Join us for a designer showcase & dynamic discussion about launching & growing a fashion business, with the circular fashion economy in mind.
Our Friday Salon Series continues with Alejandro Crawford, CEO of Rebel Base, talking about innovating your way to a circular fashion business. He’ll have free copies of his new book, Bad Ideas Only, a guide to refining your ideas from conception to completion. Plus, a sustainable fashion showcase featuring local designers and their innovative approach to materials reuse.
Featured Designers
Anne Whiting, Anne James New York
Anne James New York is high-end, made-to-measure womenswear, upcycled from high quality, sustainably sourced fabrics and materials.
Hannah Jeffers, All Things New
All Things New crosses streetwear and vintage to bring an ethically conscious backbone to the high fashion industry. With a name sourced from the scripture verse Revelation 21:5, “Behold, I am making all things new,” ATN does just this by reworking vintage garments with forward-thinking and flattering fits. ATN garments represent the old, the new, the change, strides in a sustainable movement, and a feeling. Through ATN, Hannah combines her love of thrifting, vintage, and fashion and aligns it with her love for doing good, helping people, the planet, and most importantly her faith.
Dynasty Casanova, Dynasty George
Dynasty George is an ethically made and sustainably sourced women’s fashion brand. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Dynasty George sources recycled deadstock fabric, vintage, and overseas artisan woven textiles to create beautiful one-of-a-kind handmade dresses. Designer Dynasty Casanova is an FIT Fashion Design grad who aims to create an ethical brand that helps women express their femininity and creativity through their clothing. She aims to continue to make things locally in New York City while also sourcing abroad in Mexico, honoring artisans overseas using their traditional crafts for Fair Trade production.
Liz Hartman, Swiatlo
Swiatlo, meaning “light, to illuminate” in Polish is a line of garments crafted from post-consumer textiles found in street markets around New Delhi, India. Designed by Parsons alumni and former NYC fashion industry patternmaker Liz Hartman, Swiatlo was born in Brooklyn and stitched skillfully by New Delhi's first all-women's sewing unit and training center, MasterG. Each piece is unique and exclusive; a synchronicity of classic fashion silhouettes from the west and ages old traditional textile re-use techniques from the east. Our current collection consists of jackets crafted from patches of post-consumer fabrics such as black denims, colorful corduroys and shimmering winter wovens. Each jacket is fully lined with a different blockprint, batik or handloom artisan textile sourced from small suppliers throughout North India.
About MOR
The MOR Encounter is a popup clubhouse designed to encourage the resale, restyling and reuse of secondhand clothing. Sponsored by MOR, a platform that makes it easier for anyone, anywhere to join the circular fashion economy, and Remade in Brooklyn, which encourages reuse and teaching repair skills with its Mend It Mondays and Fix It Fridays.