SHOP TSR x FOR DAYS: www.fordays.com/all/women/that-s-so-retrograde

A lifetime membership to a better way of living. Sounds promising.

This is more than an idea. This is an innovative circular T-Shirt Company that could change the waste problem caused by fast fashion, and a new commerce model for things we use every day. Kristy Caylor, CEO of For Days, joins Nataliya Makulova on location at ReMode Conference in Los Angeles.

In this episode:

• A new model for commerce for things we use every day
• Avoiding cycle of purchase and pollute, purchase and pollute
• Wear, return, up-cycle
• Subscription model, not purchased, another type of consuming fashion, a sharing economy because sharing materials
• Eliminating closet clutter and clothing waste
• Doesn’t make anyone change consumption patterns, makes you feel great—same person as was but now helping reduce waste
• Having access to things that make you happy, optimistic and futuristic
• Empowering, closing the loop system
• Building a factory, scaling — working on—a smaller prototype in Los Angeles area
• Systems and processes and the value of Kristy’s  engineering background
• Challenges of building new technology
• At the  forefront of conversations and there is a shift in the industry
• And the need for a sense of connectivity

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Kristy Caylor’s first fashion brand, Maiyet, is an ethical brand exclusively selling clothing made by self-sustaining artisans from different areas of the world. But, while running the business, she still felt like she wasn’t doing enough to help fashion’s sustainability problem. In May, Caylor launched For Days, a retail company selling T-shirts and other knitwear on a subscription basis. When customers are done with the shirts, they send them back to For Days in exchange for a fresh batch. The company upcycles the used T-shirts to make new ones. Caylor joined the Glossy Podcast to discuss the idea of ownership, For Days’ early days and how sustainability can work in fashion.

Entrepreneur and fashion expert Kristy Caylor talks about the decision to leave the company she co-founded.  She shares how she knew it was time to start a new chapter.