Delving into Slow Fashion with Designer Amanda Butten, Founder of the Sustainable Fashion Brand “Bonkers Bon Coeur” 💚🥐💌

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The (Un)Ethical Consumer

Zoe Goetzmann

22 episodes

2 weeks ago

The (Un)Ethical Consumer Podcast strives to answer the question: ‘what does it mean to be sustainable?’ hosted by Zoë Goetzmann. During interviews with artists, designers, creatives and industry professionals working in both art and fashion, Zoë seeks to create a space to break-down the technical processes behind design. Raising questions like: ‘What is ethical, what is not ethical?,’ ‘What is sustainable, what is unsustainable?,’ Through experience working in both the art and fashion, Zoë has come to realise that the best way to do this is this is sharing the stories that artists have to tell

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Delving into Slow Fashion with Designer Amanda Butten, Founder of the Sustainable Fashion Brand “Bonkers Bon Coeur” 💚🥐💌

The (Un)Ethical Consumer

30 minutes

5 months ago

Delving into Slow Fashion with Designer Amanda Butten, Founder of the Sustainable Fashion Brand “Bonkers Bon Coeur” 💚🥐💌

☀️ 🏖️ Happy Summer, ⁠⁠#TUCPodcast🌱🎙️⁠⁠listeners! I’m super excited & pleased to bring you all a brand new episode with our next guest, ⁠⁠Amanda Butten⁠⁠ - the founder of the slow fashion label, “⁠⁠Bonkers Bon Coeur⁠⁠” based in London. Launched in 2025, Amanda creates truly sustainable, ethical and made-to-order clothing inspired by her love of "timeless" vintage fashion and fashion silhouettes, 1960’s vintage clothing and films 👗. As the name of her brand suggests, “Bonkers Bon Coeur” seeks to combine the “effortlessly chic” Parisian style with “London’s playful and bold eccentricity” - using gingham as her primary material - she mixes her love for these two cities (+ their styles and street styles) 🥖💂🇬🇧

💫 On this episode, we speak all about: How Amanda launched her fashion line, up-cycling 🌳, what slow fashion truly means, clothing and fashion history, the inspiration behind using gingham as her primary material [i.e. from "Dorothy's"/Judy Garland’s blue gingham dress in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), ⁠⁠Brigitte Bardot’s pink gingham wedding dress ⁠⁠to "Barbie's"/Margot Robbie’s recreation of this prior iconic ensemble in the “Barbie," (2023) 🎬]. We also talk Parisian style, notable London fashion brands like “⁠⁠Biba⁠⁠” [i.e. the original “fast fashion” store/label], famous 1960’s womenswear designer ⁠⁠Mary Quant⁠⁠ as well as how Amanda strives to make sustainable fashion and slow fashion “the norm” 🌿🫶

👉 [LISTEN TO/AT 27:38 for a tutorial on how to wear her iconic, chequered scarves] 🧣🕶️

⁠⁠🎧⁠⁠Now streaming on all platforms: Spotify, Apple Music (and Anchor)

👉 Make sure to follow Amanda & check out "Bonkers Bon Coeur" (and definitely shop her line if you're thinking of sprucing up your spring and summer wardrobes):

Bonkers Bon Coeur (Website): ⁠⁠https://www.bonkersboncoeur.com/⁠⁠

Bonkers Bon Coeur (Instagram): ⁠⁠@bonkers.boncoeur⁠⁠

Amanda Butten (Instagram):⁠⁠ @amanda.butten⁠⁠

⁠⁠🎤⁠⁠ Follow ⁠⁠#TUCPodcast🌱🎙️⁠⁠Host, Zoë Goetzmann: ⁠⁠@byzoesera ⁠⁠

TUC Podcast Instagram: ⁠⁠@theunethicalconsumerpodcast⁠⁠

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