The Gist: The Rules Are Still Being Written

Some fields move faster than the rules meant to govern them, and some people find their way into a field by a route nobody mapped out. Each talk this session comes at that from a different side, and you get to ask questions after every one.
**Florent Tabaro, independent fashion designer**\
*Inspiration vs Imitation*\
Where does homage end and copying begin? Florent breaks down Virgil Abloh's 3% rule, what the law actually protects in fashion and what dupe culture costs small designers.
**Nifemi Owolabi, creative developer and brand developer**\
*The Lateral View Point*\
Everyone is waiting on the big break and most of us are looking in the wrong direction. Nifemi works in creative and brand development, and he has a different read on where a breakthrough really comes from.
**Tumi Oloyede, founder and writer**\
*The Retrospective Pattern*\
What you went without early on often shows you exactly what needs to be built. Tumi examines how early gaps sharpen your sense of what's missing, and how an unconventional route into a field turns that awareness into something new.