Olesya share stories about life in Dubai during her early 20’s, 70% of donated clothing in the UK being sold in 2nd hand markets as fast fashion and the sustainability issues that come along with that, environmental cost of cheap clothing (2:57), teaching sewing classes for UpCycling older clothing, leaving corporate companies b/c of a mini-mental breakdown, creating her Up-Cycling fashion business, expanding her sewing skills through self-teaching (31:42), COVID’s impact on mom life and schools, psychological impact of wearing a mask on people, and her “Best 1st for Last” 1st time feeling that she inspired a young girl to embrace sewing (1:22:48)
To find out more about Olesya, check out her website https://slowfashionbus.co.uk/
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