Title

Couture from Africa

Contributor Names

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). School of Art and Design

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Fashion Design Department

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). School of Graduate Studies

Akerele, Omoyemi

Cipriani, Simone

Ethical Fashion Initiative

Date

2016-02-24

Description

Africa has been identified as the new home of couture by such luminaries as Vogue Italia Editor in Chief, Franca Sozzani. Simone Cipriani will discuss couture fashion with Omoyemi Akerele, the creator of the Lagos Fashion Week.

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. Having worked with some of the most innovative fashion designers around the world, the EFI has developed a set of pioneering sustainable practices for the fashion industry. The EFI also mentors new designers from Africa and collaborates with high-end retailers all over the world.

Simone Cipriani, the founder of EFI, presents the various aspects of sustainability in fashion through conversations with a number of key industry experts, managers, and designers. All the guests have collaborated with the EFI, and each bring different aspects of innovation in sustainable fashion to their work.

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.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Fashion design

Fashion shows

Clothing trade

Sustainable design

Sustainability

Fashion

African influences

Lagos Fashion Week

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000166