Fashion FWD
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Do you know how to build a great direct-to-consumer brand? The ins and outs of subscription services? How IoT is driving new products? How to engage customers across digital and physical channels? Want to learn more? Then sign up for our all-star panel featuring #FashionFWD companies like Greats, Wearable X, and Dia&Co, plus venture investor Scott Birnbaum of Red Sea Ventures. You're either in or you're out - so it goes for fashion AND the technologies that underlie it.
Panel:
• Alexandra Wood - COO, Wearable X (http://wearablex.com) (formerly Wearable Experiments)
• Rachel Ulman - President & COO, GREATS (http://greats.com)
• Zandy Reich - President, AYR (http://ayr.com)
• Scott Birnbaum - Founder & General Partner. Red Sea Ventures (http://redseaventures.com) (GU 2000) [moderator]
The Causes:
• Career Gear (http://careergear.org) - Career Gear provides professional clothing, mentoring and life-skills to help men in poverty become stronger contributors to their families and communities.
• Dress for Success (https://newyork.dressforsuccess.org) - The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
How We Will Support:
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We are asking attendees to bring new or gently used professional attire to donate to the charities.
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Ticket proceeds beyond the costs of hosting the event (pizza, soda, and meetup fee) will be donated to the non-profits.
Collection Partners:
Moda Operandi (http://modaoperandi.com) - M'O is collecting donations at their office as well as picking up our collections from the event and dropping to the 2 charities.
Vera De Nero - VDN is generously donating several items from their line.
If your company would like to be a collection or financial donation partner, please contact scotttaylorhoward at gmail dot com.
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Donations: this means a gently used or new professional attire item (ex: suit, pants, shirt, dress, skirt, tie, etc). For more detailed lists of acceptable donations, please visit: http://careergear.org/get-involved/donate-clothing/ and https://newyork.dressforsuccess.org/get-involved/donate/
Fashion FWD