Truckloads of our unwanted clothing are shipped to continents like Africa, disrupting their local economy and causing massive waste. Today’s guest is Negin Izad, owner of NOCTEX, a slow-fashion clothing company that prioritizes form, utility, and ethical design. Negin grew up loving clothes and started sewing in high school. At age 17, the experience of working at a rag yard had Negin decide that she would work in the fashion industry only if she could do so ethically and with as little waste as possible.
Negin speaks with Marco about how deadstock textiles became the backbone of her company, NOCTEX, how she built a brand with a loyal following based on solid ethics and transparency since her humble beginnings selling on Etsy, and how microtrends and fast fashion are contributing to unconscious and wasteful consumerism disconnecting consumers to the products they buy. With a warehouse now based in Los Angeles with the hope to have all of her operations based there to reduce even more waste, and core values in ethical production that are spearheading the future of fashion, NOCTEX is proof that slow fashion can be successful all while keeping our planet in mind.
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