Best Manchester Fashion Institute Podcasts (2025)

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Product Innovation and Design with Jalaj Hora 44:06

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As the Global Vice President of Product Innovation and Customer Creation at Nike, Jalaj Hora sat at the cutting edge of digital technologies in fashion design and manufacturing. From that perspective, he worked on and witnessed many positive moves towards sustainable practices, but also identified areas where things weren't joining up. In this epis…

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Designing for Disability with Ellie Louise Brown 41:04

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University is often a journey of ups and downs and plenty of us get in some scrapes along the way. When Ellie Louise Brown fell over the "tiniest step" and badly broke her ankle during her time at Manchester Fashion Institute, she found herself feeling pretty frustrated. The experience of losing her mobility sparked an interest in designing for tho…

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Caring and Repairing with Sneaker Pharm* Founder Vinnie Tao 43:32

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Luxury shoes have long been resoleable and considered an investment piece that, properly cared for, can last a lifetime. Trainers (or sneakers if you prefer) have been the dominant segment in the footwear sector for a while now and look set to hit almost £70 billion in revenue in 2025. Luxury sneakers are established as a go-to fashion item and the…

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Building an Inclusive Fashion Industry with Daniel Peters 40:29

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The fashion industry can seem hard to gauge from the outside in terms of diversity. In some respects, it seems one of the most inclusive, open, creative industries, with intersectional representation throughout. On the other hand, it's often considered a closed-off space, with power and influence truly held by a select few. Many regard that routes …

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How Robotics Can Empower Small Fashion Brands with Susan Postlethwaite 42:13

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Susan Postlethwaite is Professor of Fashion Technologies at Manchester Fashion Institute and the Director of the Robotics Living Lab a £3.9million AHRC-funded project that has brought cutting-edge robotic technology to the campus. In this episode, we learn about Susan's career in the industry as a designer for the likes of Giorgio Armani, her time …

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Responsible and Slow Fashion with Jordan Bunker 37:09

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In our first episode, we're joined by Manchester-based menswear influencer Jordan Bunker. His mission is to make his audience think more consciously about their relationship with clothing. Fast fashion and Instagram have gone hand-in-hand for years, but some "creators" are avoiding deals with those brands in a bid to share a more sustainable lifest…

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Introducing: Wear Abouts 9:40

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Fashion is an enduring part of our lives. Whether you live for it, or just dress yourself in the morning as a practical necessity, it's woven into our every day. In this new podcast from students at Manchester Fashion Institute, we'll explore how the choices we make as consumers shape the industry that accounts for 2% of global GDP and consequently…