Cultural Compass
Miami Fashion Week Summit
May 30 and 31, at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus.
The Miami Fashion Institute at Miami Dade College, in partnership with Miami Fashion Week — the second largest fashion event in the U.S. — presents Miami Fashion Week Summit, a dynamic talk series to run parallel to the event’s daily runway shows at downtown’s Ice Place Film Studio.
The program kicked off today, Thursday, May 30, and continues tomorrow, Friday, May 31, from 9 a.m. — 1 p.m. at the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. This year’s focus is on the fashion industry’s sustainable and ethical issues.
The Summit, created with the support of the Knight Foundation Fund at the Miami Foundation, features discussions with international fashion gurus such as Lauren Bowker, founder of “THE UNSEEN”; Neliana Fuenmayor, founder of “A Transparent Company”; Katharine Hamnett, founder and designer of “Katharine Hamnett London”; Stefan Siegel, founder of “NOT JUST A LABEL”; as well as panels of fashion influencers who will discuss the future of fashion and the growing movement towards environmentally and socially sustainable fashion.
Miami Fashion Institute at Miami Dade College
It is an international fashion hub and the only one of its kind at a public higher learning institution in Florida. Housed at MDC’s Wolfson Campus, MFI offers degrees in Fashion Design and Merchandising. MFI works with local and international designers to develop a 21st-century skilled workforce that supports industry growth and demand, especially in South Florida where fashion is booming. To learn more, visit www.mdc.edu/fashion
Miami Fashion Week
Relaunched in 2016 under new management, Miami Fashion Week® is the second largest fashion event in the U.S., with dates officially recognized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s Fashion Calendar (CFDA) alongside New York, London, Paris and Milan. Miami Fashion Week® is led by the honorary president, Antonio Banderas. For more information, please visit www.miamifashionweek.com."
Tickets: $40 per talk, $110 per person per day; free for MDC students. To purchase tickets please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/miami-fashion-week-summit-2019-tickets-59696550991
MDC’s Wolfson Campus Auditorium, Bldg. 1, Second floor. 300 N.E. Second Ave.
Matilda Kalaveshi, business and fashion correspondent, contributed to this report.
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