A panel conversation on sustainability in fashion, best practices, and available resources.
Mairin Wilson, Director of Regenerative Practices, Christy Dawn
Mairin is the Director of Regenerative Practices at Christy Dawn, an LA-based women’s clothing company committed to being in direct relationship with the land and communities producing its collections. She built out and leads the company’s Farm-to-Closet initiative– a fully traceable supply chain that starts with a regenerative cotton farm in India and utilizes indigenous farming and artisanal techniques. Mairin also plays a crucial role in inviting customers to invest in regenerative farming, through Christy Dawn’s Land Stewardship program. Prior to Christy Dawn, Mairin co-authored YESS: Yarn Ethically and Sustainably Sourced and managed anti-slavery intitatives in global cotton farming.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mairin-wilson-58155a217/
Angel Chang, CEO and Founder, Angel Chang
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. So in 2012, Angel moved to a remote mountain village in Guizhou province, rural China, to learn the traditional fabric-making techniques still practiced there by the indigenous Miao, Dong, and Buyi tribes. Following in the footsteps of her ancestors going back 14 generations, she rediscovered her ancestral roots and the plant dyes used in traditional Chinese medicine.
As a TED Resident and Smithsonian Artist, Angel now speaks to global audiences about fashion, sustainability, and indigenous knowledge. Her work 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.
The brand ANGEL CHANG is a seed-to-button, zero carbon womenswear line that is handmade by indigenous tribes in the mountains. (from angelchang.com)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelchangchang/
Instagram @angelchang.official
Amelia Meadowcroft, Director, Customer Strategy & Activations, Reformation
Amelia is an experienced business strategist dedicated to bringing small to medium fashion organizations to the global stage. She has worked across Australia, Europe, UK, New York, New Zealand and now in a Strategy and Activations role for Reformation, based in Los Angeles. Most recently, Amelia led Maggie Marilyn as their General Manager and enjoyed seeing the Kiwi brand succeed (and win!) against their global counterparts. Prior to that, Amelia led Northern Hemisphere digital operations for Zimmermann - during a time of global business expansion, delivering strategic operational leadership across all aspects of warehouse, in-store fulfillment and digital customer experience.
Amelia has always been passionate about sustainability and like many people in fashion, she has balanced the tightrope between growth, innovation and business prosperity. Amelia can provide insight to how this can work in a smaller business environment, given her work at Maggie Marilyn - then further, how Reformation has been able to sustain sustainability practices as they have grown to arguably one of the largest sustainability focused fashion businesses within the industry.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-meadowcroft-42496a71/
https://www.thereformation.com
Moderated by Susan Joy, Regenerative Strategist and Impact-Focused Fashion Brand Advisor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-joy
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