1 hr 4 min
Female Founded - Celebrating Sustainable Leaders panel talk Girl Get A Real Job
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How to create a sustainable business brand from scratch and become your own boss?
More women than ever are starting new businesses; however, only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs is still female. Women of the Wick and The Trampery bring together a group of East London-based sustainable business owners for a panel discussion.
Whilst celebrating the achievements of the female founders, the discussion draws the focus on the current gender gap and how to change the narrative in the fashion and creative industry.
🎙 Panel host
Sara Kärpänen is a gender equality-focused author, public speaker and the founder of Women of the Wick , democratising the media spaces and elevating the voices of women and non-binary creatives locally and globally. Sara is also the host of Girl Get A Real Job podcast and the Editor in Chief of WOWZINE bi-annual print magazine.
✨ Speakers ✨
Genia Mineeva is the Founder of BEEN London, named ‘one of the most innovative fashion companies in the world’ by British VOGUE. A sustainable accessories brand, BEEN London is on a mission to change the way we view waste. All products are handcrafted in London entirely from materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Genia is an assessor for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a guest lecturer in sustainable materials innovation.
Lydia Bolton is a slow fashion designer and sustainability creator whose designs are created using entirely deadstock and unwanted textiles. Lydia founded her namesake brand Lydia Bolton in 2019, feeling a responsibility to show how fashion could be enjoyed in a way that didn’t harm the environment. Lydia has since become a lauded sustainably-minded designer and Creator backed by WGSN, British Vogue, The Face, Refinery29 and more.
Piarvé Wetshi is an advocate for reducing textile waste in the fashion industry and a co-founder of the fashion collective and agency Colèchi and fabric resale platform Last Yarn. Her background is in digital marketing across interior design and events. Piarvé also works with local groups and cultural venues to bridge the gap between fashion and education.
Graysha Audren is a textile designer and founder of Weffan, a 3D woven clothing production company. Weffan is focused on redesigning outdated fashion manufacturing models and unsustainable supply chains using 3D woven garment technology to lower waste and the fashion industry’s carbon footprint. Through Weffan, Graysha integrates systems design, zero waste research, and textile innovation to future-proof the fashion industry for the 22nd century.
Chantelle Anonuevo is a social enterpreneur and the founder of RE-US London, a sustainable social fashion platform that curates London's creative voices of the future using a sustainable and ethical foundation - from the fabrics, manufacturing and longevity in fashion to amplify the artistic voice for change, without compromising the environment.
How to create a sustainable business brand from scratch and become your own boss?
More women than ever are starting new businesses; however, only 1 in 3 UK entrepreneurs is still female. Women of the Wick and The Trampery bring together a group of East London-based sustainable business owners for a panel discussion.
Whilst celebrating the achievements of the female founders, the discussion draws the focus on the current gender gap and how to change the narrative in the fashion and creative industry.
🎙 Panel host
Sara Kärpänen is a gender equality-focused author, public speaker and the founder of Women of the Wick , democratising the media spaces and elevating the voices of women and non-binary creatives locally and globally. Sara is also the host of Girl Get A Real Job podcast and the Editor in Chief of WOWZINE bi-annual print magazine.
✨ Speakers ✨
Genia Mineeva is the Founder of BEEN London, named ‘one of the most innovative fashion companies in the world’ by British VOGUE. A sustainable accessories brand, BEEN London is on a mission to change the way we view waste. All products are handcrafted in London entirely from materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Genia is an assessor for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a guest lecturer in sustainable materials innovation.
Lydia Bolton is a slow fashion designer and sustainability creator whose designs are created using entirely deadstock and unwanted textiles. Lydia founded her namesake brand Lydia Bolton in 2019, feeling a responsibility to show how fashion could be enjoyed in a way that didn’t harm the environment. Lydia has since become a lauded sustainably-minded designer and Creator backed by WGSN, British Vogue, The Face, Refinery29 and more.
Piarvé Wetshi is an advocate for reducing textile waste in the fashion industry and a co-founder of the fashion collective and agency Colèchi and fabric resale platform Last Yarn. Her background is in digital marketing across interior design and events. Piarvé also works with local groups and cultural venues to bridge the gap between fashion and education.
Graysha Audren is a textile designer and founder of Weffan, a 3D woven clothing production company. Weffan is focused on redesigning outdated fashion manufacturing models and unsustainable supply chains using 3D woven garment technology to lower waste and the fashion industry’s carbon footprint. Through Weffan, Graysha integrates systems design, zero waste research, and textile innovation to future-proof the fashion industry for the 22nd century.
Chantelle Anonuevo is a social enterpreneur and the founder of RE-US London, a sustainable social fashion platform that curates London's creative voices of the future using a sustainable and ethical foundation - from the fabrics, manufacturing and longevity in fashion to amplify the artistic voice for change, without compromising the environment.
1 hr 4 min