Wear Abouts
Wear Abouts is a podcast from Manchester Fashion Institute that explores why fashion matters and how it fits into everyone’s lives.
Hosted, produced, edited and scored by current students from across Manchester Metropolitan University, the show invites some of the fashion industry’s foremost voices to break down the issues, innovations and ideas that emerge from our relationship with clothing.
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or visit us at: fashioninstitute.mmu.ac.uk
Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
Wear Abouts
Latest Episodes
Wear Abouts Season Two launches on Monday!
Your favourite show about why fashion matters and how it fits into everyone's lives is back for a new season, with a new team just in time for Spring. Our hosts, Cat and May, are here to introduce themselves and the new crew to you....
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Season 2
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4:45
Product Innovation and Design with Jalaj Hora
As the Global Vice President of Product Innovation and Customer Creation at Nike, Jalaj Hora sat at the cutting edge of digital technologies in fashion design and manufacturing. From that perspective, he worked on and witnessed many positive mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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44:06
Designing for Disability with Ellie Louise Brown
University is often a journey of ups and downs and plenty of us get in some scrapes along the way. When Ellie Louise Brown fell over the "tiniest step" and badly broke her ankle during her time at Manchester Fashion Institute, she found herself...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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41:04
Caring and Repairing with Sneaker Pharm* Founder Vinnie Tao
Luxury shoes have long been resoleable and considered an investment piece that, properly cared for, can last a lifetime. Trainers (or sneakers if you prefer) have been the dominant segment in the footwear sector for a while now and look s...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:32
Building an Inclusive Fashion Industry with Daniel Peters
The fashion industry can seem hard to gauge from the outside in terms of diversity. In some respects, it seems one of the most inclusive, open, creative industries, with intersectional representation throughout. On the other hand, it's often co...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:29