Magnifeco Radio

It wasn't until California-born fashion designer Peggy Sue Deaven-Smiltnieks settled into Canada that she found her roots and motivations as a designer; to design with respect for people, their tradi…

The Global Fashion Exchange (GFX) has helped save 19 tons of clothes (nearly 40,000 pounds) from going to landfills through seven events held on three continents, in four global cities. Kate sits dow…

Andrew Morgan is an internationally recognized filmmaker focused on telling stories for a better tomorrow. His experience includes a broad range of work that spans narrative and documentary storytell…

After a decade in the fashion industry, Mimi Plange launched her own label in 2010. She joins Kate to discuss the current FIT exhibition "Black Fashion Designers' and how African influenced and Ameri…

Entrepreuer Tal Dehtiar started his shoe company Oliberté in 2009 with one thought, 'can we not change they way commerce is done within Sub-Saharan Africa and support a thriving economy by focusing o…

If consumers spent an extra 1% on U.S. goods, they would create 200,000 jobs. Sounds easy, but things have changed: in the 60’s, 95% of clothing sold in the U.S. was manufactured in NYC’s Garment Dis…

As we start a new year and new season, artist, activist, fashion theorist, and Associate Professor in Integrated Design at Parsons, The New School for Design Otto von Busch joins Kate to reflect on f…

As with beauty and fashion, the ethical element of jewelry is dependent on source and supply chain. While arguably the brightest and possibly most expensive items in our wardrobe, the glitter of jewe…

After an internship at Carolina Herrera, and launching his own zero-waste cocktail/evening wear collection, NYC-based designer Daniel Silverstein wanted to do more. He began collecting scraps from lo…

Cotton is heavily embedded in the identity of this county. Often thought of as 'natural' and as the "fabric of our lives", we picture white tee-shirts, blue jeans, sheets hanging on the clothesline. …

Behind agriculture, artisan activity is the second-largest employer in the developing world. According to the Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, “hundreds of thousands of people in the developing world…

Consumers are understanding the effect of gut health on their overall health, but what about for their face? Microbial balance in the gut is a new frontier and skin micro-biotic balance is even newer…

The fashion industry continues to promote shopping 'new', while minimalists encourage not shopping at all. Neither is sustainable. Guest Rie Yano, co-founder of Material World, believes that by choos…

Today's guests discuss the Fibershed movement, local transparent supply chains and how Climate Beneficial Wool can lessen draught by building soil, sequestering carbon and holding water. Fibershed de…

Soapwalla Chef, Rachel Winard, spent years experimenting in her kitchen to create skincare products that wouldn't aggravate her sensitive skin issues caused by systemic lupus, a chronic autoimmune co…

in 2015, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up in landfills. Cities all over the world are scrambling to figure out what to do with tex…

This week, Kate is joined by Brooklyn-based fashion designer Tara St. James of Study NY to discuss Slow Fashion. Slow Fashion is a movement of designing, creating and buying garments for quality & lo…

The US produces 254 million tons of trash each year, yet NYC-based Lauren Singer is living a nearly 'trash-free' life. Author of the Zero Waste blog 'Trash is for Tossers', the amount of trash that s…

This episode delves deeper into the benefits of health and beauty products made from certified organic and non-toxic ingredients. Kiran and Nicole, the wife and daughter of the late Horst Rechelbache…

It's Climate Week in NYC, guest Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion will join to discuss the role of cheap fashion on the environment, plus her current p…