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3.8 billion pounds of textile waste reaches landfills annually. 95% is recyclable. Deep dive into how fashion industry can reduce its carbon footprint.
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 @ 07:00 PM   $16   Wix Lounge, 235 W 23rd St, 8th Fl
 
     
 
 
              

  
 
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 27px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Future of Fashion #2:</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With consumerism at an all time high and demand for cheap, fast fashion ever growing, how can consumers trace the origins of their clothing and the effect it has on a local, national and global scale? How can we make informed decisions about clothing purchases that lower our carbon footprint? </SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial;">Join us for the second installment of our 3-part series on the Future of Fashion as we dive into how the fashion industry can reduce its carbon footprint. We will explore eco-friendly alternatives and how these choices effect the environment as well as the consumer. 3.8 billion pounds of textile waste reaches america's landfills annually and 95% of it is recyclable.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><BR><SPAN STYLE="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial;"><STRONG>During the event we will be hosting a pop-up shop with our partner stopTHINKshop</STRONG>. The pop-up shop will feature designers pioneering methods for reducing waste in the industry, including products that are created from zero waste patterns, recyclable materials, and repurposing existing materials. Attendees can browse and purchase from the shop from <SPAN STYLE="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: #cccccc; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" DATA-TERM="goog_2071119803"><SPAN STYLE="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">6:30 until 9pm</SPAN></SPAN>.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" DIR="ltr"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join the conversation on Twitter </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#FutureofFashion</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<DIV STYLE="text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">**</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 13.590909004211426px; text-align: center;">This is a continuation of our previous Future of Fashion event - You can read about it </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><A HREF="https://future-of-fashion-part1-2014.eventbrite.com" TARGET="_blank"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 13.590909004211426px; color: #3366ff;">here</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 13.590909004211426px; text-align: center;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;">.</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">**</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Schedule</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><BR>6:30-7:00 PM - Doors open +<SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> pop-up shop begins</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7:00-8:30 PM - Panel Discussion + Q&A</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8:30-9:00 PM - Networking<BR></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><IMG STYLE="vertical-align: middle;" SRC="https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/1311863/screenshot20140409at10.03.50am.png" ALT="" WIDTH="600"><BR><SPAN STYLE="background-color: transparent; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.6em;"><BR>Our Panelists Include:</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tara St James</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Founder - <SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><A STYLE="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://study-ny.com/"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; color: #3366ff; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Study</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN ID="docs-internal-guid-1b421e37-2df3-91b6-f128-56d28066cf42" STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tara St James</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the founder and head designer for the New York-based clothing label </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://study-ny.com/"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; color: #3366ff; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Study</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, an ethical contemporary womenswear brand produced in New York City using sustainable materials. As befits the founder of a line named Study, Tara St. James takes a reflective, directional approach to fashion design-eschewing the standard retail calendar in favor of monthly capsule collections and elevating no-waste patternmaking to new heights. Her break-the-mold designs, which are made in the U.S.A., are wearable brand of high-concept minimalism.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><BR></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andrea Reyes, Co-Founder - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><A STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.fashionrevolution.org"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; color: #3366ff; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A.Bernadette</SPAN></A></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN ID="docs-internal-guid-1b421e37-2df8-3b38-a686-7df63c22a44f"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Andrea Reyes</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> co-founded <SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><A STYLE="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.fashionrevolution.org"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; color: #3366ff; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">A.Bernadette</SPAN></A></SPAN> after living and working in Uganda with female artisans. A. Bernadette employs 100 artisans who create accessories from recycled materials using traditional weaving techniques. In New York, A. Bernadette offers 'Trash to Treasure' an innovative recycling education program, provides internships for students pursuing careers in sustainable fashion, and connects Uganda to America by hosting voluntourism trips to Uganda. Andrea has degrees in Pattern Making, International Trade and Marketing, and Global Fashion Management from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She teaches Retail Planning and Consumer Products at Berkeley College as well as Production at the New York School of Design.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><BR></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tabitha St. Bernard, Co-Founder</SPAN> - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><STRONG><A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.fashionrevolution.org"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; color: #3366ff; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tabii Just</SPAN></A></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><SPAN ID="docs-internal-guid-1b421e37-2dfb-3773-c59f-bb0e2cf9677f"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tabitha St. Bernard </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is the co-founder and designer of <SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><A STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.949999809265137px; text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.fashionrevolution.org"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; color: #3366ff; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tabii Just</SPAN></A></SPAN>, a womenswear clothing label designed and manufactured in New York City. Tabii Just encourages conscious consumerism specifically through a zero fabric waste approach. Drawing on Tabitha's rich Trinidadian heritage, the aesthetic of Tabii Just is a marriage of Caribbean flair and Brooklyn edge, resulting in vibrant prints done in stream-lined silhouettes. </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tabii Just has been featured on NY1, Style Blazer and Essence Magazine among others. </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After graduating from FIT, Tabitha honed her skills while interning at Vivienne Tam and designing at Tahari ASL. She also blogs for various outlets about fashion, travel and beauty with a focus on sustainability.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jessica Schreiber, Program Manager - </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;"><A HREF="http://www.nyc.gov/refashion" TARGET="_blank"><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">re-fashionNYC</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><SPAN ID="docs-internal-guid-1b421e37-434d-0eda-a13b-5a27f426bb80"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jessica Schreiber</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> works for the Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse, and Recycling in <SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;"><A HREF="http://www.nyc.gov/recycles" TARGET="_blank"><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff;">New York City's Department of Sanitation</SPAN></A></SPAN>. She manages the City's residential recycling programs including <SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: underline;"><A STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17.25px; white-space: pre-wrap;" HREF="http://www.nyc.gov/refashion" TARGET="_blank"><SPAN STYLE="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">re-fashionNYC</SPAN></A></SPAN> for textiles, e-cycleNYC for electronics, and the Apartment Building Recycling Initiative. She has a Masters Degree in Climate and Society from Columbia University, which integrates climate/environmental science and communication to foster sustainable development. She co-authors a food blog and bowls in her spare time.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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