E15: Crafting Slow Fashion: High Tea With Mrs Woo Angela Foong

In this last episode of Season One of Fashion to Farmer, Vanessa Bell sits down with Angela Foong, co-founder of the slow fashion brand High Tea with Mrs Woo, a creative collaboration with her sisters, Rowena and Juliana. Established in 2004, High Tea with Mrs Woo is celebrated for its timeless, eloquent designs and its strong commitment to sustainability and ethical production.Angela shares her journey in slow fashion, emphasising the importance of creating garments with longevity, passing down skills, and fostering a deep connection between fashion and storytelling. The conversation delves into how High Tea with Mrs Woo maintains a slow fashion model in a fast-paced, trend-driven industry, and the challenges they face in promoting sustainability.Key Takeaways:Longevity and Storytelling: The importance of creating garments with a lasting presence, each piece telling its own story.Passing Down Skills: Storytelling and craftsmanship are core to the brand’s philosophy, both within their family and the community.Unique Silhouettes: Traditional tailoring methods paired with experimentation result in distinctive designs.Sustainable Practices: Designing with the end in mind, mending garments, and creating a secondhand marketplace are essential to their practice.Ethical Partnerships: Long-term relationships with suppliers who share their values are a priority.Challenges in Slow Fashion: Maintaining slow fashion in a fast-paced industry is difficult but vital for creating meaningful change.Education and Awareness: Shifting consumer mindset towards sustainability is key to driving the slow fashion movement.Slow Wearing Well Initiatives: Engagement through workshops, wardrobe edits, and community events can help promote a more sustainable lifestyle.Future of Slow Fashion: Angela’s vision includes innovations like an irresponsibility tax to level the playing field and reward sustainable practices.Listeners can connect with High Tea with Mrs Woo via:WebsiteFacebookInstagram @highteawithmrswooYouTubeIf you’d like a copy of Vanessa Bell’s book Self-Care Craft, please email [email protected] you'd like to read the Micro But Mighty Report you can do so here.Thank you for tuning in for our very first season of Fashion To Farmer! Be sure to subscribe and leave a lovely review to stay updated on more inspiring conversations. If you'd like to reach out to Vanessa you can so via DM @fashiontofarmer or [email protected] if you would like to share your story on the show. Until next season, bye for now. 🐏✨ Connect with Vanessa Bell:Website:  www.vanessa-bell.comSign up to the Vanessa Bell Newsletter: Join The FlockEmail:  [email protected]: @fashiontofarmerLinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/vjbell/X: @FashionToFarmerSubscribe: Help build our community, subscribe and leave a lovely review. ✨Credits:Host: Vanessa Bell, Eco-Entrepreneur, Sustainability Advocate & Champion of Australian Merino WoolProducer: Bogdan Bratis, Saspod Productions UKFashion To Farmer acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we have recorded this podcast, the Kamilaroi people of the Kamilaroi Nation in New South Wales, Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. We further extend our respect to the people of the Biripi Nation on which we live and work.