We thought it was about time we talked about beauty. Beauty is one of the major motivators for people who work in creative industries – they want to make beautiful things, whether it’s a garment, textile, show or picture. They want, as Megan Morton puts it: to capture beauty, to try to understand it.

Megan is a stylist, author and “house whisperer” with a life-long love for vintage and the stories behind old things. She grew up on a banana farm in Queensland, where her mum subscribed to 1970s back-to-the-land magazine, Grass Roots. Megan was raised to see the beauty in nature, while figuring out how to make stuff.

Today her styling work is focused on houses and interiors, but she turns her eye for beauty on everything from her wardrobe, to teaching to travel to Instagram. She’s worked for magazines like Vogue Living and Elle Decoration, and is the author of four books.

What do you think is possible? How about impossible? Kim Pearce and Katherine Davis are living proof of the old adage: where there’s a will there’s a way. The Possibility Project which they cofounded after meeting on the school run, “delivers social justice programs through the mindset of social entrepreneurship”.

This is a conversation about female friendship, social enterprise and fulfilling your potential.

STYLE LIKE U IS A PLATFORM CREATED TO CHALLENGE THE OUTDATED OLD RUBBISH ABOUT WHAT’S BEAUTIFUL AND WHAT’S NOT STILL SPRUIKED BY GLOSSY MAGS.

Founders Elisa Goodkind and her daughter Lily Mandelbaum want us to take back our power from mags, advertisers and the global fashion business, so that getting dressed each day becomes an act of self-love. Here's to a more inclusive future.

OCEAN PLASTIC IS A NIGHTMARE - BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO SOLVE IT. MEET MARINA DEBRIS - TRASHION ACTIVIST. American visual artist Marina DeBris calls herself a TRASHION designer, as well as an environmental activist, and anti-plastics campaigner. She makes her "Beach Couture" collections from rubbish she finds washed up on the beaches of Los Angeles and Sydney.

There’s a history of fashion designers referencing rubbish. John Galliano's controversial Spring 2000 haute couture collection for Christian Dior featured newspaper prints inspired by the homeless people he used to jog past along the Seine river in Paris.

Getting dressed every morning is a political act says this weeks guest, fashion designer Ramon Martin. With Ryan Lobo, his label TOME is known for collaborating with, and taking inspiration from, female artists. Hear how they looked to the GUERRILLA GIRLS for a show inspired by the WOMEN'S MARCHES and the TRUMP administration's attacks on Planned Parenthood.

How can high fashion combine the pursuit of gorgeousness with serious messages about diversity and equality? What role does the runway have to play? In this Episode, we discuss fashion activism, sustainability, TOME’s White Shirt Project and winning fans like Amal Clooney, EMMA WATSON and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Getting dressed every morning is a political act. What you wear makes a statement about who you want to be and how you wish to communicate with the world around you. What’s your wardrobe saying?

THIS is what you need to know about our plastic problem. In this Episode, scientist Dr. Jennifer Lavers tells the story of her research on remote HENDERSON ISLAND in the South Pacific and its debris-littered beaches. What happens to plastic when it enters our waters? What’s the deal with bioaccumulation? What are MICROPLASTICS & why are they linked to the fashion industry? How can we turn the story of ocean plastic around?

You know those teachers who you never forget? The ones who ignite a passion for a particular subject in you that changes the course of your life? Timo is one of those. Former Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Sustainability at PARSONS NEW YORK, he is now associate professor and course director of Fashion and Textiles at UTS in Sydney.

He is an expert in ZERO-WASTE FASHION DESIGN, as well as a cross-stitch artist currently stitching a letter to humanity to be read 100 years from now. Oh, and he's a birdwatcher…

Timo teaches his students to rethink traditional ways of approaching design to consider the entire lifecycle of a garment, and factor in reducing waste from the outset. But it’s not just about cutting waste from initial design...of the BILLIONS of GARMENTS produced each year, up to one third are never sold. Much of this surplus is destroyed.

In this Episode, Timo argues that we must conquer our cynicism and use our CREATIVITY to find solutions. THE FASHION INDUSTRY, which he describes a ‘seemingly grotesque, wasteful, deadly’, is also a source of endless possibility.

Let's tackle ocean plastics, shall we? Marine biologist model Laura Wells is an ambassador for Greenpeace, 1 Million Women and Take 3 for the Sea, and divides her time between advocating for our imperilled oceans and working as one of Australia’s top body positive models.

Why did a woman with two degrees, who thought modelling was “a waste of time”, decide to embrace life in front of the lens? What’s the deal with the ‘plus-size’ label? Why should we all get out more and embrace our WILD SPACES? You’re going to love listening to Laura explain her journey from ‘animal-not-loving’ Sydney kid to butt-kicking SAVIOUR OF OUR SEAS and land-based natural environments. You’re going to love Laura full stop. Unless you’ve got a single-use plastics habit.

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