The Ecology of Fashion

Join PA Fibershed and Westphal College of Media Arts & Design on Saturday, May 3rd, for The Ecology of Fashion Symposium at The Academy of Natural Sciences.

This session will offer an exploration of fashion, sustainability, and consumer culture through historical and contemporary lenses. Three speakers will offer a unique perspective on the ways fashion and textiles have shaped our understanding of fashion and consumption. A moderated panel discussion, led by our co-founder Rachel Higgins, will follow.

• 1:50 PM – Material Changes: The Marketing of Semi-synthetic Textiles during the 1930s
  Clare Sauro, Director of the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University

• 2:05 PM – "Everything Old is New Again: Sustainable Practices in Historical Context
  Jennifer Farley Gordon, Independent Researcher, Writer, and Curator

• 2:20 PM – Visualizing Slow Fashion: Communicating Sustainable Fashion through Romanticizing Hands
  Arti Sandhu, Associate Professor of Fashion Design, School of Design, University of Cincinnati

• 2:35 PM – Panel Discussion: Manufacturing Consumerism
  Moderated by Rachel Higgins, Co-founder, PA Fibershed

Click the link below for more information and to register. We hope to see you there!