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Why We Need to Rethink Fashion (w/ Diarra Bousso) | How to Be a Better Human

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July 23, 2025

We often think donating clothes is a sustainable act, but when tons of garments are shipped to places like West Africa, it creates environmental waste and disrupts local artisans’ livelihoods. Diarra Bousso, a mathematician and sustainable fashion designer, joins host Chris Duffy to unpack the hidden cost of global textiles waste and how she founded her lifestyle brand, Diarrablu. She shares how she designs with emotional sustainability in mind — creating clothes that adjust to our changing body while showcasing Sengalese’s bold colors and prints. They also discuss how mathematical concepts influence her work, how technology and AI might help designers reduce waste and why it’s important to make clothes that make you feel good.

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Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | chrisduffycomedy.com)
Guest: Diarra Bousso (Instagram: @thediarrablu | LinkedIn: @diarrabousso | Website: diarrabousso.com/)

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@Nicholas-f5

July 23, 2025 at 2:34 pm

Fast fashion is garbage, be sure to shop vintage and to recycle your textiles ♻️

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@josephruth4113

July 23, 2025 at 2:34 pm

First😆

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@Kmonischoefflerer

July 23, 2025 at 2:35 pm

this hit me right in the brain 🧡💖

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@Maxsonon

July 23, 2025 at 2:35 pm

how did i end up here but not mad 🧡💖

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@Sinclairee

July 23, 2025 at 2:41 pm

6 mins agooo

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@Zia01023

July 23, 2025 at 2:45 pm

Can we please cancel skinny jeans and leggins… They’ve severely overrun their course and there’s many of us that would like a boot cut or straight leg and not skintight casual pants.

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- @NoLuvCity
  
  July 23, 2025 at 3:49 pm
  
  no
  
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- @Manyrdmini0N_
  
  July 24, 2025 at 5:31 am
  
  Legging are my life! Also I am so fat ! Went from a 9 to god idk a 16? W o even noticing cause we’ll my pants ” still fit” …leggings have done me & so many dirty…..smh
  
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@michelefisher5171

July 23, 2025 at 2:51 pm

Yes please. And the material. Polyester is really plastic. It’s just plain wrong

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@shinn-tyanwu4155

July 23, 2025 at 2:53 pm

Excellent English😊😊😊

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@HemprabhaDas-z6u

July 23, 2025 at 3:09 pm

can’t explain it but something about this just clicked for me fr

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@brucelind3678

July 23, 2025 at 4:49 pm

JIT textiles

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@Mahdi-xj2ss

July 23, 2025 at 4:51 pm

23/07/25

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@Dr.Rolfski

July 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm

The biggest problem of the fashion industry is not even waste. It is the completely wrong ideal image of women it creates, contributing to the escalating rates of anorexia and depression among women, leading to the tragic deaths of thousands each year.

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@professionalkid

July 23, 2025 at 7:23 pm

The moment both speakers realised how coincidentally they had something significant in common. <3

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@calmb4thestorm17

July 23, 2025 at 9:40 pm

United Sa✝️anic Alliance (USA)

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@salimaugustson9880

July 23, 2025 at 10:31 pm

O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing[1] to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.
[Qur’an:7:27]

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