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The Quest For The Perfect Night’s Sleepwear with Alessandra Corona of River Left

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In episode 17, Alessandra Corona, founder and designer behind the sustainable sleepwear brand River Left, shares how her personal search for the perfect nightgown snowballed into a full-fledged fashion brand and how that sometimes-messy process has stretched her knowledge, grown her network, and even landed her in major publications less than half a year after […]

Growing A Fashion Brand Where Representation Matters with Vanessa Acosta of Wasi Clothing

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Growing A Fashion Brand Where Representation Matters with Vanessa Acosta of Wasi Clothing
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In this episode, Vanessa Acosta – the Bolivian-American business woman behind Wasi Clothing shares about why representation in fashion matters, the importance of some underappreciated aspects in the industry, and how she’s overcome challenges and grown Wasi dramatically in the past year. Vanessa is the founder of the clothing brand Wasi Clothing. She is a […]

Activism and Education Through Fashion with Nasheli Juliana Ortiz Gonzales of Nasheli Juliana

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Activism and Education Through Fashion with Nasheli Juliana Ortiz Gonzales of Nasheli Juliana
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Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. With twenty years in the fashion industry, Nasheli’s design experience includes working as technical designer, draper, tailor and seamstress in couture sewing techniques for designers based in New York, Dominican Republic, Italy and Puerto Rico. She currently performs as Chair and Associate Professor in the Fashion Design Department at Moore […]

Launching a Size-Inclusive Brand with Crystal Cave of Poppy Row

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Crystal Cave is a celebrity stylist turned style educator and fashion designer. She is the Founder + Creative Director of Poppy Row, a size-inclusive, eco-conscious clothing line.  Following her employment in branding + marketing, Crystal decided to follow her dream of becoming a celebrity stylist and worked between NY and Los Angeles on the teams […]

5 Ways You Can Choose to Value People and Planet in Your Fashion Business

Fashion Revolution Week is about highlighting the need for greater transparency, social and environmental responsibility, and fair working conditions in fashion. With our choices, we can shape a better future with our design, manufacturing, and purchases. Here are five choices you can make in your fashion business to start building a better future for fashion.