Salon: Sustainability and Fashion

Fast fashion is a major contributor to climate change, and the fashion industry is one of the largest polluters in the world. Sustainable fashion focuses on environmentally friendly practices, on using eco-friendly materials, reducing waste, and promoting fair labor practices and, by focusing on these aspects, the sustainable fashion movement seeks to mitigate the negative impacts of traditional fashion practices and promote a more responsible and ethical approach to clothing production and consumption.

In the aftermath of the High-Level week at the United Nations with events, discussions, and expert talks on the global state of sustainable fashion, 1014 will be hosting a Salon-style evening, curated by Claudia Mahler, to continue this discussion with a round of diverse experts and practitioners: American fashion designer Angel Chang; German-American founders of Celsious Sustainable Laundry Service Theresa and Corinna Williams; and Ann Catrell, Associate Professor at Fashion Institute for Technology for Sustainability.

Doors open at 6:30 PM, event begins at 7:00 PM

This event will be hosted at:
Liederkranz Club
East 87th Street
New York, NY 10128

Biographies:

Angel Chang is an American womenswear designer who has been working with ethnic minority artisans in southwest rural China for the last eight years. She began her career designing for Donna Karan Collection in New York and Chloé (See by Chloé) in Paris.

As a TED Resident and Smithsonian Artist, Angel now speaks to global audiences about fashion, sustainability, and indigenous knowledge. As a NEST Professional Fellow and Member of the Artisan Alliance, she provides design expertise to artisan groups around the world. She has been featured in American publications The New York Times, VOGUE, ELLE, W, Women’s Wear Daily, PAPER, and foreign publications VOGUE China, L’Officiel, Jalouse, Madame Figaro, Die Welt, South China Morning Post. Her has been collected by The Museum at FIT and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. She received an MA in Modern Art from Columbia University, and BA cum laude in Art History & Visual Arts from Barnard College in New York City.