How to shop sustainably this holiday season
Are you age 21 through 40-something? Then join us for the next FrankTalk, a new series especially for our young adults! Parishioner Carmen Gama, a fashion industry professional will lead the discussion during which we'll chat about smart shopping choices and what happens to our discarded clothes, and we'll even get a short tutorial on mending!
ABOUT CARMEN:
Carmen Gama is a New York-based designer born and raised in Mexico. She attended Parsons The New School for Design in New York and graduated with honors and a Class of 2015 finalist for the ‘Designer of the Year’ Award. Upon graduation, Carmen's ‘Sustainable Urban Outerwear’ thesis earned her the inaugural Eileen Fisher x CFDA Social Innovator Fellowship. During her fellowship, Carmen worked collaboratively to design a scalable and profitable remanufacturing system for the damaged Eileen Fisher Renew garments, which concluded with a “Remade in The USA” capsule collection that debuted in July 2016.
Carmen has a true passion for solution-based design and technological recycling innovations. Through this mentality she is constantly challenging her design values by striving to design clothes with the potential to last a lifetime or designing processes that make the most of old garments to create new designs. Carmen has been featured in numerous publications including Women’s Wear Daily, The Wall Street Journal, and Harper’s Bazaar.
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