9 am EDT|| Fashion Revolution Week Kick Off with Amy Hall!

Join us for our launch into FR Week ’21 with Amy Hall. Challenges, nuances, growth and perception from an industry leader of the many intersections of #WhoMadeMyClothes and Eileen Fisher.

9 am EDT|| TOP SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT

Tune into our IG as we launch something very special 😉

12 pm EDT|| Environmental Racism and the Fashion Industry 

From microplastics to chemical dying, gentrification of thrifting to overproduction and waste–the environmental impacts of fashion are vast and growing! Join Laura Diez from EcoChic Podcast for this IG takeover giving a run-down of fashion’s biggest challenges and how the impacts disproportionately negatively affect womxn and communities of color, and share your ideas on what changes we can make together!

6 pm EDT|| Challenging Fashion’s Relationship with Land, Air, and Water

How do we bring fashion back in harmony with nature? Kick off Fashion Revolution Week with FashRevUSA in a discussion on challenging fashion’s relationship with land, air, and water with a dozen cross sector leaders, INDIGENOUS designers, environmental advocates & other BIPOC professionals. Speakers include: Clementina Martinez-Masarweh, Melissa Tan, Niya DeGroat, Isaias Hernandez, Soreyda Benedict-Begley, Muzammil Ahmad, Oke Onwah, Sophia Yang, Kelly Holmes, Norma Baker-Flying Horse

9 am EDT|| Access & Ownership of Sustainable Fashion

Who owns the "sustainable fashion" movement and how we can create more space for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color as the cultural leaders and innovators they are? Join the conversation with Maya and Mica Caine, co-founders of Mive as they discuss the roots of regenerative and sustainable practices in fashion, who has access to sustainable fashion, and the contributions that black womxn have made to slow fashion.

5 pm EDT|| Textile Tuesday: Who Owns Textile Waste?

Event details: Innovations in upcycling and recycling of textile waste are plentiful, but who really owns these discarded textiles in the first place? Join Tara St. James, designer and consultant; Camille Tagle, co-founder and creative director of Fabscrap; Liz Ricketts, co-founder of The OR Foundation; and Chloe Assam, designer, researcher, community organizer and manager of Ghana Operations for The OR Foundation for a collaborative conversation on Clubhouse.

6 pm EDT|| The Good Chat x Fashion Revolution USA: Cultural Appropriation and the Fashion Industry

In an industry inspired by nature, culture, and the world around us, fashion has been continually called out on its practice of cultural theft and lack of credit given in the creation of “new” designs. When does cultural appreciation become appropriation? How do we frame representation, identity and culture when it comes to design and fashion?

Join this visually-focused session as we discuss cultural appropriation, its history, and its impact in the global fashion industry.

Speakers and visual presenters -

Joelle Firzli - Trilingual fashion researcher, writer and CEO of Tribute Collective
Eugenia Paulicelli - Professor of Italian Studies, Comparative Literature, and Women's Studies at Queens College
Darnell Jamal Lisby - Fashion historian, curator, and broadcaster
Manpreet Kaur Kalra - Educator, Activist, Founder of Art of Citizenry, Board member of NYC Fair Trade Coalition
Brenda Equihua - Owner and Creative Director of Equihua

12 pm EDT|| Ethical Narratives in the Fashion Industry 

Join Manpreet Kalra, educator + podcaster Art of Citizenry, on the decolonization of storytelling, power of language, and how the stories we tell often reinforce the single narrative. Explore what it means to craft an ethical narrative, informed consent in storytelling, and look at the power dynamics that often shape the stories themselves.

3 pm EDT|| TOP SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT

Tune into our IG as we launch something very special 😉

6 pm EDT|| State of Play: Garment Worker Protections in the United States

In Los Angeles, over 45,000 skilled garment workers, predominantly immigrant women, work for an average of $5 an hour due to the piece-rate wage system, which sees as little as 2 cents paid per garment made. The Garment Worker Protection Act (#SB62) aims to eliminate the garment industry's piece-rate system, ensuring proper wages and multi-lateral accountability. Join us in exploring the state of the garment industry and workers' rights in the USA, particularly through the lens of the pandemic's effect on increased awareness of these issues and the Biden Administration’s response with interest in local manufacturing and the potential for appointing a fashion czar.

Featuring Sen. María Elena Durazo, representing California's Senate District 24; Dr. Elizabeth Segran, senior staff writer at Fast Company; Ayesha Barenblat, founder and CEO of Remake; Marissa Nuncio, director of Garment Worker Center; Santos Say Velasquez, Los Angeles-based garment worker; and Sarah Ditty, global policy director at Fashion Revolution.

9 am EDT|| Rights of Nature 

Join us for a Q&A on the rights of nature with Kelly Camille Holmes of Native Max Magazine and Norma Baker-Flying horse, Native Fashion Designer.

12 pm EDT|| Fashion Revolution Week Classroom: Regenerating Local Communities, Economies and Environments

Fashion Revolution USA is collaborating with Harvard Alumni for Fashion, Luxury, and Retail to create a unique classroom experience for Fashion Revolution Week. In this classroom FL&R President Timothy Parent will invite a diverse group of people working on regenerative systems from a variety of perspectives to illustrate how we can simultaneously protect and create positive outputs for local people, economies, and environments; by recognizing the intersectional solutions that exist with a regenerative framework, we hope to empower our audience to create positive outcomes for previously marginalized and exploited communities with a new vision for the fashion industry.

3 pm EDT|| #BehindtheSeams

Take a look as we go #BehindtheSeams with four brands: Toronto-based Ecologyst, Detroit-based ISAIC, and Seattle-based Sassafras and Prairie Underground.  

6 pm EDT|| Stitch & Bitch with Fashion Revolution USA

Join us for a drop-in hour of mending, sewing, upcycling or crafting (whatever your preference!) and connect with fashion revolutionaries from around the country in the process.

12 pm EDT|| #DopeMenSew

Join us for an IG takeover by sewist, mens DIY designer and creator @sinsofmany who will dive into the subjects of gender roles in sewing as well as the lack of accessibility of pattern materials for men. Tune in!

6 pm EDT|| Fashion is a Feminist Issue

Eighty percent of garment workers are women, most of them aged 18 to 25. How can fashion go from exploiting women around the world to empowering them? Join Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, consultant at Tabii Just Strategies and deputy executive director of program at Women’s March; Tameka Peoples, founder and director of operations at Seed2Shirt; Rosalinda Cruz, founder and chief experience officer of The Asor Collective; and moderator Whitney Bauck, freelance journalist, for an in-depth conversation.

9am EDT|| From Collective Action to Connected Action: Unleashing tech for good

It is no secret that when we work together, we can achieve our goals faster. The pandemic exacerbated core issues within the supply chain–yet saw the community unify to address them in a way the fashion industry hasn’t seen before on such a global scale. With nine years left in the “Decade of Action”, this conversation will explore the integral intersection of various stakeholders, in particular the role civil society has to play in driving change, and technology’s role in connecting and accelerating this movement.

Moderated by Elizabeth Cabral, founder of Purpose and Perspective, speakers include Mackenzie Mock, Director of Communications at Fashion Revolution USA, Julia Perry, Founding Fashion Partner at SustainChain™, Jennifer Ewah, founder of Eden Diodati, and Jessica Turco, CEO of Global Goals Advisory.

11 am EDT|| Fashion Revolution Classroom: Financing Fashion

Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) x Fashion Revolution USA present: Financing Fashion. Investments in ESG and How it Pertains to the Fashion Industry.

As the global pandemic continues, has the importance of environmental and social issues become the most important factor for valuing brands? Investors say they are backing concepts that cater to shoppers who are hyper-aware of the planet & people.

Join our interactive "classroom" in partnership with GCNYC as Associate Professor, Amisha Parekh presents the current state of the finance community, the progress ESG investments are making and how that will affect fashion businesses in the future.

1 pm EDT|| Thrift Tips

Join @the.thrifted.gay, @cakeplussize, @dinasdays and @thriftinginthecity_ for a look at thrifting dos and don’ts.

10 am EDT|| Made Incubator: The United State of Fashion II

The United State of Fashion is designed to create space within MadeINcubator’s platform for Industry leaders to collaborate on including underrepresented fashion talent from around the globe through economic empowerment. This Virtual Fashion Summit in partnership with Fashion Revolution and Northeastern University, is a call to action and is created from the need to counteract the negative environmental impacts caused by the fashion industry. It is an opportunity to understand what sustainability means and what responsible practices look like. MadeINcubator cultivates a new conversation around diversity in fashion while highlighting leading voices in the industry.

12 pm EDT|| Student Ambassadors

Join us for a look at Fashion Revolution USA’s Student Ambassador program! Hear from four participating students as well as Kelly Peaks, Student Ambassador Coordinator at Fashion Revolution USA, and have some fun with a bit of trivia.

6 pm EDT|| Trivia Night: Test your Fashion Revolution knowledge! 

Re-live Fashion Revolution Week with us and put your revolutionary knowledge to the test!