Digital Pop-Up
CIRC_LAR + U will be hosting a digital pop-up event to elevate circular fashion conversation by offering insight from innovative circular economy and fashion pioneers alongside other digital content. The Digi-Discussions event will be taking place on the CIRC_LAR + U Blog and official YouTube channel from the 2nd - 4th October 2020. Scroll down to learn more about the incredible lineup...
Meet The Lineup
Emma Hislop
Researcher, writer and the Artist in Residence for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Emma is a leading pioneer in the circular economy movement. Emma’s visual and verbal work challenges perceptions of nature through a hybrid of creation narratives and scientific research, describing herself as an amateur meteorologist/scientific and glassblower/self-psychoanalyst.
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Instagram: @hislopemma
Websites: www.emmahislop.co.uk
Chelsea Carlson
Freelance graphic designer Chelsea launched her project Data Closet which
I came across through the #NoNewClothes2020 challenge. With Data Closet, Chelsea is visually tracking her wardrobe usage across the year without any new clothes. I was excited to speak with Chelsea and learn more about what Data Closet has taught her about her own consumption and use of fashion.
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Instagram: @datacloset
Website: http://chelseacarlson.com/
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Anita Ahuja
Anita is a writer, artist and designer, Ashoka fellow and a Catalyst 30 member. Anita launched social enterprise Conserve India, WFTO member , providing employment for ragpickers, one of the most marginalised groups in urban India. Transforming plastic waste into fashionable products. Anita was also recently selected as a UN ambassador to advocate for circular economy solutions to UN bodies through collaborations.
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Instagram: @ahuja8424 @conserve.india
Website: https://lifaffa.com/164-2/ + http://www.conserveindia.org/about.html
Sass Brown
Christopher Raeburn
Eshita Kabra-Davies
Sass is a globally renowned thought-leader, author, academic and teacher of ethical and sustainable fashion. Sass has lived and worked across the globe earning a very impressive list of credentials including published books Eco Fashion and ReFashioned. Sass is the former Dean of the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation and the Interim Dean for the Fashion Institute of Technology's School of Art + Design in NY.
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Instagram: @clothingethics
Facebook: @sass.brown.16
Website: http://www.ecofashiontalk.com/
Christopher is the founder and creative director of RÆBURN where ‘distinctive aesthetic, meticulous detail, considered functionality, and sustainable intelligence’ has been channelled to challenge public perceptions of what eco-fashion should look like. Through a mastery sustainable considerations, every brand decision is underpinned by its 4 R’s; RÆMADE, RÆDUCED, RÆCYCLED and RÆBURN.
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Instagram: @christopher.raeburn +
@raeburn_design + @raeburn_lab
Website: http://www.raeburndesign.co.uk
Eshita is a social entrepreneur, redefining the way we experience and access fashion as the founder of By Rotation, the UK’s leading fashion rental app. In March 2020, Eshita was named as one of ‘14 Inspiring Women Leading the Fight Against Climate Change’ by Refinery29. As well as being Winner of Draper’s 2020 sustainable Fashion award and featuring in the likes of Vogue
in May earlier this year.
Instagram: @arentyoueshita
+ @byrotationofficial
Website: https://www.byrotation.com/
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