750+ visitors, 1000+ garments recirculated, 40+ runway looks, and more. — Fashion Futurist, The Circular Fashion Expo leveled up! A whopping 1,000 futurists came to support our circular mission. There’s hope for the future, after all. Event Stats: Approximately 1,000 garments were donated or recirculated across 60+ vendors and the event’s Clothing Swap, which translates to ~1 million liters of water and 3,200kg…

Why I created the largest fashion event in University of Illinois history to fight the fashion waste crisis. — In February of 2022 while working on a class research project, I discovered something that would change the way I look at my closet forever: 100 billion new clothing items are produced every year, but 50% of those end up in landfill IN THE SAME YEAR — 1 garbage truck…