Previously, Carry set up her multi-award winning fashion brand Pachacuti in 1992 after a Masters in Native American Studies, supporting sustainable, rural livelihoods for women in the Andean region. Pachacuti pioneered radical supply chain transparency and was the world’s first Fair Trade Certified company. Her collections were shown at London, Paris and Milan Fashion Week and sold in the world’s foremost luxury stores.
A few days after the 2010 Fall Fashion Week in New York City came to a close, The New Islander’s Fashion Editor, Genevieve Tax, criticized the fashion industry for running on a seasonal schedule of its own, largely at the expense of real-world consumers. “Savvy shoppers, consequently, have been conditioned to be extremely, perhaps impractically, farsighted with their buying.” The pace of change accelerated considerably in the following century, and women’s and men’s fashion, especially in the dressing and adorning of the hair, became equally complex. Art historians are, therefore, able to use fashion with confidence and precision to date images, often to within five years, particularly in the case of images from the 15th century. Initially, changes in fashion led to a fragmentation across the upper classes of Europe of what had previously been a very similar style of dressing and the subsequent development of distinctive national styles. These national styles remained very different until a counter-movement in the 17th to 18th centuries imposed similar styles once again, mostly originating from Ancien Régime France.
Shruti enjoys working in the intersectionality of design, education, gender, skill development, & public policy. She is the founder of Global Impact Games, a social initiative that develops games to raise awareness on issues of sustainability, civic participation, negotiation, and global citizenship. Shruti is a co-founder at LEAPP India, a not-for-profit organization helping young citizens engage in their communities and work on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals . She has worked as a consultant with the Government and Civil societies in the fields of education, Skill Development and textiles. She holds a Master in Public Administration degree from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the National University of Singapore and a Master in Fashion Entrepreneurship from London College of Fashion. Sarah developed the Fashion Transparency Index back in 2016 and has lead its evolution since then.
Through research and studying the consumers’ lives the needs of the customer can be obtained and help fashion brands know what trends the consumers are ready for. Although the fashion industry developed first in Europe and America, as of 2017, it is an international and highly globalized industry, with clothing often designed in one country, manufactured in another, and sold worldwide. For example, an American fashion company might source fabric in China and have the clothes manufactured in Vietnam, finished in Italy, and shipped to a warehouse in the United States for distribution to retail outlets internationally.
Vogue specified Chiara Ferragni as “blogger of the moment” due to the rises of followers through her Fashion Blog, that became popular. Machine vision technology has been developed to track how fashions spread through society. The industry can now see the direct correlation on how fashion shows influence street-chic outfits. Effects such as these can now be quantified and provide valuable feedback to fashion houses, designers, and consumers regarding trends. China is an interesting market for fashion retail as Chinese consumers’ motivation to shop for fashion items are unique from Western Audiences.
We also drive positive change through wider public awareness raising and education, lobbying governments, championing small and responsible designers, and building a network of activists around the world around a common vision. A lack of transparency perpetuates an exclusive system, where people are expected to trust brands who have continued to put profit and growth above all else. When brands publicly disclose information, it allows anyone to scrutinise their policies, hold them accountable for their claims and advocate for positive change. Transparency underpins transformative change but unfortunately much of the fashion value chain remains opaque, while human and environmental exploitation thrives with impunity. After 15 years in the public eye, Kardashian West has built her shapewear company, Skims, into a global brand valued at more than $1 billion—and her ambitions don’t stop there. The first “high fashion runway show entirely from home” just took place, complete with famous models and designers.
