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Sustainable Fashion Show and Fundraiser
September 9, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
A free event offering a green counterpoint to New York Fashion Week (taking place Sept 8-12)
Brown bag lunch and a solutions-based presentation on textile waste and the myriad of alternatives we can choose every time we get dressed. Shana McCracken will show a sampling from her collection of fashions made from salvaged materials that might otherwise go to landfill.
Why:
Textile waste is a serious problem locally and around the globe. Here in San Benito County textiles were identified in 2021 as one of the top contaminants in our recycling stream. The State of California has also identified textiles as a target material for waste prevention, reuse and recycling.
Net proceeds will benefit Fashion Revolution (fashionrevolution.org).
Who:
Anyone interested in fashion, sustainability, and the intersection between the two
Registration encouraged. Seating is very limited.
Speaker Bio: Shana Levy McCracken, Green MBA
Shana has 29 years experience in the waste industry as well as three “green” degrees. She studied sustainable fashion and textiles at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Summer Institute two years running and is nearing completion of a certificate in Fashion Design & Merchandising from Cañada College in Redwood City. Shana developed a curriculum called 4R Fashion, delving into the range of possibilities for reducing textile waste—from designing it out on the front end to composting it at the end. She is the founder and past chair of the California Resource Recovery Association’s Prevention, Reuse & Repair Technical Council and currently serves on the California Product Stewardship Council’s Statewide Textile Recovery Advisory Committee or STRAC.