S05 Episode 251 | CiscoSews on the freedom in nonbinary design & experimentations with upcycling

<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/99761/Ep251-CiscoSews-final-libsyn.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p> <p class="">In episode 251, Kestrel welcomes Francisco Diaz of CiscoSews to the show. An upcycling designer, Francisco created <a href="https://ciscosews.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">CiscoSews</a>, a slow fashion sewing studio, to experiment with garment making.</p> <div id="block-f76ef7054e01d1a20f6a" class= "yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block sqs-block-editable yui3-dd-drop"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1632854880505_39006" class= "sqs-block-html-content sqs-block-content"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1632854880505_39024" class= "sqs-dd-invalid-handle yui3-widget sqs-html sqs-editing"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1632854880505_39026" class= "sqs-html-content"><strong>“There is just so much waste right now that we’re all seeing that we need to slow it down and reuse, and focus less on having the perfect brand new piece — that’s never going to happen.” -Francisco</strong></div> <div class="sqs-html-content"> </div> <div class="sqs-html-content">On the show, we’re always searching for context and looking for definitions to help support the ideas we talk about. At the same time, the more I learn - and let’s be real - the more I UNLEARN from the binary-put-everything-inside-a-box culture around us, the more I realize that in many circumstances, we must welcome a myriad of definitions.</div> <div class="sqs-html-content"> <p class="">One question we ask on this week’s show is —</p> <blockquote> <p class="">What does nonbinary fashion mean to you?</p> </blockquote> <p class="">I think we often fail to welcome that myriad I mentioned, when we think about nonbinary fashion. Nonbinary does not always mean androgynous. Nonbinary fashion can look feminine, masculine, neither or both.</p> <p class="">This week’s guest is all about living outside labels, and truly embracing what feels good to them, on the daily.</p> <p class="">They also happen to be a su