Rachel Kibbe, Helpsy founder, talks about her badass non-crunchy online ethical fashion store with a sense of humor. The team talks social media, the end of WWD’s daily editions, the objectionability of some exclusivity, does over-partying kill good design, feminism is trendy, and other world changing events and ideas. Also, this episode is kind of hilarious.

references:

• Dirty Librarian Chains
• Lush: Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
• Social Media’s Elusive Goal: Return On Investment (WWD / paywall)
• Alibaba Invests $200 Million in Snapchat (WWD / paywall)
• Abercrombie & Fitch CEO doesn’t want fat women wearing his clothes  (PIX11)
• Chinese designer shoemaker sees 5,000 workers strike  (BBC News)
• Can Chinese fashion designers go global? (BBC News)
• Social Media Today
• From the Editors: WWD Launching Weekly Format (WWD / paywall)
• Reed Krakoff To Suspend Operations (WWD / paywall)
• Japanese Designers are Hopeful as Tokyo Fashion Week Begins (WWD / paywall)
• The New Rules of Retail (revised 2014)
• Elton John Leads Boycott Against Dolce & Gabbana Over ‘Synthetic Children’ Remarks (NPR.org)
• threeASFOUR
• Fashion Is Your Business (our sister podcast)
• Zang Toi