25 Episodes

  1. Ep 24. Medicine-Embedded Textiles: Reimagining Fabric for Pain Relief and Healing with Bradley Seese

    Published: 8/4/2025

  2. 🌱 Ep 23. Stitching together South American Folklore, Migration and Community with Jennifer Droguett Espinosa (x Fashion District)

    Published: 7/18/2025

  3. 🌱 Ep 22. Beyond the Bin: Fight Against Fashion Waste with Annabel Hought and Yayra Agbofah (x Fashion District)

    Published: 6/2/2025

  4. 🌱 Ep 21: Circular Fashion in Action: Insights From Luxury to Highstreet Brands with Laetitia Forst, Patrick McDowell and Philippa Grogan (x Fashion District)

    Published: 5/18/2025

  5. 🌱 Ep 20. Ecosystem Builders Transforming Fashion from the Inside Out with Amy Tsang, Georgia Parker and Helen Lax (x Fashion District)

    Published: 4/3/2025

  6. Ep 19. Now and the Future of Smart Textiles with Victoria Nickerson

    Published: 3/18/2025

  7. Ep 18: Investor Insights for Fashion and Textile Startups with Gabbie Swycher, Joseph Aziz and Nic Gorini (x Fashion District)

    Published: 2/12/2025

  8. Ep 17. Scaling an E-textiles Startup and Soft Electronics for the Auto Industry with Madison Maxey

    Published: 11/4/2024

  9. Ep 16. A Catalyst Shaping the Future of Sustainable and Ethical Fabric with Nina Marenzi and Amanda Johnston

    Published: 9/29/2024

  10. 🌱 Ep 15. Brewing Beer for Bio-Leather with Brett Cotten (x Fashion District)

    Published: 9/10/2024

  11. 🌱 Ep 14. Farm to Fibre: Spinning Yarn from Potatoes (x Fashion District)

    Published: 8/8/2024

  12. Ep 13. 3D Weaving Yarns into Garments and Zero Inventory Circular Fashion with Beth Esponnette

    Published: 7/24/2024

  13. 🌱 Ep 12. Strategies and Ecosystems for Fashion / Textile Startup Success with Brooke Roberts-Islam, Helene Steiner, Jim Ajioka (x Fashion District)

    Published: 6/24/2024

  14. Ep 11. Dreaming of Weaving Clouds and Inventing the Digital Jacquard Handloom with Vibeke Vestby

    Published: 5/27/2024

  15. Ep 10. Disobedient Fabrics: A Journey in Smart Textiles with Linda Worbin (Part 2)

    Published: 4/29/2024

  16. Ep 9. Disobedient Fabrics: A Journey in Smart Textiles with Linda Worbin (Part 1)

    Published: 4/29/2024

  17. Ep8. Energy Harvesting Nanotech Fibres for Wearables and Women in Science with Sohini Kar-Narayan

    Published: 3/15/2024

  18. Ep.7 ⭐️ Fashion District Manufacturing Futures Innovation Challenge 2024

    Published: 2/28/2024

  19. Ep 6. AI for Zero Waste Fabric, Sustainability and Traceability in Textile Factories with Gilberto Loureiro

    Published: 2/16/2024

  20. Ep 5. Indigo-Dyed Fabric Migration and Thinking Through Making with Mika Satomi

    Published: 1/13/2024

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Textiles matter! It is the most ubiquitous and powerful material we live with - it has the power to fulfil both our senses and our soul.  Join Mili Tharakan, a Smart Textiles designer and researcher with 20+ years experience, as she speaks to textile makers, engineers, bio-chemists, material scientists, artists, innovators and others who are pushing the boundaries of the Textile and Fashion industry by creating textiles that challenge the very meaning, role and function of fabrics as we know it today. Through her conversations and insights with global experts, she brings alive the myriad facets of the world of Textiles - a world where there are no ordinary cloths and fabrics have the power to change us and our world. So listen in and be inspired, learn, find connections and create extraordinary textiles... Connect with Mili Tharakan: Email: [email protected] www.noordinarycloth.com [https://www.noordinarycloth.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarycloth/]  I  Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjtharakan/] Your support means the world to me, if you enjoyed this podcast why not consider buying me a coffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/noordinarycloth] Credits Cover art: Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash Music: Inspired Ambient, Orchestraman