A speaker series on ethical fashion has started on October 26th until May 11th 2016 at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, to widen the understanding of sustainability in fashion design and to enable and encourage sustainable thinking as part of fashion.

The event, created in collaboration with Simone Cipriani founder of the Ethical Fashion Initiative, is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is requested.

The Hand of Fashion series brings together industry leaders in sustainable fashion practices, as well as friends and collaborators of the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI). The EFI is a United Nations program that connects and enables artisans in developing countries to work directly with top fashion brands on an ongoing basis.

The series of discussions are intended to widen the understanding of sustainability in fashion design and to enable and encourage sustainable thinking as part of fashion, which will help establish a new normal in the industry.

The speakers

Simone Cipriani
Head and Founder, Ethical Fashion Initiative

Marie-Claire Daveu
Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs, Kering

Nina Braga
Director, Instituto-E

Oskar Metsavaht
Founder and Creative Director, Osklen and OM.art

Auret van Heerden
Labor Expert and Director, Equiception

Bob Bland
Founder, CEO and Founder, Manufacture New York

Find here the complete program