Want to Work to Clean Up Fashion? Career Choices in a Challenging Environment
Curious about what it really takes to build a career that helps clean up fashion? Join Women for Women's Wear for the first of two lively conversations on April 21 about sustainable fashion.
This FIRST event at 11:30 am is about career choices in sustainable fashion — one of the industry’s most complicated and fast-changing spaces. Feel free to bring your own lunch. Refreshments will be served.
Why attend? Not sure how to pursue a career that integrates sustainability and fashion? Or how to make a difference if sustainable fashion is not in your exact job description? What are the options for new jobs or a career pivot, or outside your job? Expect practical insight, fresh perspective, and inspiration.
What's happening? A Roundtable and networking where professionals from sectors such as apparel and footwear, government, technology, and finance share insights into their careers. We will dig into the sometimes winding paths people take, the tradeoffs they face, and where meaningful work is happening.
Roundtable experts:
Elle Carberry, Co-founder and Board Member, EarthDNA.org and The Footwear Collective
Aly Demirdjian, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, Dept of Commerce
Nancy Rhodes, Founder and CEO, of fashion tech startup Alternew, the B2B startup modernizing the fashion care and repair experience
Marianna Sachse, founder and CEO, Jackalo, America's first circular children's clothing brand
Who should join? If you seek ideas on how to address fashion's contribution to sustainability in your current job, to change jobs or start new careers, or to make a difference in your daily life, join us!
Come ready to think big, ask questions, and leave with a clearer sense of where you might fit into the future of sustainable fashion!
The SECOND sustainable fashion event is from 3 pm to 4:30 pm at the same location — "Fashion and the Climate Crisis: Policy and Innovation for a Cleaner Industry." It is a panel with policy, business and NGO experts and a fashion showcase with local designers! Register for the SECOND EVENT AT 3 PM https://luma.com/1ns7cqsj
**Due to limited space, registration is subject to approval
***Chatham house rules apply: participants are free to use the information received but neither the identity nor the affiliation of participants may be revealed.
Sponsored By
Lutron, the global leader in human centered lighting and controls.
Hosted By
Women for Women’s Wear, the community that helps women in the US find and buy ethical and sustainable fashion designed and made by women more easily. We curate brands, map cities and run fun events. Join us on Instagram or Facebook.
In collaboration with
Retail Women in Tech (RWIT), a global nonprofit organization uniting women and allies to grow careers, accelerate opportunity, and drive greater parity across retail and technology. Through mentorship, community, visibility, and access, RWIT creates pathways for connection and career mobility across the industry.
DC Climate Week is not responsible for this event. It is organized by the organizing group, and being listed on the DCCW calendar is not an endorsement of content or partners