Venetia La Manna
Venetia La Manna is a fair fashion campaigner, writer and podcast host who uses humour, research and collective action to challenge overproduction and support garment workers.
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Known for
BBC Radio 4
Podcast
Podcast and campaignOverview
- Work
- Fair fashion campaigner, writer, presenter and podcast host
- Turning point
- Around 2017, a YouTube viewer prompted her to research the fast fashion she was wearing.
- Collective action
- Co-founded Remember Who Made Them in 2020.
- Beyond the feed
- Writes Slowly Does It and created All The Small Things.
Mini bio
How it started.
Venetia came from television production and presenting. Around 2017, while she was posting about veganism and plastic pollution, a YouTube viewer asked her to consider the fast fashion she wore. She researched it, changed her habits and began sharing what she learned.
From shopping to solidarity.
In 2020, she co-founded Remember Who Made Them with Swatee Deepak, Devi Leiper O’Malley and Ruby Johnson. Its podcast, campaign and fundraiser put garment workers and their demands at the centre. That work helped move her focus from individual shopping choices towards collective action and brand accountability.
Finding her own format.
Her campaigning mixes research with comedy. In Recipe for Disaster, she uses cooking videos to examine fashion corporations; characters including Polly Esther and Em Mission tackle greenwashing and accountability. Alongside social media, she created All The Small Things, presented The Fast Furniture Fix and writes the fashion-justice newsletter Slowly Does It.
Where to catch up now.
Her 2026 writing has followed fashion waste, secondhand shopping and dressing through pregnancy. On 23 October, she announced that she was pausing public YouTube posting and moving personal videos to Substack during maternity leave.
Creditschronological, newest first
Broadcasting and podcasts
- 2025Here’s Hoping with Jayda G: Ethical Fashion, Garment-Makers Rights & Holistic Lifestyle ChangeGuest
- 2023The Fast Furniture FixPresenter, BBC Radio 4 documentary
- 2023All The Small Things, season fiveHost and producer
- 2020Remember Who Made ThemCo-founder and co-host
Judging
- 2024Women’s Prize for Non-FictionJudge for the inaugural prize
Quotes
I think for a fair fashion industry, we need systemic change, and that starts with fair living wages for garment workers.Venetia La Manna, MONC In The Frame
Interview published 8 July 2025: https://www.monclondon.com/blogs/eyewear/venetia-la-mana-in-the-frame
Trivia
- She calls her weekends away from social media #Offline48 and says she began the practice in 2018.
- Her partner Max helps behind the camera and with the food in Recipe for Disaster.
- She volunteers in a charity shop, an experience she brings into her writing about clothing donations.
- She keeps her phone out of the bedroom to make more room for reading.
Find Venetia
Read her latest on Substack or catch up with her fashion campaigning on Instagram.
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