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Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty

Amanda Lee McCarty

Host Amanda Lee McCarty (she/they) decodes and demystifies the fashion and retail industries, and takes on topics like consumerism, workers rights, personal style, and why fashion is a case study in capitalism gone awry. Your money is as powerful as your vote! "If you wear clothes, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Elise "If you are human and live in the world, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Individually Wrapped

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88:49

FROM THE DEPARTMENT: Secondhand News (the recurring...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/04/14

Hi everyone! Dustin brought one souvenir back from his recent tour with his band American Motors: a really gross cold, which I now have the pleasure of experiencing right now. I'm in the constant coughing/lost my voice stage of it this week, so there is no new episode of Clotheshorse.Instead, I thought I would share a few of my favorite episodes of my kinda RIP/kinda on-hiatus podcast, The Department, in which Kim and I talked about the history of secondhand shopping. I am going to share

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88:13

Episode 231: This is not a eulogy for Forever 21.

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/04/07

Last month, Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy for the second time. It is planning to close all of its stores in the coming months as it winds down its operations. This is not a eulogy for Forever 21, but it is a deep dive into how one retailer change changed our habits, along with the entire business of making and selling clothing.We’ll be talking about the following topics:The history of Forever 21: where it started, how it grew, and where it went wrong,The many ways that Forever 21 changed

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122:27

Episode 230: Everything is better with...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/04/01

How can we do good things in difficult times? The seemingly small things we do as individuals are actually really radical, impactful, and important. And if we do these good things with members of our community, they become even more powerful. This week, Christa of Material Union joins us to share how her community fridge has changed her life! We will be covering the following topics:How to get a fridge started in your community. We’re going to cover all of the nuts and bolts: electric

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150:03

Episode 229: Every community needs a Radical Sewing...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/03/24

How can we do good things in difficult times? The seemingly small things we do as individuals are actually really radical, impactful, and important. And if we do these good things with members of our community, they become even more powerful. In this week's episode, Scout of Radical Sewing Club shows us how mending and sewing are radical political acts. They will will share how we can start our own mending club in our own community! We will be talking about important things like venue,

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136:39

Episode 228: Thrifty Business with Sara and Shan of...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/03/17

Over the past few years, we have explored many different facets of the secondhand economy: resellers and the ethics of reselling secondhand items, the various secondhand platforms, the fine art of thrifting, and even where all of the unsold stuff from thrift stores ends up! In this episode we'll learn what it's like to run an independent thrift store, with Sara and Shan of Bargain Thrift Center, a thrift store in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. We will discussHow the

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147:59

Episode 227: How to find accurate news in...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/02/24

One of the challenges facing all of concerned citizens is where and how to find accurate and reliable news. This week Amanda is joined by Elizabeth Segran, Senior Staff Writer at Fast Company Magazine. They tackle some very important questions about news, media, and how we can determine what is fact, fiction, or something in-between:How can we tell the difference between editorial/opinion pieces and news reporting?Is it dangerous for people to get their “news” solely from social media?Is

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106:02

Episode 226: How To Be Okay

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/02/10

2025 is a lot. Things are kinda overwhelming right now: there’s a lot of news to digest and it's coming fast, it’s hard to suss out reality from fiction, and we don’t know what we can do to help. And so…it’s hard to be okay right now. But it sure is easy to be overwhelmed. Frightened. Angry. Trapped in a sense of powerlessness. Find this episode's transcript (and so much more) at clotheshorsepodcast.comThis week we are going to talk about how to be okay, whether you’re facing fascism,

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104:06

Episode 225: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity Round Table

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2025/02/05

This is part four in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. Amanda is joined by some rad people doing great work making slow fashion more inclusive:Itohan Asemota is the founder of HNI Collective, a Philadelphia-based fashion service agency with a focus on size inclusivity and sustainability. Find Itohan on Instagram: @itsitohanheyMarlee Rosen is a slow fashion personal style coach and the host of Style Me Slowly Podcast, where she features size inclusive, slow fashion

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124:07

Episode 224: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity with Itohan...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2025/01/28

This is part three in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. In this episode you'll meet two people working to get more people into slow fashion and highlight size inclusive ethical brands:Itohan Asemota is the founder of HNI Collective, a Philadelphia-based fashion service agency with a focus on size inclusivity and sustainability. Find Itohan on Instagram: @itsitohanheyMarlee Rosen is a slow fashion personal style coach and the host of Style Me Slowly Podcast, where she

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91:13

Episode 223: Winning the Battle Against Doomerism

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2025/01/20

Despair. Apathy. Not believing that things can change and be better. Just fully discounting any possibility of progress. Have you struggled with these feelings? It's called doomerism and you're not wrong for feeling that way. In this week's episode, Amanda talks all about doomerism (and how to fight it off):Amanda shares what she learned on her desert road trip in search of optimism, with stops at National Parks and more than one geodesic domes.She will share her advice (gained through

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93:31

Episode 222: Capitalism, The (Board) Game

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2024/12/31

In the final episode of 2024, Amanda is inspired by a conversation with her friend Janelle to explore board games that teach children (and adults) the “winner takes all” aspect of late stage capitalism and/or reinforce the message that success=stuff.We’ll take a journey through the history of board games, with a deep dive into the Game of Life.We’ll check out the shopping focused games of the 1980s and 90s, including Mall Madness.We will touch on some other games that just seem agonizing

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137:31

Episode 221: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity with Nico and...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/12/24

This is part two in a continuing series about slow fashion and inclusivity. In this episode you'll meet two people working to make slow fashion more accessible for more people:Nico Herzetty is the founder and CEO of Phoria, " a platform to help people find what fits their bodies, their style, and their priorities—and how we can support each other in that journey." Find Phoria on Instagram: @phoriafitsDonnelle Jageman is the founder of The Plus Swap and a cofounder of Philly FatCon. Find

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129:00

Episode 220: Slow Fashion & Inclusivity with Sushmita...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/12/18

Amanda is joined by Sushmita, the person behind Ethical Fat Fashion, the "coolest fat positive fashion newsletter amplifying ethical size diverse brands.” In this episode--recorded in a karaoke room in Tokyo--Amanda and Sushmita discuss the following:“Sustainable fashion” has an inclusivity problem. Meaning: it still focuses on thin, white, young, wealthier cis-gendered women. Why is that still the case, years into the sustainability movement in fashion?How can we change that? I always

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138:09

REWIND: Episode 144: The 12 Days of Slow Gifting...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/12/09

Amanda has a cold, so this week's episode is the return of a 2022 classic, Part 1 of the 12 Days of Slow Gifting with Maggie Greene!Gifting is an easy place for us to begin to educate others about the impact of overconsumption, while creating new traditions and changing societal behaviors! Maggie Greene (The Halloween Queen) joins Amanda to introduce The 12 Days of Slow Gifting. This is part 1 of 2. We’ll be explaining what slow gifting is, how to have difficult conversations about gift

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83:09

Episode 219: Clotheshorse in Japan: Why is Everything...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/12/02

Clotheshorse (aka Amanda) was in Japan!And in this week's episode--the last in the Japan series--Amanda breaks down why everything is so cute in Japan.We'll talk about the following:Why are the fruit bus stops of Konagai a lesson in Instagram versus reality (but also so cool and special)?What is Don Quijote and why is the song a real earworm?What are eki-melo (駅メロ) and why are they an important tool?Why are signs and public information so cute in Japan?What is the history of kawaii culture

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75:21

Episode 218: Clotheshorse in Japan: Fake Food...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/11/19

Clotheshorse (aka Amanda) is in Japan!And in this week's episode, recorded in Nagasaki, Amanda shares the story of fake food (Shokuhin Sampuru, 食品サンプル) in Japan.We'll talk about the following:The history of food replicas in Japan (and why showing the actual food available in a restaurant was necessary for a long time),How department stores in Japan compare to department stores in the US,Why Takizo Iwasaki is considered the "Father of Japanese Fake Food,"How fake food is made,Amanda and

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65:38

Episode 217: Clotheshorse in Japan: Konbini, Egg...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/11/12

Clotheshorse (aka Amanda) is in Japan!And in this week's episode, recorded in Kyoto, Amanda shares the history of Japanese convenience stores and why they are loved by tourists and the Japanese alike. We'll talk about the following:The impact of convenience stores on low income people in the United States (and the reality of living in a food desert),The history of the convenience stores (konbini) in Japan,Why Amanda loves Denny's in Japan,Amanda's thoughts on the best items at each

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97:44

Episode 216: Could AI Save Fashion?

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/10/28

AI is being pitched as a solution for many of the world's greatest problems, including the environmental and ethical crisis that is fast fashion. Is AI a real solution for a more sustainable fashion industry? Or is it just hype?This week's episode is a longer version of Amanda's recent talk about AI and fashion for the 2024 Fashion Changers conference in Berlin.Amanda breaks down the following on her journey to figure out if AI really can save fashion:What are the biggest issues that

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127:18

Episode 215: Sewing is an act of self-determination...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/10/21

Sewing can be an important component of the slow fashion way of life. This is part 2 in a series about all things sewing with Ruby Gertz of Spokes & Stitches. This episode is full of information and advice for anyone who is already sewing or looking to get started:Advice for finding your own secondhand sewing machine: where to look, what to look for, how to choose a good one, and even how much you should expect to spend.Sewing patterns: how to choose them, how to use them, and what to

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128:31

Episode 214: Sewing is an act of self-determination...

Clotheshorse with Amanda Lee McCarty ·

2024/10/14

Sewing can be an important component of the slow fashion way of life. This is part 1 in a series about all things sewing with Ruby Gertz of Spokes & Stitches. And wow, do we discuss a lot of stuff in this episode:A brief history of the mass production of clothing,Why people stopped sewing their own clothing as a regular part of daily life,We will unpack the barriers that make sewing a privilege for many in 2024 (and why it’s not realistic at this point to expect everyone to start sewing

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