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I think we need to make people care. What does this mean for them. The clothes in your closet may be affecting your health, polluting your water, and funding a system built on exploitation -- and the fashion industry is counting on you not connecting those dots. The Lexy Show: Fashion That Gives a Damn is the podcast that asks the questions fast fashion brands hope you're too busy to ask. Each week, host Lexy Silverstein breaks down the real cost of what we wear -- from toxic chemicals and greenwashing to secondhand shopping, slow fashion, and sustainable style that actually works. Whether you're thrift shopping for the first time or already deep in the conscious consumer world, you'll learn why what you wear matters more than they want you to think. New episodes every week.

Recent Episodes

REPOST: Emily Parker on Ocean Plastic and the Circular Economy

We're bringing back one of our conversations with Emily Parker from Heal the Bay, and there's a special reason we're revisiting it this Halloween! Heal the Bay is once again partnering with Lexy for The Ultimate Halloween Swap, helping give old Halloween costumes a second life while keeping unnecessary waste out of landfills. In this encore episode of The Lexy Show, Lexy sits down with Emily Parker, Senior Marine Scientist and Circular Economy Fellow at Heal the Bay, who also leads the organi...

53 MIN

Opera Santa Barbara on The Ultimate Halloween Swap, Costumes & Reinventing Opera

What happens to elaborate opera costumes after the curtain comes down? This week on The Lexy Show, Lexy talks with Kostis Protopapas, Artistic and General Director of Opera Santa Barbara, and Julia Lieberman, Company and Media Manager, who are partnering with Lexy for The Ultimate Halloween Swap this year! They discuss the creativity, reuse, and community behind live opera. Opera Santa Barbara has been part of the Santa Barbara arts community since 1994, producing both classic and contemporar...

34 MIN

Yussy McManus on Alpaca Fiber, Farming & Sustainable Fashion

What if one of fashion’s most interesting natural fibers starts with rethinking how we raise the animals behind it? This week, Lexy talks with Yussy McManus, co-owner of Black Barn Alpacas, a Maryland alpaca farm and agritourism destination she runs with her husband, Travis. Yussy made the unexpected move from a career in interior design and construction into farming, and today Black Barn Alpacas focuses on animal welfare, responsible breeding, education and creating products from alpaca flee...

32 MIN

Matthew Hayek: The Hidden Climate Cost of Leather in Fashion

Leather is often marketed as a natural, durable, and sustainable material. But what if the story behind your leather jacket or handbag is much more complicated? In this episode of The Lexy Show, Lexy sits down with Matthew Hayek, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at New York University, whose research examines the environmental impacts of food systems, animal agriculture, and the materials we use every day. Matthew explains how his work studying cattle emissions l...

39 MIN

Kirsten Junor on Creative Reuse and Rethinking What We Call Waste

What if the biggest mistake we make about waste is simply calling it waste? This week on The Lexy Show, Lexy sits down with Kirsten Junor, CEO of Reverse Garbage, a creative reuse nonprofit in Sydney, Australia that has spent more than 50 years helping keep useful materials out of landfills and putting them into the hands of artists, educators, makers, and the community. Kirsten brings a unique perspective shaped by her background in theater, costume design, and a lifelong practice of reusing...

41 MIN