The Future of Fashion I The New School

The Future of Fashion at Parsons School of Fashion (http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/) at The New School (http://www.newschool.edu), hosted by Zady, is in honor of Fashion Revolution Week, a global movement calling for awareness and action to ensure a more transparent, sustainable and ethical future for the fashion industry. Marking the anniversary of the Rana Plaza clothing factory collapse in Bangladesh in 2013, Fashion Revolution Day honors the 1,134 lives lost and 2,500 innocents injured during the world’s most catastrophic manufacturing tragedy in history and looks to the future where the industry no longer is the second most polluting sector. The event will feature a panel discussion from the following industry leaders in sustainability: Patagonia Vice President of Environmental Affairs Rick Ridgeway, stylist Sarah Slutsky, and Quartz fashion reporter Marc Bain. It will be moderated by our CEO Maxine Bédat, and introduced by Parsons' Dean of Fashion Burak Cakmak. Speakers: - Maxine Bédat - Burak Cakmak - Sarah Slutsky - Rick Ridgeway - Marc Bain Location: 63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003, United States Monday, April 18th, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm