Episodes: 38
Frequency: Irregular
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Female
Listener location: United Kingdom
YouTube: 40 subscribers
Instagram: 331 followers
Publicly listed emails
militharakan29@yahoo.co.uk
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Mili Tharakan - Host Mili Tharakan is a smart textiles innovator and researcher. The show frames her as bringing “insights” and “conversations” that illuminate textile innovation—especially how innovation moves fr...
Julian Ellis-Brown - Wetland Restoration Via Paludiculture; Biopuff Plant-based Insulation; Carbon And Traceability; Moving From Pilot To Fashion Collaborations; Crowdfunding To Commercialise The Material
Wajahat Hussain - Enzyme-based Laundry Treatment To Resurface Worn Fabrics (remove Pilling, Restore Color And Handfeel) As A Practical End-of-life/refresh Pathway
Shay Sethi - Molecular Recycling That Separates Complex Fibre Blends At The Base-molecule Level And Regenerates Polyester Into Yarn Feedstock
Charlotte Krist - Industrial-scale, Brand-integrated Garment Repair Services; Extending Garment Life Through Repair As An Accessible Consumer Option
Matthais Feossel - High-performance Textile Finishes Using Biobased Oils/waxes (microalgae); Replacing PFAS DWR With Palm-oil-free Green Chemistry Using Existing Mill Equipment
Ep 37. Velvety Natural Flock Fibres from Textile Waste with Sara Robertson, Annika Syrjamäki and Sarah Taylor
October 11, 2026
Flocking is one of those techniques we have all touched without knowing its name: the velvety surface on a wallpaper, a piece of packaging, a couture garment or a car dashboard. It is made from tiny fibres, electrostatically charged so they stand upright in an adhesive, and for most of its history those fibres have been nylon, polyester or viscose.In this episode of No Ordinary Cloth, Mili is joined by Sara Robertson and Sarah Taylor of Sara + Sarah Smart Textile Design, and Annika Syrjämäki ...
🌱 Ep 36. Recycling Nylon, Paper Electronics and Secrets to Scaling a Startup with Luciano Caruso and Chloe So (xFashion District)
September 07, 2026
This is a special episode in partnership with Fashion District LondonWhat actually happens in the years between "the science works" and "we're a real supplier"? In this episode of No Ordinary Cloth, Mili is joined by two founders walking that tightrope right now — mid-crossing, not the polished after-the-fact version of the story.Luciano Caruso, Chief Commercial Officer of Epoch Biodesign, explains how the company's AI-designed enzymes recycle nylon — including nylon 6.6, the tough, blended, ...
Ep 35. Weaving out Waste: How WEFFAN is Forming Garments within Fabric with Graysha Audren
August 05, 2026
What if the fashion industry didn’t have to create waste in the first place? In this episode of No Ordinary Cloth, Mili sits down with textile designer and founder of WEFFAN, Graysha Audren, to explore a radically different way of making clothes: garments that are folded, flat‑packed and “baked” straight into the weave on a jacquard loom.From an olive‑green 3D‑woven shirt on a small table at Future Fabrics Expo to a 3D‑woven tailored suit in Balenciaga stores, Graysha walks us through how WEF...
The Untangling Circularity Podcast · Low booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
No Ordinary Cloth: Textile innovations in future materials, manufacturing and sustainability is hosted by Mili Tharakan. Its publicly listed email is militharakan29@yahoo.co.uk. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for No Ordinary Cloth: Textile innovations in future materials, manufacturing and sustainability: militharakan29@yahoo.co.uk.
Podseeker estimates No Ordinary Cloth: Textile innovations in future materials, manufacturing and sustainability reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
No Ordinary Cloth: Textile innovations in future materials, manufacturing and sustainability typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Leaders or technical innovators in textile innovation: CEOs/founders, development engineers, and material science R&D leaders working on next-gen or upstream solutions (biomaterials, smart/technical textiles, sustainable chemistry, recycling/molecular regeneration, and circular manufacturing infrastructure). Common among recent guests: Commercialising or piloting new textile materials/processes; Developing scalable recycling, depolymerisation, or disassembly technologies; Producing PFAS-free or low-tox finishing/dyeing breakthroughs. Recent guests include Julian Ellis-Brown, Wajahat Hussain, and Shay Sethi.
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