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  1. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    The Fabric That Grows Wild: Inside Bananatex with Hannes (opens the original)

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    There is a plant in the Philippine highlands that grows without pesticides, without irrigation, and without displacing food crops. For most of modern history, nobody thought of it as the future of fashion. Hannes and the team behind Bananatex did.In this episode of ReFashion Workshop, I sit down with Hannes to talk about how a bag brand went looking for a better material and ended up helping invent one. What they found was Abacá, a banana plant native to the Philippines, tough enough to make a d

  2. Issue · Aug 22, 2026

    The Fabric of Fertility: How Polyester and BPA Are Disrupting Women's Hormones with Dr. Jeffrey Brown (opens the original)

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    I’ve spent years exploring the intersection of fashion and sustainability with ReFashion Workshop, but this conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Brown cracked something open for me that goes way beyond eco-consciousness. It’s personal. It’s about your body. And it’s about the chemicals hiding in your favorite leggings.If you’ve ever wondered why more women than ever are struggling with infertility, painful periods, or hormonal chaos, and why your conventional doctor keeps handing you birth control inst

  3. Issue · Aug 10, 2026

    The Stories We Wear 02: The Emperor Who Bought Nothing but an Idea (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Jul 27, 2026

    The Closet Is a Wellness Tool You Already Own (opens the original)

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    On this episode of ReFashion Workshop, we have Casey Lum creator of the Fashion Wellness Revolution and the Wearing Joy Project. Rewriting the Rules of Style and Self-Worth. A confidence-boosting, wellness-driven approach to style that lasts far beyond the closet. Casey brings light to one of the most overlooked wellness tools hiding in plain sight: the closet. She had a clothing store on Melrose. Women would come in, try something on, walk out of the fitting

  5. Issue · Jul 19, 2026

    The Fashion Industry Used to Burn What It Couldn’t Sell. In Europe, That Ends Today. (opens the original)

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