Unveiling Fashion: Conversations About Fashion & Sustainability

Fashion’s environmental and social impacts have come centerstage as consumers have begun questioning traditional models of consumption across industries. Building on last year’s conversation around sustainability, our second-annual one-day conference will examine fashion’s broken make-buy-throw model and unpack new models of success that value both human and natural resources. 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

OPENING REMARKS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Elizabeth Cline, Journalist and Author of The Conscious Closet

SESSION 1

The Current Fashion Economy Model

BREAK

PRESENTATION #1

The Human Cost of the Fashion Industry

Allie Gardner, Business Development Manager, GoodWeave

LUNCH (Lunch will be provided)

Attendees may take a tour of the Textile Museum or view the Fast Fashion/Slow Art Exhibit at the Brady Gallery, Corcoran.

SESSION 2

Designing A New Textile Economy in Fashion

PRESENTATION #2

An Examination of the Fashion Industry’s Impact on the Environment

Dimitri Deheyn, Marine Biologist, University of California, San Diego

BREAK

SESSION 3

The Circular Economy in Action

CLOSING REMARKS

HAPPY HOUR/BOOK SIGNING EVENT

Elizabeth Cline will be signing her new book, The Conscious Closet