Conscious Fashion Is The Future: Jana Braumüller

Jana Braumüller, a feminist, political thinker and women’s rights campaigner within fashion talks with Beatrace. Sustainability and justice are at the heart of Fashion Changers, a digital content platform Jana co-founded. Petitioning for laws bringing radical transparency, along with workshops, events and a co-written book, are just some of the efforts Fashion Changers are helping to drive on a societal scale in Germany. A parallel journey many young designers and brands from Africa and the diaspora struggle with: diversity, sustainability and inclusivity - fair fashion. Hear the challenges from Jana & Beatrace's experience in collaborating and adjusting mindsets in the mainstream. ‘Fashion is a vehicle to improve certain things and empower people’ (Jana).Contact us or send in a voice message telling us what you think: podcast@fashionafricanow.com

Future Fashion:

The initiative is supported by the Future Fashion project - a joint project initiated by the Baden-Württemberg Development Cooperation Foundation (SEZ), of the state of Baden-Württemberg, which is committed to the conscious and sustainable textile and fashion consumption in Baden-Württemberg. "Future Fashion Made in Africa", an extension of Future Fashion, ​​serves networking, knowledge transfer, exposure, market access for textile startups from Germany and African countries and is intended to strengthen the sector of sustainable textiles and promote international exchange.

The Fashion Africa Now podcast is brought to you by Future Fashion and produced by APYA Productions with financial support from the Ministry of State of Baden-Wurttemberg via the Baden-Wurttemberg Foundation for Development Cooperation (SEZ). This episode was created in association with Social Urban Nature. Fashion Africa Now podcast has the permission to use the music and the sounds created by Blackstereo music.